Images have surfaced online of mr.
Mr roof holding the confederate battle flag.
The public reaction powerfully suggests that roof.
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Back in 2015 in the wake of the white supremacist mass murder committed by dylann roof at mother emanuel church in charleston south carolina then governor nikki haley took the genuinely bold.
Roof the avowed white supremacist who killed nine black parishioners when he opened fire on the emanuel african methodist episcopal church in june 2015 posed with the flag in several photos.
In 2015 when dylann roof killed nine members of a historically black church in charleston south carolina a photo of him holding a confederate flag was posted on his website also featuring his.
Roof he s holding the confederate flag in.
In the following years especially during the civil rights era the banner became a divisive emblem of white supremacist groups.
Dylann roof reportedly accepted the flag as a symbol of white supremacy the belief that white people are better than all others especially black.
Since he allegedly shot nine african american worshipers to death at a historic charleston s c church the country has been wrapped in debate about what the old battle flag symbolizes and.
Dylann roof spat on and burned the american flag but waved the confederate.
Mr roof is seen.
In one photograph of mr.
Roof holding the confederate battle flag and a gun.
He posed for pictures wearing a no.
The only way to get it removed is by a vote from the state legislature according to authorities.
The suspected killer is a 21 year old white man.