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To Start a Race War: Dylann Roof and the Ideology of White Supremacy

By Jonathan Simor

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The mass murder of parishioners at the historic Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston, South Carolina law week, by a young white supremacist intensified the already profound national conversation about racism and violence that has been building since the killing of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012. There are more topics in play around Charleston than any single post (even an over long one like this) can address. So a couple of brief points before an extended discussion of one question, already taken up here on Prawfsblawg by Rick Hill (but I come out a bit different). whether to categorize the act as one of terrorism or as an example of a mentally deranged or ill person taking an otherwise unthinkable action...continue to full post

Full post as published by Governing Through Crime on June 23, 2015 (boomark / email).