Category Archives: Hate Crime

#DylannRoof Federal Death Penalty Trial: Jury qualifications Day 4

Posted on December 1, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Dylann Roof is highly intelligent and objected to his defense team raising recent questions about his mental competency, according to a judge’s newly unsealed order that allowed the accused Emanuel AME Church shooter to represent himself. U.S. District Judge Richard … Continue reading →

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#DylannRoof Federal Death Penalty Trial: Jury qualifications continues

Posted on November 30, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The white man prosecutors accuse of gunning down nine black parishioners in a bid to start a race war showed no signs of a racial agenda Tuesday, taking a calm, businesslike approach to selecting a jury … Continue reading →

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#DylannRoof Federal Death Penalty Trial: Jury qualifications

Posted on November 29, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Accused Emanuel AME Church shooter Dylann Roof got to work helping to pick the jury that will decide whether he lives or dies as he embarked on a risky legal strategy Monday, casting aside his top-flight defense team in favor … Continue reading →

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#DylannRoof Federal Death Penalty Trial

Posted on November 28, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

The white man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church will act as his own attorney in his federal death penalty trial. Dylann Roof’s request Monday came against his lawyers’ advice, and U.S. District Judge … Continue reading →

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Jury selection begins in the #DylannRoof Murder Trial

Posted on November 7, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

CHARLESTON — Jury selection in the trial of a white man accused of killing nine African-Americans begins Monday in Charleston, once again putting South Carolina and race relations in the South in a national spotlight. But in the case of … Continue reading →

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Jury selection begins for Dylann Roof death penalty trial

Posted on September 26, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Attorneys will will meet 320 potential jurors Monday as they whittle down a group of 3,000 to a dozen with six alternates. For the last week, attorneys for the government and for 22-year-old Dylann Roof, accused … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Open Thread | The man who punched Dylan Roof speaks out

Posted on August 9, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

+ Man who punched Dylan Roof speaks out for the first time after being released from jail. pic.twitter.com/ix3KhVYESH — saycheesetv.com (@SayCheese_TV) August 8, 2016

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Donald Trump’s America | Mia Frias-Russell Woke Up To Racial Hate In Indiana

Posted on July 22, 2016 by SouthernGirl2
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The Media’s Exploitation of the Police Killings of Black Americans| Wake up Black folks!

Posted on July 13, 2016 by rikyrah

Alton Sterling’ son was on CBS this morning and was asked how he felt about police?   Now they are going after our children to help shoulder the burden of  their fears and bigotry.  And the parents of these children need to … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Open Thread

Posted on July 12, 2016 by rikyrah

ALL OF THIS ALL DAY, EVERY DAY…… Go GRANNYSTANDINGFORTRUTH AM I AMERICAN My eyes are not blue My eyes are black My hair is not blond My hair is black My skin is not white My skin is black Am … Continue reading →

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