Dylann Roof; Charleston, SC Church Shooting

Dylann Roof; Charleston, SC Church Shooting

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Dylann Roof; Charleston, SC Church Shooting

Dylann Roof, a white chauvinist aged twenty-two years old was convicted of the murder of nine black Americans who were a member of Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church located in Charleston, South Carolina. The victims of the attack were a total of twelve in number, but the shooter only managed to kill nine of them living the others with severe injuries and tremor. Dylann Roof has attended a bible study in the Christianity based churched, and he was applicably welcomed to the holy house by the worshippers. It was later after the participants had closed their eyes for the word of prayer the supremacist pulled up his pistol and multiple shots of the nine deceased members, the slain pastor being one of them (Norris 2017). It was a significant loss and a lot of pain to the victims and the family members as well as the Charleston community in general after the Roof’s wild massacre act. The find guilty supremacist was taken to the court of law where he has sentenced nine consecutive life sentences in the state prison. Dylann Roof later pleaded for criminal murder charges where he awaited execution at the federal jail together with the tragedy’s victims and their family members.

The judge, J.C Nicholson’s made his jurisdiction decision following the court proceedings where the victims and family, as well as Roof’s grandfather, gave their views regarding the terrible case. In consideration of the Federal State law, Roof’s criminality was severely leaving the jurors to decide between two options which were either a life prison sentence and on the other hand a death penalty if they fall. It was surprising to understand the Dylann Roof was not apologetic for his action of killing the nine African-American Christian as commented that he did it right. The exciting thing is that the Roof fired his two attorneys who were an Indian and a Jewish claiming that the two were a significant measure of language barrier during his case. Only Roof’s grandfather, Joseph Roof who had served as a lawyer in Columbia for a long time defended and pleaded for his grandson in the court of law saying that he will at no time never understand what happened to him. Roof’s family significantly send their condolences to the victims and their family members as well as the Charleston’s community. The grieved family members showed no mercies for the murderer as they significantly stated that he deserved death and forget all about his actions.

The Roof’s action was a symbolism of immorality and racism in the society today. The shooter signifies ethic upheaval is the act of disrupting believers is an awkward thing that no one can expect in the community. Roof significantly shows the moral deprivation among the young people, and it is a threat to not only to the black religious as well as the society at large. His supremacists lastly landed him in jail and at the end a death sentence leaving his family members as well as the victims and their relatives in deep sorrow (Montgomery, 2015). Such unethical criminalities have increased in the society signifying that people are either ignorant or have forsaken the cultural and religious believes that expertly shapes people’s moral being. Attacking believers while in a prayer session was an inhumane dead and postulates that the criminal does not value other peoples’ civil rights in the nation. Racism is a great threat to the society that civilians have put significant efforts in eradicating, but Roof’s massacre proofs that it still exists in some people’s minds.

The participants of the attack involved the twelve victims who were all members of the Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church located in Charleston, and the criminal was Dylann Roof who committed the massacre. The crisis was urgent to the church members as they though Roof was just a white fellow who was interested in their devotion and probably sacrificed his time to pray for them during the bible study session. Roof signified an erosion of humanity as well as not believing in religious beliefs that is the reason behind his act of murdering in such a holy place. According to Christianity, all people were created equal before the eyes of God, and they have the right to worship in every place in the universe as all are His creations. These are among the common principles that Roof’s lacked leading to the deed of murdering innocent people during their bible study session.

In his early twenties, Roof can be described as a young chauvinist with deprived moral values. Even if he was a supremacist, his action of committing murder is not justified regarding the nation’s civil rights and the traditional customs. It is an alarming operation that terrifies the public in consideration of their safety in such areas where no one can suggest such criminality can be performed. Roof can be categorized among the supremacists who are against the nation’s constitution act of giving the citizen’s equal civil rights which includes freedom of worship and association. It is unethical to create segregation with regards to racial bias as it only leads to antagonism as well as social-economic and political back draw. The security group in charge of the church environment can be significantly be blamed for the attack as they would have gone a step ahead to freeze and to spy the stranger as a technique of enhancing safety for the church members (el-Nawawy & Elmasry 2016).

At the black American Church in Charleston, there were various factors conducive to terrorism even before the fatal attack. The church authority had not put in place security measures that was capable of detecting the stranger was armed, and it is not a typical thing to attend church services with armaments. The fact that people’s mentality in such holy places lingers peace and worship they did not have the desire to know more about their visitor and probably his intention. They minds only thought all people had the intention of joining them and become their followers as they did not put in consideration of the evil ones that may intend to curb their way of worshiping and unity as Christians.

Furthermore, the security could have prevented the attack if they were keen enough at their work. The act of a follower and significantly a stranger getting in the church armed does not work out well. It is right that the severe attack occurred, but the question remains to be what significant changes the security forces have put in place since the shooting? The attack was a caution to many institutions that tight security measures are supposed to be put in place all the time to prevent such an occasion where multitudes of people are attacked. The bible study was not carried on a regular Sabbath that has been dedicated for worship as well as many people avail themselves of church services. This shows that terrorism can be done at any time ant the security forces are supposed to be alert because if it were on a Sabbath day, the criminal would have led to the death of a higher number of followers. It is well that the particular African-American church that was attacked has adopted more advanced techniques of enhancing security to the church members. For instance, adoption of arms detectors that are used to search people getting into the church compound as well as employing additional security officers. However, other dominions, as well as institutions, are supposed to learn from the same and make their security measures tighter.

Security measures have been improved in many public sectors to enhance no occurrence of such attack. Additionally, the members are advised to know each other well after attending such services to enhance the security at the individual level. The national government has also not been left behind in improving the security measures at the national level as well as ensuring its civilians peaceful well-being in all parts of the country. Furthermore, spreading the gospel of unity and humanity in the society has worked out well where the chauvinists are taught the importance of living together peacefully and enhancing national cohesion regardless of the ethnicity (Allely & Faccini 2018). Significantly, at the world level countries have come together to strengthen international security at the borders as well as sharing the techniques that are vital in putting in place firm security. Advocates, as well as other national movements, have played their role in condemning racism well and it will be significantly sound in preventing such attack in future.

References

Allely, C. S., & Faccini, L. (2018). Clinical profile, risk, and critical factors and the application of the “path toward intended violence” model in the case of mass shooter Dylann Roof. Deviant Behavior, 1-18.

el-Nawawy, M., & Elmasry, M. H. (2016). Is America “Post-Racist”? How AC 360 and The O’Reilly Factor discursively constructed the Charleston church shooting. Journalism Studies, 1-18.

Montgomery, G. B. (2015). NCBS statement in response to the tragic events in Charleston, South Carolina. Journal of Pan African Studies, 8(2), 366-368.

Norris, J. J. (2017). Why Dylann Roof is a Terrorist under Federal Law, and Why it Matters. Harv. J. on Legis., 54, 259.