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Dylann roof

- August 7, 2024

Dylann Roof is an American white supremist and neo-nazi. He is also a mass murderer which is how he is known. He is the perpretator behind the Charleston church shooting. On June 17, 2015, he massacred Charleston church and ended up killing 9 African-Americans and injured one survivor.

His victims include:

Dylann Roof's motivation behind the shooting were due to his beliefs and white supremacist ideology. He considered himself a white nationalist who believed that white people are superior to blacks. Evidence proves that Dylann had conisdered had his attack considered, prepared, and planned months prior. He stated that he bought the gun he used 2 months earlier when he turned 21. His “mission” was to kill black people, he "had to do it". He wanted to kill African-Americans because he believed they wronged white people, and he thought it was his way of getting revenge. He wanted to start a race war. He stated that “black people are killing white people every day on the streets and they rape a hundred white women a day”. Dylann said that compared to what black people did to white people, what he did was minor. Even thought he knew that the people he shot were innocent, he said that "black people killed innocent white people everyday". He was orignally planning to go to a black festival, but he realized that a festival would have security, so he decided to settle with Mother Emmanuel.

You can read his journal here

Time Line


1994 - Dylann was born in Columbia, South Carolina on April 3.
1994 - When he was born, his parents were divorced but were temporarily reconciled.
> - He lived with his parents and his older sister, Amber Roof.
1999 - When Dylann was five, his father married another woman, introducing a stepmother into his life.
> - He was raised in a working class family in Charleston, South Carolina.
Early 2000s - Dylann exhibits behavioural issues and difficulty in social interaction.
> - He was considered 'a sweet kid' while growing up.
2005-2008 - His family temporarily moved to Florida keys. It is unknown if he attended any schools while there.
2006-2009 - When he was in middle school, he already started smoking marijuana.
2008-2010 - Dylann Roof failed 9th grade twice.
> - Over the course of 9 years, he attended at least 7 different schools.
2009 - Dylann Roof enters highschool where he struggled socially and academically.
2010 - Begins to show signs of extreme and racist beliefs and starts to use drugs.
2011 - He got expelled from highschool
2012 - He fully dropped out of highschool at this time. His behaviour becomes more erratic and develops a strong interest in white supremacy ideolegy.
2014 - Dylann started using online forums related to racism and extremist views.
2015 - He got the .45 caliber handgun which he used to perform the attack.

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