GUILTY SC - Nine killed in Emanuel AME Church shooting, Charleston, 2015; Dylann Roof GUILTY #3

A dying mother's plan: Buy a gun. Rent a hotel room. Kill her son

"I: A desperate choice

Lai Hang had four months to live and no time to waste.

On the day in 2015 when she heard her cancer prognosis, she filled out the paperwork and began the 10-day waiting period to buy a handgun.

Then she asked a childhood friend, Ping Chong, to hold onto her records, including the death certificate of her husband, who had died of cancer three years earlier.
Chong, reluctant to confront the prospect of her dear friend’s death, refused at first.

But Hang, who never shouted, pounded the table with a fist weakened by chemotherapy and yelled at Chong to take her request seriously.
Chong agreed.

She knew that Hang was deeply concerned about what would happen to her 17-year-old son, George, after she died.

No one knew just how desperate Hang had become...

III: Suffering in silence

At some point after his father’s death, George received a diagnosis: schizophrenia.

Taboos about mental illness pervade every culture, and research shows that Asian American families are the least likely among all racial groups to use mental health services...

A few weeks before Hang submitted the information for a background check and began waiting for her handgun, Dylann Roof, a white supremacist with a bowl haircut and vacant gaze, shot nine people in a South Carolina African Methodist Episcopal Church.

George became fixated on him, and Hang grew more worried.

Once, in Chong’s presence, she wondered aloud about the shooters: Why hadn’t anyone done something to stop them?..."

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-mother-murder-mental-20170514-htmlstory.html
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The Homicide Report
George Hang, 17

POSTED JULY 30, 2015

George Hang, a 17-year-old Asian teenager, was shot and killed Monday, July 27, in the 8700 block of Valley Boulevard in Rosemead, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records..."

http://homicide.latimes.com/post/george-hang/
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Rosemead mother facing murder charges in son’s shooting death

07/ 31/15

"A 49-year-old Rosemead woman who allegedly shot her son while he slept is facing murder charges, officials said.

Lai Hang was charged with first-degree murder and weapons allegations on Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. She appeared in court Wednesday but was expected back Aug. 12 to answer to the charges, DA’s spokeswoman Sarah Ardalani said. She is being held on $2 million bail.

Prosecutors allege Hang killed her 17-year-old son, George Hang, while he slept at the Valley Hotel, 8711 Valley Blvd., on Monday. The teen had been shot in the upper torso and a gun was recovered from the scene, according to Lt. Victor Lewandowski of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau. Hotel employees said the pair had checked in on Sunday.

El Monte Union High School District officials said George Hang was enrolled at Rosemead High School for the 2012-2013 school year but did not attend the school and was not registered with the district for any other school year..."

http://www.sgvtribune.com/general-n...-facing-murder-charges-in-sons-shooting-death
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Rosemead mother killed son because she was dying and there was no one to take care of him

01/17 /17

"ROSEMEAD >> Authorities recently dropped the case against a mother accused of fatally shooting her 17-year-old son at a Rosemead motel because the 50-year-old suspect died.

Sheriff’s homicide detectives said Rosemead resident Lai Hang shot her son, George, while he slept in their room at the Valley Hotel, 8711 Valley Blvd., on July 27, 2015.
Ricardo Santiago, spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, said George Hang was schizophrenic and Lai Hang had been diagnosed with stage four cancer.

“The defendant (Lai Hang) believed there was no one who would be able to take care of her son when she passed away,” he said.

Lai Hang, died of cancer at Los Angeles County USC Medical Center on Dec. 11. Santiago didn’t know what type of cancer she had. Hang told investigators two years ago it was brain cancer.

Santiago said the murder case was dismissed last Tuesday..."

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/gen...ying-and-there-was-no-one-to-take-care-of-him
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Dylann Roof appeals conviction, death sentence in Emanuel AME Church massacre

"Dylann Roof on Tuesday appealed his conviction and death sentence in his hate-motivated slayings of nine black church worshipers in Charleston.

Roof's attorneys sent the formal notice to the Virginia-based 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. The filing, which contained no arguments, was the last expected move by the group of lawyers who tried to defend Roof at trial, only to be thwarted by his wishes to defend himself.

Federal public defenders from Maryland and California are set to take over the case during the appeal...

U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel rejected Roof's other requests for a new trial or an acquittal, prompting the formal appeal this week..

In the event that Roof's bid to upend his conviction is successful, authorities devised a backstop: In April, he agreed to plead guilty to state murder charges in exchange for a life sentence..."

http://www.postandcourier.com/churc...cle_1ea94002-3fd2-11e7-90cd-a70a0af826cd.html
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Court Files Raise Question: Was Dylann Roof Competent to Defend Himself?

"...Although Mr. Roof’s guilt was never in doubt, his trial left largely unanswered how an awkward adolescent had progressed from reclusive consumer of internet hate to ruthless and remorseless jihadist (his word). The evidence that went unseen affords a rare glimpse of the back story of one of the country’s most horrific hate crimes. And it raises a life-or-death question: If the 12 jurors had been allowed a full accounting, might at least one have been persuaded to spare the young mass murderer from lethal injection?

Mr. Roof’s former lead defense lawyer, David I. Bruck, declined to comment. But Sean O’Brien, a law professor who advised him on mental health issues, questioned the trial’s ultimate fairness and predicted that Judge Gergel’s findings of competency would fuel the appeals that Mr. Roof hopes will extend his life. “A thorough defense would have enabled a jury to see not only who Dylann Roof is, but who Dylann Roof might have been in the absence of these afflictions,” said Mr. O’Brien, who teaches at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. “The jury didn’t have anything to weigh all of the pain and suffering against, or even to give it context.”

Despite its outcome, Mr. Roof’s trial went largely as he wished..."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/us/church-shooting-roof-charleston-hate-crime-.html
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Chicago Cubs draft son of Charleston church shooting victim

Chris Singleton's dream of playing major league baseball got a major step closer to becoming reality almost two years to the day after his mother was gunned down in a racially motivated shooting at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina.

The World Series champion Chicago Cubs nabbed Singleton in the 19th round of the draft Wednesday. The Charleston Southern University junior center fielder started all 51 games this year, the school says, and was among national leaders with 10 assists. He also stole an impressive 18 bases.

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9/11 Memorial designer selected for Emanuel AME Church memorial project in Charleston

Michael Arad, a partner at Handel Architects in New York City, said he was honored and humbled to be working on a memorial to the nine victims of a racially-motivated attack that shocked Charleston, South Carolina and the nation.

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Charleston Church Shooting Victims to Be Honored With New Memorial

“I will do my utmost to honor the memory of the deceased and give voice to the injured, the grieving families, and the community,” Arad said in a statement. “I look forward to engaging in a collaborative design process with hope and humility.”
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“It is our hope that his work on our memorial will evoke the weight of the tragedy as well as send an inspiring mandate for positive change to the world,” [Rev. Eric Manning, Emanuel AME pastor] said.

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It has been reported in several media sites, that Felon DR has written a letter wanting to fire his current attorneys. Letter he wrote is included in the report. The felon's reason is stated "Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof wants to fire two of his public defender attorneys because they are Jewish and Indian."



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4899070/Dylann-Roof-wants-fire-Jewish-Indian-lawyers.html

The felon has been DENIED a change in attorneys....here is link, plus some.

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/c...-loses-bid-fire-jewish-indian-lawyers-n802761

"A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied white supremacist Dylann Roof's request to replace his Jewish and Indian lawyers who are appealing his death sentence for a racist massacre in South Carolina."

"A day after Roof filed his handwritten appeal, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a one-page, 11-word denial: "The court denies the motion for substitution of counsel on appeal.""

The felons letter is also available at this site.

MsJosie said:

It has been reported in several media sites, that Felon DR has written a letter wanting to fire his current attorneys. Letter he wrote is included in the report. The felon's reason is stated "Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof wants to fire two of his public defender attorneys because they are Jewish and Indian."


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4899070/Dylann-Roof-wants-fire-Jewish-Indian-lawyers.html

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How does a man that young become so prejudiced?

MsJosie said:

The felon has been DENIED a change in attorneys....here is link, plus some.

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/c...-loses-bid-fire-jewish-indian-lawyers-n802761

"A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied white supremacist Dylann Roof's request to replace his Jewish and Indian lawyers who are appealing his death sentence for a racist massacre in South Carolina."

"A day after Roof filed his handwritten appeal, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a one-page, 11-word denial: "The court denies the motion for substitution of counsel on appeal.""

The felons letter is also available at this site.

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He claimed that they were his 'biological' enemies?

Jennifer17 said:

He claimed that they were his 'biological' enemies?

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Yep -- I guess he figures that they don't have pure "Aryan" blood -- as was a must with Hitler when the Hitler youth (male & female) groups were being formed and recruited. "The superior race." (Hogwash.) IIRC, it was the same for the SS troops. Funny, but Hitler himself was certainly no model for the pure "Aryan" type. Complete BS, of course, but there are some strong believers, as we know.

Sister of Charleston shooter arrested at school after Snapchat post 'caused alarm'

"The younger sister of Dylann Roof, who was sentenced to die for murdering nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, was arrested Wednesday at her school for allegedly bringing weapons to campus and posting to Snapchat a message police said "caused alarm."

Morgan Roof, 18, was arrested at A.C. Flora High School in Columbia, South Carolina, after school officials told police that she had a knife, pepper spray and marijuana in her possession, the Richland County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.

She was charged with one count of marijuana possession and two counts of carrying a weapon on school grounds, according to the statement....

The RCSD also said it was also aware of a Snapchat post by Morgan Roof that "caused alarm to the student body."

"Your walking out of the allowed time of 17min, they are letting you do this, nothing is gonna change what tf you think it's gonna do? I hope it's a trap and y'all get shot we know it's fixing to be nothing but black people walkin out anyway," the post said, according to several media outlets.

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster released a statement following the arrest that said "potential tragedy" had been avoided at the school...."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/sister-cha...school-snapchat-post-caused/story?id=53763544
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DYlan's sister hoped and posted that the Parkland protesters would get shot. She got arrested for drugs as well

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/15/us/dylann-roof-sister-arrested/index.html

Steve Roth@SteveRothNews
7h7 hours ago
NEW:
First images of 18-year-old Morgan Roof...the sister of Dylann Roof...after she's charged for bringing weapons on a school campus in SC.

http://www.wbtv.com/story/37728313/...ot-allowed-to-return-to-south-carolina-school …


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Jury foreman during Dylann Roof trial speaks about death penalty decision

"CHARLESTON, SC (WCBD) -- On January 11, 2017, US District Court Judge Richard Gergel sentenced Dylann Roof to death for killing 9 parishioners at Emanuel AME Church.

The sentence came after a recommendation from a federal jury.

More than a year after the trial, the jury's foreman, Gerald Truesdale, shared his story with News 2, explaining how he came to the decision of the death penalty....

I don't think, in all reality, no matter what the thought process was, with the information and the data that was presented, there was no way you could not think that [Roof] did this,” Truesdale said.

Truesdale recalled a video from Shelby, NC of Dylann Roof’s confession with the FBI.

“So, at that point, it was done. We went around the room, ‘Guilty.’ ‘Guilty.’ ‘Guilty.’ Okay," said Truesdale.

The jury found roof guilty on all 33 federal charges.

After a holiday break, the jury returned back to the courtroom in January for sentencing.

After hearing impact statements, the jury went back to deliberation. This time, they were to decide on a sentence recommendation of whether Roof should live or die for his crimes....

Truesdale’s personal decision about the death penalty went back to that morning when he read his daily devotional.

"’Whoever sheds human blood by humans, shall their blood be shed. For in the image of God has God made mankind.’ There are a lot of verses in the Bible. What are the chances of that one, on that day, at that time on the way, not knowing it was going to be the final day, that pops up on my phone? And, that was one the one I happen to look at?” Truesdale said.

In the deliberation room, 11 voted for the death penalty. One juror was unsure and needed to review a piece of evidence.

"She watched it and said, ‘Okay, turn it off, I’m done. Good, guilty, death penalty, I’m good. "...

Now, more than a year after the trial, Truesdale says he can look back on that time knowing that justice was served.

“People don't necessarily need to make judgments on things they're not involved in because it doesn't really affect you,” Truesdale said.

“You see something on TV, you say, ‘They ought to just kill that person.’ Until you're the guy in the court handing that 33 page document to a federal judge…until you’re the person handing that document that's going to end that man's life, you don't even have the justification to make that comment,” Truesdale said....

June 17, 2018 will mark 3 years since the shooting.

To see more from Truesdale’s interview, click here." ( doesn't work...)

http://www.wspa.com/news/jury-forem...peaks-about-death-penalty-decision/1151940316

I did manage to find this:

SEE MORE: Jury foreman during Dylann Roof trial speaks out (with interview)

http://www.counton2.com/news/local-...uring-dylann-roof-trial-speaks-out/1151902921
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Not Real News: Boston bomber not severely beaten in prison

"Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) has not been beaten by a white supremacist gang while in prison despite a recurring online report that says he was severely injured in an attack.

The report posted Monday by Read Me Every Day relied word-for-word on a report that circulated online soon after Tsarnaev’s trial and sentencing in 2015. According to the reports, Tsarnaev slipped on a discarded banana peel, hit his head on the floor, and suffered “massive brain trauma,” but it was later determined he had been beaten, the Aryan Brotherhood claiming responsibility. The story dates to at least August 2015 when it appeared on empirenews.net, which in its disclaimer says it is “intended for entertainment purposes only” and uses fictional names “except in cases of public figure and celebrity parody or satirization.” Readmeeveryday.com says in its disclaimer it “does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy” of material on its website. The website did not respond to an email....

The Bureau of Prisons in an emailed statement said while it does not share inmate health information “we can tell you that there is no evidence of a situation” as described in the report...

This is part of The Associated Press’ ongoing effort to fact-check misinformation that is shared widely online, including work with Facebook to identify and reduce the circulation of false stories on the platform."

Not Real News: Boston bomber not severely beaten in prison
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Ohio woman who planned to commit mass attack corresponded with Dylann Roof and glorified Columbine shooters, FBI claims

Dec 10, 2018

"A 23-year-old Ohio woman who worshipped the Columbine shooters as “God-like” and corresponded with Dylann Roof was arrested Monday for what authorities say were plans to commit mass murder at a local bar.

The arrest of Elizabeth Lecron came three days after the arrest of a 21-year-old Islamic State-inspired Ohio man who planned to attack a pair of synagogues, authorities said at a press conference announcing both arrests.

Lecron was charged with the transport of explosives with intent after she bought two 2 of gunpowder and more than 600 screws Saturday in order to construct a pipe bomb.

She’d been on police radar since June, when a concerned citizen told Toledo cops Lecron, who owned multiple handguns and an AK-47 shotgun, had recently expressed a desire to conduct a violent attack.

Combing through her social media, cops found Lecron posted frequently about the Columbine shooters, and glorified other mass murderers, like Roof, who killed nine people at a church in Charleston, S.C., in 2015. She even visited Columbine in August, promising the trip would be “fun” and that she was eager to share photos....

Jeff Fortunato, assistant special agent in charge of the Cleveland division of the FBI, said at the press conference that Lecron and the jailed Roof have been in contact since at least July.

She even tried to send the convicted killer Nazi literature, the release said.

Lecron said her master plan was to commit an “upscale mass murder” attack at a Toledo bar, and was also considering her place of work as a target, since she thought the company was polluting the river behind its facility...."

Ohio woman who planned to commit mass attack corresponded with Dylann Roof and glorified Columbine shooters, FBI claims
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imstilla.grandma said:

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/articl...on-church-shooting-victims-can-sue-government

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Let's hope that happens!

Appeals court upholds death sentence in Charleston church shooting

A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld Dylann Storm Roof's conviction and death sentence in the 2015 murders of nine Black church-goers in Charleston, S.C.

A three-judge panel for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously denied Roof's legal team's effort to overturn the conviction and sentence on several grounds, including the lower court's determination that he was competent to stand trial.