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| Dylann Roof guilty of South Carolina church killings | Dylann Roof guilty of South Carolina church killings |
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| A white supremacist has been convicted of killing nine black worshippers in a church in South Carolina in a racially motivated attack. | A white supremacist has been convicted of killing nine black worshippers in a church in South Carolina in a racially motivated attack. |
| Twenty-two-year-old Dylann Roof was found guilty of federal hate crimes and now faces the death penalty. | Twenty-two-year-old Dylann Roof was found guilty of federal hate crimes and now faces the death penalty. |
| Jurors also found him guilty of obstructing the exercise of religion for those he shot after sitting with them in a Bible study. | Jurors also found him guilty of obstructing the exercise of religion for those he shot after sitting with them in a Bible study. |
| The attack at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shocked the nation. | The attack at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shocked the nation. |
| And it also reignited a debate about race relations and the flying of the Confederate flag. | And it also reignited a debate about race relations and the flying of the Confederate flag. |
| Roof was photographed holding the battle flag, which was used by the South in the American Civil War and to many has become associated with the support of slavery. | Roof was photographed holding the battle flag, which was used by the South in the American Civil War and to many has become associated with the support of slavery. |
| The tragedy led to the flag being removed from the South Carolina statehouse, where it had flown for 50 years. | |
| At a memorial service for the victims, President Barack Obama sang Amazing Grace and gave one of his most significant speeches on race. | At a memorial service for the victims, President Barack Obama sang Amazing Grace and gave one of his most significant speeches on race. |
| In a videotaped FBI confession, Roof was seen laughing and making sweeping gun motions as he described the attack. | In a videotaped FBI confession, Roof was seen laughing and making sweeping gun motions as he described the attack. |
| He told investigators he wanted the world to know he hated black people and thought they were criminals. | He told investigators he wanted the world to know he hated black people and thought they were criminals. |
| Roof said he carried out the massacre after studying "black on white crime" online, and chose a church because his victims would be unlikely to threaten him. | Roof said he carried out the massacre after studying "black on white crime" online, and chose a church because his victims would be unlikely to threaten him. |
| As the verdict was read out, and all 33 counts were followed by "guilty", he stared ahead. | |
| Relatives of victims held hands and squeezed each other, while one woman nodded her head in affirmation as the clerk said "guilty" for each count. | |
| Jurors will reconvene next month to decide whether Roof will receive the death penalty or life in prison. | |
| Moments after the verdict, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley released a statement saying she hopes the families of the nine victims, and the survivors, can find some peace. | |
| She pushed to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the statehouse, after the picture emerged of Roof embracing the flag. | |
| More on the shootings | More on the shootings |
| The month that changed America? | The month that changed America? |
| The victims of Charleston shooting | The victims of Charleston shooting |
| Why a simple flag is so potent in the US | Why a simple flag is so potent in the US |