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9 Confirmed Dead After White Gunman Opens Fire On Black Congregation In Charleston Church, Shooter At Large

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9 people are confirmed dead, including State Senator Clementa Pinckney...

, after a white gunman opened fire inside one of Charleston’s oldest and most well known black churches tonight.

 

Mayor Joe Riley exclaimed, "this is an unspeakable and heartbreaking tragedy in this most historic church, an evil and hateful person took the lives of citizens who had come to worship and pray together.”

As The Post and Courier reports, a bomb threat complicated the investigation and prompted police to ask nearby residents to evacuate. The shooter is still at large...

Police and emergency vehicles swarmed several blocks surrounding Henrietta and Calhoun streets, just east of Marion Square. Barricades blocked off several streets to traffic, and police asked nearby residents to leave their homes.

 

The shooting occurred around 9 p.m. inside Emanuel AME Church at 110 Calhoun St. Police were seen exiting the 19th century church, and their presence extended blocks beyond the site.

 

Police were still looking for the gunman late Wednesday, and helicopters are hovering above. Police spokesman Charles Francis described the suspect as a 21-year-old white male in a gray sweatshirt/hoodie and jeans with Timberland boots. He has a slender build.

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As The NY Times reports,

Around 10:45 p.m., police officers at the scene drew their weapons and later escorted a man in handcuffs, who appeared to match that description.

 

But officials said later that they were still searching for the gunman.

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In a latest update, AP reports,

Charleston police say nine people have been killed in a shooting at a historic black church in what authorities intend to investigate as a hate crime.

 

Police Chief Greg Mullen says eight people were found dead Wednesday at Emanuel AME Church and another person died later at the hospital.

 

Mullen says a prayer meeting was going on at the church at the time of the shooting.

 

The shooter, described as a white male, was not yet in custody.

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Thu, 06/18/2015 - 06:59 | 6208543 Farqued Up
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Silver Bullet, you don't even know what a conservative is. I'll prove it to all ZHers:

Silver Bullet, would you please give me the definition of a conservative. The propaganda by the MSM is incorrect, you have to convince yourself and us what they are conserving.

WHAT ARE CONSERVATIVES CONSERVING?

Take your time. When you give up on that, then tell us the definition of a "right winger" as opposed to a "left winger". Name two or three of each and tell why you think they are.

 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 04:25 | 6208400 Kprime
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you think the gunman would have seen that little plaque on the side of the doorway saying, "It is not legal to carry firearms in a church?"  I sure if he had seen such a plaque he would have turned around and went home.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 06:03 | 6208471 Duc888
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(sigh)...most people caught the sarcasm.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:09 | 6208727 NoPension
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We have a reading problem.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 02:06 | 6208267 Surging Chaos
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I do not think this is a false flag.

This is what happens when social justice warriors (I refuse to call these people "liberals" since they stole that term from libertarians) have absolutely no fucking idea what kind of monster they are creating.

The left does not realize they are unwittingly creating a generation of fascists. All of these years of attempting to suppress opposition through political correctness have paradoxically ignited racial tensions and the far-right more than ever. This is because as one side of the political spectrum becomes more extreme and authoritarian, there is an inevitable backlash to the other end. You can't rely on political correctness to forever silence anyone that tries to question you. Eventually the dam breaks and it causes people to lose their shit.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 02:11 | 6208270 LetThemEatRand
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I get your point, but do you not think that the gunman should assume personal responsibility for his actions in killing a bunch of people?  Just kidding.  It's liberals' fault.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 02:19 | 6208278 Surging Chaos
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Absolutely. Like everyone else, I want to see the gunman brought to justice.

I'm just trying to look at the bigger picture, that's all.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 03:29 | 6208360 Kprime
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he was ADDH, he just forgot his meds

 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:44 | 6208619 IRC162
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Contemporary thinking tells us that it isn't the gunman or the left, it is the gun's fault.  They just animate themselves and will their bullets at real people.  Understand this and you will understand why we need gun control. 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 02:14 | 6208272 Joe A
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Was the shooter white or a white person who identifies as black and this was gang related? You know, just asking...

But it is really sad. Some real big fuckers out there.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 02:20 | 6208280 BGO
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Awfully quick to identify the shooting as a hate crime. If the races were reversed, the term hate crime would remain buried for at least a month, or longer.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 02:23 | 6208286 Silver Bullet
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I don't think a black man has EVER killed 9 people in a white church in America.

Your just a white trash PIECE OF SHIT.

Back to your trailer park!

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 03:27 | 6208357 Kprime
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go ahead, just do it, call him a cracker.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 04:25 | 6208370 Billy the Poet
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Or like Rachel Dolezal, a peanut butter cracker. Isn't it a shame she was outed last week? The fun she could have had with this story.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 04:18 | 6208394 StychoKiller
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Cracker?  Puhleeze, we're "Saltine-Americans!"

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:03 | 6208550 Farqued Up
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Premium Saltines, we are.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:49 | 6208639 grunk
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"Premium Saltines?"

That's white privilege.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 22:26 | 6212476 mkhs
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Fine, you're a generic saltine.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 04:21 | 6208397 Kprime
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can they count that high?

speaking of "white churches" have you ever seen a black church?

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 05:09 | 6208435 Tall Tom
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Yes. I have worshipped in them.

 

They exude the spirit of God. Some of my fondest memories were in predominantly Black Congregations.

 

You ever watch that movie, "The Apostle" with Robert Duvall?

 

Now that Black Congregation was toned down.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 05:20 | 6208442 Seek_Truth
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Amen.

God is color blind, as are His worshippers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHoEzjRIlzo

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:35 | 6208566 BringOnTheAsteroid
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Why didn't he protect his followers in the holiest of places?

Could he not have struck down the attacker before he breached the church doors?

I weep for these immocent human beings and if god in all his infinite power can't show mercy just fucking once, then screw him.

You give god way too many hall passes. He's done his dash. His little game of Sim City is no longer any fun.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:38 | 6208606 Seek_Truth
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God created everthing perfect: "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good." - Genesis 1:31

Mankind disobeyed God, fell from grace, and became imperfect.

When we humans told God to shove off, He partially honored our request. Nature began to revolt. The earth was cursed. Genetic breakdown and disease began. Pain and death became part of the human experience.

The Bible says it’s because of sin that nature was corrupted and “thorns and thistles” entered the world. “We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.” - Romans 8:22

In other words, nature longs for redemption to come and for things to be set right. That’s the source of disorder and chaos.

God did not create evil and suffering. It was human beings, in our free will, who brought evil upon ourselves.

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” - John 16:33

https://www.biblegateway.com/blog/2012/07/why-does-god-allow-tragedy-and...


Fri, 06/19/2015 - 04:16 | 6213041 BringOnTheAsteroid
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It;s all horribly contrived Seek. Thousands of generations of humans had to suffer because someone ate an apple from a tree because a talking snake told them too. Thousands of generations of unborn human beings who had absolutely no choice whether they were to be a part of all this bullshit or not, had to suufer becuae of the actions of one person.

I am amazed you belive this stuff, simply amazed.

Fri, 06/19/2015 - 17:37 | 6215467 Seek_Truth
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You've got it all wrong.

It wasn't an "apple", and it was Satan, the serpent, that deceived the woman- but not the man:

"And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner." - 1 Timothy 2:14

The man, Adam, went along with it because he didn't exercise wisdom.

God could have created a new wife for him, but Adam instead chose to allow Eve to "wear the pants" in making decisions for him. That is how we got into this mess, and all you need to do is look around and see that is still the case with the vast majority of men.

I am amazed that you consider yourself wise but haven't figured this out yet ;-)

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:19 | 6208777 Random
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Asteroid, you are stupid as it gets m8 and your rabid anti-Cristian rhetoric is boring and baseless(I've never ever ever seen you talk shit about judaism, why is that? are you scared that the kikes will thrash you with their one-size-fit-all A-bomb - that'd be antisemitism). You do not know jack shit about anything of substance (as in nature of reality and the nature of the universe) but that doesn't stop you from talking your book on any subject even remotely linked with faith or christians.

I'm calling you out for your incessant drivel and i dare you to state your opinion about the nature of the universe and the nature of reality. Show yourself you arrogant fuck!

Have at it, brah!

 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 10:18 | 6209310 BringOnTheAsteroid
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Jews, Christians, Muslims - all fucking stupid mate. I happen to live in the west and couldn't give a flying fucking wallenda about Jews and Muslims because they are half a fucking world away.I only get ear bashed by christians so christians will get an ear bashing from. Live with it mother fucker.

 

Fri, 06/19/2015 - 05:52 | 6213112 Random
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You haven't shown yourself yet. Take a shot big smart guy, i'm waiting.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:19 | 6208574 Farqued Up
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Yep, Duvall was great, as was Burt when Elmer rodded Sister Sharon.

My movie classics;

Dr Strangelove (forever classic)

Soylent Green (suck movie, but prophetic)

Elmer Gantry (classic if you are a Southerner, we all know Elmer)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (if you have been married to a domineering Southern female, a true classic. Nurse Ratchett is worse than The Bitch of Buchenwald)

Office Space (nominated, will reexamine in 5 years, almost as good as Dilbert)

 

This snakepit needs a little levity. Most killings are due to one monkey monkeying with another monkey's monkey.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 03:00 | 6208295 Finogen
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This is a tragedy that should not have happened.

On another note, I wonder if the shooter was Black and the victims were White, would mainstream media dare to describe their ethnicity? No way, it would be racist. There would be no hate crime charges, and shooter would be called "misguided soul" or something

Im not defending the shooter in any way, just reflecting on double standards of MSM

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 04:57 | 6208426 Calmyourself
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The agenda cannot be driven without the double standard in place. Too bad Americans don't think deeper than this silver bullet idiot above and are like him driven by emotion and not reason, soon they will pay a Government imposed price for their lack of reasoning.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:22 | 6208674 IRC162
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Silver Bullet...what a misnomer.  An anti gun, pro establishment bootlicker names himself....silver. ..bullet. 

why not FreedomEagle or Captain America?  

Correlation is not causality.  Unless you have magic powers, you cannot remove all other factors / variables that contribute to this tragedy.   Let's throw a few on the table:

Economy

Lack of opportunity 

race baiting 

Television 

decaying morals as a norm

Eric Holder's mouth

polar bear hunting and other interracial crimes seemingly ignored or covered up

anger/aggression and violence is mainstreamed (see TV)

Arrogance 

inability to communicate  [see silver bullet)

forced.acceptannce of one's values over another 

Social engineering 

There are so many more contributing factors that can be added,  but somehow the problem comes down to disarming the law abiding? You do understand by definition, that is all you get?  Criminals don't follow the law, they're criminals.  How is a law going to help this?

war on guns?  Maybe it will end just as well as the fed's war on poverty or war on drugs

 

Here's one for you....why don't we just declare certain places, like churches and schools,  gun free zones!  Then, nobody will ever take a gun in there, lest they be a criminal. let's see how that works out...

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 02:35 | 6208297 WTFUD
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Has got Political Assassination/ False Flag written ALL over it. Bomb Threat hampered investigation . . . What time was Bomb Threat delivered? The Senator would've been extra vigilant but yet through all the chaos the guy disappears after killing 9; A white guy probably looking out of place a stranger, just bowls in and out,Nah.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 02:35 | 6208298 pachanguero
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What a coward fuck!  NRA was created to arm blacks.  They should be for RTBA but are manimpulated....

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 02:55 | 6208322 Newspeaktogo
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The only intelligent thing that I can do is vomit all over this report. Where in hell have we all come to? We hate everything and everybody. Not an ounce of trust is to be had in any relationship anywhere. It's the sickness of the human race. The quicker that we're all sunk to the bottom of the sea the better.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 05:25 | 6208445 Billy the Poet
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Where in hell have we all come to? We hate everything and everybody. Not an ounce of trust is to be had in any relationship anywhere. It's the sickness of the human race.

 

It's not sickness, someone is poisoning the well.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 02:56 | 6208324 wiebern
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Countries with strict gun control have less gun violence....
Not less violence or violent crime, they just stab, beat, club, kick, rob, and rape you... Without a gun.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:08 | 6208719 loonyleft
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no. western countries and asian countries with more strict gun control have overall less violence. Correlation is not causation, but it's still true.

If you compare the US to African and South American countries that have many other issues beside gun control, then the US looks great. 

Maybe the US just has a fucked up idea about life and liberties compared to the rest of the west. 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:56 | 6208947 The Wedge
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Yep, the right to self defense is the most fucked up liberty.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:59 | 6208948 IRC162
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Do other countries have a medical association and parents that hook 6 year Olds on amphetamines instead of addressing the root behavioral problem?

 Seriously,  our medical doctors put kids on speed because people don't want to have to be a responsible parent anymore.  Our society is now loaded with disenfranchised, unwanted tweakers that will grow to be drags on society.  I know, my brother dosed up my uncontrollable nephew because neither he nor his bitch wife can take time out from themselves to care for the child they birthed.  

If you don't believe me, go visit the nurse's station in any public school, full of the strong stuff for when little Johnny really needs to trance out.  

Too fucking lazy to parent their own child, because they are both absorbed in themselves and their work/hobbies.  That is not caring for a child, that is child abuse.

We are not other countries, we are the great experiment.  

 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 09:08 | 6208998 loonyleft
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i believe you. I am not tying gun control to an increase or decrease in violence or crimerates. I am just saying it's a fact that the countries with the lowest crime rates are western and asian and most have more gun control. 

Comparing the US to countries that have far more problems than gun control and then claiming gun control as the issue is false at best and really just idiotic. 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 12:56 | 6210096 Buster Cherry
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School administrators can't grab an unruly kid by the ear or pop their asses anymore, so the teachers want the kids drugged because they can't control the class otherwise.

It sucks that moms can't stay home to govern the house and attend PTA anymore and that kids have way too many negative distractions.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 09:12 | 6209017 Calmyourself
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loonyleft is wrong again, check Europes violent crime stats.  You apparently are ok with being stabbed..

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 09:31 | 6209111 loonyleft
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http://www.numbeo.com/crime/rankings_by_country.jsp

It has pictures too so you can understand it better. 

here's a big picture for you

http://www.numbeo.com/crime/gmaps_rankings_country.jsp

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 03:01 | 6208328 dogismycopilot
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I think it is a very smart ISIS chap who knows he can set the US off on a race war by shooting up a black church. 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 03:46 | 6208369 Kprime
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well if it's ISIS, I wish they would focus more tightly on politicians and bankers.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 04:41 | 6208411 Keyboard Kommando
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If you REALLY wanted to touch off a race war, wait until it's really hot. Then kidnap a black, hang him and put the video on YouTube and other social media.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 03:05 | 6208330 conscious being
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Just in time for ... http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-06-17/greek-debt-committee-just-decla...

Hey, look over there <Points finger>.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 03:11 | 6208339 JuliaS
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The conclusion is obvious. We should outlaw churches.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:24 | 6208587 Farqued Up
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Better to tax them into oblivion since they stir up all of this shit.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:20 | 6208781 The Wedge
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So they had it coming didn't they? Or is that what wife beaters say? "SMACK.....See what you made me do".

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 03:20 | 6208344 Gumbum
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Thu, 06/18/2015 - 03:55 | 6208355 Kprime
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It is a Hate Crime.  Someone finally Hated a Politician enough to kill one.  Thank God a politician finally got taken out.  I don't care what color he is.  I don't care if he's a she or shes a he. I don't care if he was young or old. I don't care what his proclaimed position, democrat, liberal, or republican was.  Politicians have screwed this country into the ground.  It's time politicians get put in the ground.

It's one small act for a man, one giant step for mankind.  I have to raise a toast to the first step among the many it will take for us to regain our country.  It's a long long road.

PS sorry about the innocents, but that's what the leaders of this fine country do when they drone other countries.  I believe they call it collateral damage.  It's what happens when you are at war and this country is most decidedly on the brink of a civil war.

If you are deaf, dumb, and blind, don't forget to click the down arrow.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 05:28 | 6208447 Tall Tom
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While some...er...many...okay...you win...most politicians are corrupt not all of them are.

 

That needs to be decided on a case by case basis.

 

This man was a pastor of a church. Churches are recognized as SANCTUARIES by most whom are civilized.

 

I understand your anger. But it needs be justly targeted to the evil and corrupt.

 

I do not believe that this church qualified as evil or corrupt. (Now if the attack were directed toward a Statehouse then I'd agree with your position. But this was at a church.)

 

But I do have a bias when it considers houses of worship...OF ANY FAITH...including Churches, Mosques, Temples and Tabernacles. They are sanctuaries...set apart from the World.

 

No. I will not junk you. I will appeal to reason as I believe you to be honest.

 

 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 12:20 | 6209862 Kprime
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Honestly, i didn't figure the perp was actually targeting anything.  He's likely an idiot or on drugs.  The politician however, well, power corrupts.  If he was a local politician there may be room for honesty.  State Senator, not a chance, they've all been bought.  It was just a fluke that a politician happened to be present.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 03:41 | 6208366 jack stephan
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I dont believe a word of it, the timing is too coincidental, location as well to get the most sympathy and use it to bring up some 60s bombings that will be on a loop all summer, every station, even in fuckin japanese and eskimo.  Looks manufactured, smells it too, fishy, rat infested and all else.  Like the troubles in ireland, thatcher just let out the bag that the british army paid goons to incite problems for civil war, kill a ton of religious types,unrest and to cause havoc.  Same thing, different locale, time, so on.

because that piss could be digital, andt usually is these days.

Dont believe shit, its all fake, fake,fake,faaaaaaake.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 03:46 | 6208368 Trucker Glock
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Time to order more high-cap mags.  Getting ugly out there.  Hope they catch and fry the fucker.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 03:53 | 6208371 Kprime
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and WHERE WAS the NSA, TSA, IRA, DBA, What you Say, FBI, CIA, SS, NRA, NAACP, ATF, FDA, BLM, EPA....Oh, I forgot, separation of church and state.  They don't spy on anyone in church.  Now they can claim they actually respect the constitution and those other documents....them old bills.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 03:57 | 6208374 dag
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Smells like false-flag.

Why were'n black thugs targeted? 

Why a black bible study class?

How did he know time of religious services?

Leaves witness "to tell the world."  What?

Where are Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Michelle Obama, and the other race pimps?

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 05:29 | 6208446 Supernova Born
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Because "gun free zones" strike again.

 

Even with a concealed carry permit, churches are a "gun free zone" in South Carolina unless the permit holder is given "express permission by the appropriate church official or governing body".

The South Carolina legislature disarmed any potential law-abiding shepards while the legislature also ignored the plain language of the Second Amendment.

RIP/condolences to the victims and their famiy/friends.

 

South Carolina Concealed Weapon Laws

CONCEALED WEAPON PERMITS

SECTION 23-31-205

This article may be cited as the “Law Abiding Citizens Self Defense Act of 1996”.

(M) A permit issued pursuant to this section does not authorize a permit holder to carry a concealable weapon into a:

(9) church or other established religious sanctuary unless express permission is given by the appropriate church official or governing body

 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 06:26 | 6208494 FredFlintstone
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Then how could have this possibly have happened?

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 06:34 | 6208501 Supernova Born
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Herp derp.

Aside: Bloomberg is a tiny man. TINY.

I heard he is like 5'1" even when he wears his Pee-Wee Herman "Tequila" boots.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:32 | 6208601 22winmag
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There is an especially hot corner of hell for those who disarm victims.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:52 | 6208653 f16hoser
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Just carry the damn thing. Who is gonna know? I'ld rather be judged by 12 then carried by 6. (excellent quote)

I'm reminded of the story of the off duty female cop who wasted a nut job in church who began shooting. Over before it started. Simple really.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:13 | 6208746 NoPension
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....shall NOT be infringed. Motherfucker.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 05:42 | 6208455 Tall Tom
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How did he know time of religious services?

 

The core church, the devout and the devoted, meets on Wednesday Night.

 

Anyone who has been devout and devoted knows this.

 

The shooter was raised in the Church by a devout and devoted family who, when they find out, will be absolutely HORRIFIED by their offspring's actions.

 

That is one of the profiles that the police will be using to find the suspect. That whittles down the list of possible suspects by thousands.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 06:18 | 6208487 Supernova Born
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Or...

The times are posted outside on a big board and on the church's website.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:58 | 6208675 Tall Tom
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Why not Sunday instead of Wednesday?

 

There are many more attending and the death toll could have been increased.

 

He knew.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:45 | 6208894 loonyleft
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he knew.....what? That there were less people there and he had a better chance of getting away? That there was less chance of him being caught or overpowered or somebody noticing him being out of place? 

I am sure he knew something. Just not sure what you mean by it. 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 06:39 | 6208514 Baby Eating Dingo22
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Why not black thugs?

Pretty obvious

The guy was a coward

 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 09:38 | 6209139 tedthecanuck
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(edit: response to possibility that this was a false flag) I suppose it's possible.  If there was a specific reason to eliminate one of the individuals shot, attention would be quickly focused on motives for killing that individual, especially if it was done in a specific and professional manner.  A mass killling may obscure who the actual target was, and make it easy for the media to say it was a hate crime.   Who knows? Although the senator was shot and killed, he may not have been the actual target.  It is possible it was a hate crime, however other possibilities should be investigated.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 04:39 | 6208403 Keyboard Kommando
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Just in time for Juneteeth! I bet blacks go on a rape and terror rampage this weekend of June 19th, 2015. It is the 150th anniversary of the end of slavery in the USA. With the church shooting and all the pool parties, (etc...) the blacks are fixing for a rampage. But then, since when did blacks ever REALLY need an excuse to riot and pillage?!?

Too bad Fat Al or Jessie Jackoff weren't visiting the church!

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 04:59 | 6208427 21centurydragon...
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Charleston Black Church Shooting;

http://winteractionables.com/?p=21899

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 05:44 | 6208457 Husk-Erzulie
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Interesting link, thanks.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 05:46 | 6208458 Husk-Erzulie
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got duped

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 05:59 | 6208468 Latitude25
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Great link.  Another false flag divide and conquer?

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 06:12 | 6208478 Bank_sters
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Divide and conquer is an effective tool in oppressive governance.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:22 | 6208794 lakecity55
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We do not know all the facts yet.

There were no choppers because the Medical University is nearby.

A person I know was going to a Bible study there, but changed his mind.

Our city is about 50-50 andfolks are religious, so I hope they catch this cretin alive.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 05:55 | 6208465 Latitude25
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So it's only news and racist when a white kills blacks and never the other way around?

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 06:37 | 6208509 Amish FinEng
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I was reading a story forwarded to our church group.

A Mexican young man and his father walking to Sunday service in Texas. Black youth walks out from behind building puts gun to kids head and demands money from father. Shoots the kid before the father can even reach into his pocket. The bullet did a once around inside the kids skull.

Never hit the news and it happens ALL of the time.

Our church donated to his recovery fund.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:50 | 6208644 The Blank Stare
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Are you a troll?

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 06:11 | 6208476 Bank_sters
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What makes me sick about this apart from the obvious slaughter of innocent human being- i don't give a fuck about their color, are the politicians, the media and their agendas.  

 

 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 06:14 | 6208481 Bank_sters
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In other news, I heard we just got the no 2 leader of Al cia da.

 

Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader killed in US strike in Yemen

THey must have a lot of no 2s..
Thu, 06/18/2015 - 06:20 | 6208490 A82EBA
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Gold up $20.20

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:20 | 6208785 Billy Sol Estes
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Really all I care about hearing.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 06:27 | 6208496 kchrisc
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As my dad said about it, "Is it real, or another fake thing?"

Problem is, who knows.

Liberty is a demand. Tyranny is submission..

 

"Is it real or is it Zion?"

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:18 | 6208573 22winmag
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Were the ambulances parked hundreds of yards away from the church, just like the were parked hundreds of yards away from Sandy Hook?

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 06:31 | 6208503 basho
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it's not going to end, is it?

a society coming apart.

tick tock

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 06:51 | 6208534 Don Diego
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Anybody knows the type of weapon the killer used?

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 22:58 | 6212555 mkhs
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A black, automatic assualt musket with high capacity magazine.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 23:46 | 6212706 mkhs
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Oh my.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 06:53 | 6208537 f16hoser
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The perp will be shot dead soon enough. I assume it's MK Ultra at work again. Obama will have his race war come High or Hell Water.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 06:55 | 6208538 f16hoser
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This is a Tragedy none the less.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:15 | 6208560 BoPeople
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Logic would dictate that this was an Obama generated terrorist attack and designed to cause a race war. The police or FBI probably know the patsy they want to pin it on before the shooting. They will magically find their patsy sometime in thee next few days.

Random people do no kill other random people. However, it has been very common over the course of history for governments to murder their own people so that they can divide and control them.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:21 | 6208581 Amish FinEng
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Drunken logic at 7 in the morning?

I am amazed at how http://www.zerohedge.com tries to control the spinoff conspiracy theories that the .gov want to propagate.

Divide and control. White/black have been divided since before the white monkey's ruled the jungles.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:15 | 6208562 headhunt
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This is F'd up.

Crazy comes in all colors.

Que the poverty pimps and 2nd Amendment haters... 3,2,1...

 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:26 | 6208589 22winmag
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Let's not forget the fleet of ambulances at Sandy Hook that were halted hundreds of yards from the school.

 

Does anyone remember the aerial and satellite photos that revealed a sea of emergency vehicles, none of which made it within 1/4 mile of the school?

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:48 | 6208593 Thinkor
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The oddest thing about this story is that there are 9 dead, no wounded, and they haven't already caught the guy who did it.

If this were a hate crime, wouldn't you have expected the hater to have suddenly boiled over with rage, grabbed his gun, and run off to shoot the first blacks he could find, with a varying rate of success, some wounded, some missed, some killed?

What were the victims doing while this guy was shooting them one by one?

Did anyone run for an exit?  Or was the shooter blocking the only doorway?

And how cool and capable would you have to be to kill 9 one by one in an enclosed space?

I've seen a purported picture of the guy and it looks like he's wearing a buster brown kind of wig.

Intelligence agency at work?  And I don't necessarily mean a US intelligence agency.

The probable killer:

 

 

 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:50 | 6208640 Quinvarius
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What were they really doing before they got shot is a good question.  They were in a prayer meeting for a while before the shooting started.  And thsi was at a church where the pastor has been attending anti-police rallies.  As far as we know it was self defense.  I am not jumping on this black victim band wagon again.  They have lied too many times.  This needs details from an adult.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:30 | 6208598 vyeung
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People get the plot??? Lone gunman again. MK Ultra anyone. Starting a black/white Hegelian event is perfect for the cabal.

People in the US really need to wake the fark up what the powers at be want from all this stuff.

RIP......really sad to hear such events happen.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:04 | 6208698 p00k1e
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I’m raising the Terror Alert.

AR’s to the trunk.  One spare pistola in the console. 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:37 | 6208602 ThroxxOfVron
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What's a 'black church' ?

 

This looks less like a 'hate crime' than the assasination of State Senator Clementa Pinckney.

 

Are all meetings at churches considered prayer meetings?  -Even if organized crime figures are meeting at the church?

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:37 | 6208605 2muchtax
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here's a photo of the guy casting a shadow after 9pm

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150618/PC16/150619404

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:56 | 6208672 The Blank Stare
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Funny too, there's a "Enlarge" click but when you select it, it enlarges it very little, almost the same size. Seems to me they don't want anyone to recognize him.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:04 | 6208701 The Wedge
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Stills pulled from crappy surveillance cameras don't enlarge very well.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:03 | 6208695 The Wedge
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Two points.

1. Artificial light can cast shadows.

2. Shooter arrived at 8 (an hour and a half before sunset) and sat in the pews for an hour before shooting.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:18 | 6208774 2muchtax
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Take another look, it's not artificial light

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:24 | 6208802 The Wedge
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They have released a wider shot. It's still light out. Shooter enterd at 8:16....sunset is 9:15 to 9:30

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:14 | 6208752 2muchtax
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not a published church service... Was an unpublished quarterly meeting, of clergy and elders. No one outside the church knew of the meeting time.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:39 | 6208610 22winmag
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Was the schooter really white or was he "Rachel Dolezal white"?

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:40 | 6208611 BubbaJones
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Nothing to see here people, just a Jade Hellm exercise. Move along.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:47 | 6208632 SirTaxedAlot
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Onyx Helm

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 23:07 | 6212576 mkhs
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Ebony helm

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:45 | 6208622 Monetas
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A "white" gunman .... I consider Obomba a white person .... 75% + white DNA !

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:46 | 6208627 Quinvarius
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We don't know that they didn't attack him first.  The NAACP says the guy was at the church in a prayer meeting for a long time before he started shooting.  It is a high probabilty that the black people there acted like black people.  I want to hear the other side of the story before I pass judgement.  Black people are prone to lie about these issues, as proven by recent history.  And if you think wanting both sides of the story is racist, go F yourself.  You are not special, just emotional and illogical. 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:16 | 6208765 loonyleft
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it's not racist to want both sides of the story. It is racist saying that black people acted lik black people and are prone to lie. In fact, that's the very definition of racism. 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:27 | 6208814 Quinvarius
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No.  It is direct observation of recent events.  You can STFU now.  I'll say it 100 times over and feel no guilt.  So stop trying.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:34 | 6208845 loonyleft
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nope. still racism. 

the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.

don't care if you feel guilty or not. Just pointing out that your statement is the very definition of racism. 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:50 | 6208919 Quinvarius
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Of course you are pointing that out.  It is because you don't like the truth and you have one response.  And your one response means nothing to me because it is nonsense.  It doesn't work.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 09:02 | 6208967 loonyleft
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of course I was pointing it out. I said I was pointing it out. It's pretty clear I was pointing it out. 

 

er.....by the by....if it doesn't mean anything to you....why are you responding? I suspect a fail in your future.

 

Yep. fail. 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:51 | 6208648 Monetas
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Nominative determinism strikes again .... Rachel DOLE zal .... black welfare momma .... she couldn't help it !

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 07:54 | 6208663 f16hoser
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This would not have happened if Diane Frankenstein would just turn-in Her Guns.

(I fucking hate that Cunt)

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:02 | 6208689 p00k1e
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Tyler Durden: Guys, what would you wish you'd done before you died?

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 10:03 | 6209256 A is A
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???

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:04 | 6208699 NoWayJose
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Shame that all 9 victims listened to that sign on the church door - "We ban guns on these premises", otherwise the headline could read "One gunman shot after he points weapon at nine black churchgoers".

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:11 | 6208738 Rikky
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Excuse me but isn't pretty much every murder a hate crime?  I mean how many are done by contract killers who are only doing it to get paid?

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:31 | 6208834 loonyleft
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um. no. You can murder someone in varying degrees (maybe a legal term there you can investigate). Maybe you do it voluntarily or involuntary (shit, that sounds like a legal term as well). I am guessing that murders can also occur during a felony such as a bank robbery where the murder happens when the criminal is jus trying to get away and doesn't hate anybody. 

I suspect there are lots of murders that aren't hate crimes at all. But hey that's just me. Maybe next time, I will just jot down what pops into my head without thinking what I am saying is utter bullshit. 

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:17 | 6208768 Billy Sol Estes
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It's only a hate crime if its white on black violence.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 09:44 | 6209168 Toolshed
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Sadly, you are mostly correcrt. I live in a predominantly black neighborhood, and every time (and I do mean every single time) I have a hostile interaction with a black person, one of the first things that spew from the orifice on their face is either 1) they vehemently call me a "MOTHERFUCKING CRACKER!!", or 2) ask me "Why do you hate blacks?". Usually, statement 1 comes from the males and 2 comes from the females. Their ages seem to make little, if any, difference. I should point out that there are many Hispanics in the area as well, and I get similar responses from them most of the time. It would be amusing were it not so sad. Then again, since everytime the interaction degenerates to the point of exchanging blows, they tuck their tails and scurry away like little girls..........so it is amusing. By far, the majority of these incidents have ocurred at the local convenience store when the losers try to cut the line, or commit some other act that demonstrates a total lack of consideration for others. I try to treat others as they treat me. Unfortunately, I am frequently treated very badly by my fellow citizens.

As an aside I have a question for ZH readers, simce it is a global audience. In my considerable experience with black people, they seem to display certain tendencies as a group. Here in central Florida, USA, they tend to only stop at a stop sign if they absolutely must to avoid impact, they never want to wait their turn in any line, and frequently stop their cars in the traffic lanes for any reason that suits them. A trend of defiance of any rules or authority seems to be the underlying motive, but that is speculation on my part. Don't get me wrong, since we are all assorted flavors of HUMAN, we are all severly defective. I am just curious if this is just a local phenomenon.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 09:26 | 6209025 lakecity55
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Shots fired this morning at Memphis Church:

http://wreg.com/2015/06/18/shot-reportedly-fired-at-memphis-church/

 

Will a pattern emerge?

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 09:20 | 6209054 Toolshed
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In the current state of our society, it is probably not wise to associate with politicians, of any type, unless you are fully covered in body armor. And really, not even then.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 23:44 | 6212703 mkhs
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At least a level 4 hazard suit.  I mean, they might be contagious.

Thu, 06/18/2015 - 10:02 | 6209255 GTC
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They wanted a race war, they got one. 

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