“He said he wanted to start a civil war."

[dixiegrrrrl]

Dylann Roof had been “planning something like that for six months,” according to his roommate.

Dalton Tyler, who said he has known Roof for seven months to one year, said he saw the white, 21-year-old suspect just last week.

“He was big into segregation and other stuff,” Tyler said. “He said he wanted to start a civil war. He said he was going to do something like that and then kill himself.”

Tyler said he met Roof, a Lexington, South Carolina native, through a good friend. He also said Roof’s parents, with whom he said the suspect was “on and off,” had previously bought him a gun but never allowed him to take it with him until this past week.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/charleston-shooting-closer-alleged-gunman-dylann-roof/story?id=31865375

[Journeyman]

1. Charlie Manson wanna be. "Helter Skelter" without any good music . . .

Wish these fools would get the order right at least: Kill yourself, and then you can do in as many as you're able.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Actually, there are reports he did plan to kill himself afterwards.

They are locking him up in an isolated cell, which makes sense in one way, but I hope they know to keep a suicide watch on him.

OTOH, maybe they do not care if he is found...suicided.

[valerief]

5. If he's "suicided," it might avoid that dreaded race talk a trial could stimulate. nt

[starroute]

2. I want to know what that "other stuff" was

White supremacism? Planning for a coming race war? There are a lot of scary possibilities hidden behind "segregation and other stuff."

[suffragette]

4. I bet some racist forums are doing some scrubbing right now.