Charging them is a bit extreme. What would you charge them with? He's an adult not a child. But in any case I don't think we need to have any sympathy or remember his family In all of this. These 9 people welcomed this lunatic and look at what he did but we should not focus on that at remember his family throughout this too. The bs is starting already, I hope this is not foreshadowing for the trial.

Everything about this article is a mess. Making a victim of the shooter's family, forgiving that POS....what even.

What I heard is that they gave him money/dad bought a gun, his mom took it away but he snatched it back.

He deserves AT LEAST $1 million, if not more!

bish what ? A bond , what? at $1m
They should have given him no damn bond or atleast makethe bond like 10Mil or something

I don't think it was appropriate to mention the shooter's family as victims during the bond hearing. Yes, I understand. his family is suffering by losing their son and dealing with the consequences of his actions. But he probably should have saved those comments knowing how high tensions are running. A mess all around

please be trolling

No they didn't give him a gun as a present, they gave him money and he used that money to buy the gun. The issue at hand is how did he pass the background checks with his priors.

Honestly what the ****. What the actual ****.

I really want them to seek the DEATH PENALTY on this PIG.Unless his family was in that church with the people that died, I wouldn't call them 'victims'

Are you ****ing serious. His family members are victims. His parents just lost a son. Trying to give them part blame for this? smh.

A person turning out to be gay because of his upbringing teas

Is this a joke? How are his family members victims? Your boy committed the crime and now he has to do the time. This disgusts me.

Just because he didn't die doesn't make it any less hard on the parents and or his siblings. If you can't understand this then I feel sorry for you as a human being.

Are you seriously comparing the upbringing of a psychotic criminal to the upbringing of a gay person? Are YOU ****ing serious?

They lost a son because he was an EVIL, vile person with no regards to nine other people's lives. Unlike the families of those who lost their lives, their son is still alive. They are not victims. Those who lost their lives are victims and so are those people who will never get to see their family members again due to this person's heinous crime. I don't feel sorry for them, and as far as I'm concerned they are part of the reason he is the way he is. So, NO.

I'm saying that psychopaths aren't raised just like gay people aren't raised, do you get it??? I was trying to put it into perspective for you.

In your previous post you were trying to pass some blame to the parents which I called you out for. That's ****ing ridiculous. You don't know that for certain.

I also don't know why you are bringing up the 9 people who lost their lives, I am fully aware their families are victims and this will change their lives forever too.

With that haircut the bond should be $10 Million.

Even the best of parents can raise a monster. It feels like a disservice to them to just assume that they're the lone reason their kid turned out to be a deranged psychopath, even if from what little we know they're not the most responsible.

But at the same time it's even more of a disservice to the nine actual victims here to group Roof's family with the people who are actually dead now because of that little terrorist's actions.

No, it's not ****ing ridiculous.

You really think his beliefs and hatred have absolutely nothing to do with his upbringing? Like, get a ****ing grip. People are born gay. People are not born with hatred. It has to start from somewhere, so yes, I do think his parents have a lot to do with this young man's hatred. Sue me or get the **** over it. And your comparison was just asinine and downright offensive.

I brought up those innocent people because them and their families are the ONLY victims in this.