Patches On Shooter’s Jacket Of White-Ruled Rhodesia And Apartheid
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The Southern Poverty Law Center tweets that Dylann Roof’s jacket showed the flag of Rhodesia and Apartheid-era South Africa.
Second flag on Dylann Roof's jacket appears to be that of white-rule Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe pic.twitter.com/SxVHR0wbv5 pic.twitter.com/x9ZVeH1c1b
— SPLC (@splcenter) June 18, 2015
Photo of #CharlestonShooting suspect Dylann Roof shows patch of South African apartheid era flag pic.twitter.com/hTpQE6cGfc
— SPLC (@splcenter) June 18, 2015
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dave-dr-gonzo June 18th, 2015 at 10:41 am
Oh, but he’s not a terrorist! Oh, no, never!!
tracey marie June 18th, 2015 at 12:54 pm
sullen white guy with a bowl haircut, a gun and white supremacist flags is a hero to the right.
crc3 June 18th, 2015 at 10:41 am
No surprise found here folks. Typical hate monger with bad intentions. Someone else knows this guy and his thoughts. Another bad apple slips through the cracks because nobody could put 2 and 2 together…
whatthe46 June 18th, 2015 at 10:50 am
which means, there are sleeper cells.
crc3 June 18th, 2015 at 11:00 am
Could be but loners are also common place. There are always warning signs that someone missed. In due time we will see but for now it is a waiting game. The unfortunate reality is we may never know for sure….
Suzanne McFly June 18th, 2015 at 11:00 am
Only a fellow white-supremacist would recognize these patches.
whatthe46 June 18th, 2015 at 11:17 am
is fox butt hurt reporting on it yet?
Suzanne McFly June 18th, 2015 at 4:36 pm
I refuse to put on faux entertainment unless I am high and want to be pissed off…..which is never, I do not like being mad at all:)
Glenn Welles June 18th, 2015 at 11:24 am
Actually, anyone who’s studied African history would recognize them.
Snick1946 June 18th, 2015 at 11:46 am
And of course this POS’s parents had NO IDEA he was this extreme did they? What the hell did they think he was wearing those rags on his jacket for? I think we are going to find this apple didn’t fall far from the tree.
jasperjava June 18th, 2015 at 11:49 am
No doubt.
jasperjava June 18th, 2015 at 11:48 am
I’m a flag buff, and recognised those patches instantly.
I’m also an ardent anti-racist, and I make it a point to learn to recognise white supremacist imagery. Things as esoteric as the Celtic cross, the phrase “14 words “, and the number 88.
Suzanne McFly June 18th, 2015 at 4:38 pm
The 88 is something I have only known about for a month maybe. I do not recognize these flags at all, I guess I am out of the loop when it comes to these types.
Paul LJ Catlow June 19th, 2015 at 7:44 pm
You need, perhaps, a military background and an interest in military matters and modern history. I’ve got both, enough to recognise a shoulderpatch identifying white Rhodesian soldiers in the pre-Zimbabwe civil war (I think, but haven’t been able to identify it conclusively, that it might relate to an elite white unit that fought black rebels and didn’t concern itself too much with taking prisoners – trying to confirm this). But please. If I was a right-winger or a white supremacist I would not be posting here. Oh, and the choice of the old S.A. flag is significant here too….
Suzanne McFly June 19th, 2015 at 9:00 pm
I was in the Navy, so there that.
Snick1946 June 18th, 2015 at 11:43 am
Yahoo news apparently has blocked comments on at least one story about this crime. First time I’ve ever seen them do that, must have been too much even for them.
labman57 June 18th, 2015 at 12:15 pm
Meanwhile on FOX & Friends, the hosts are desperately running with the narrative that the attack was due to the shooter’s hatred of Christianity and had nothing to do with race.
Once again, the hired hacks at FOX News refuse to let the evidence undermine their propaganda peddling.
jasperjava June 18th, 2015 at 12:52 pm
Some right-wing blowhard is going to blame Obama for worsening race relations, and say that this racist shooter was provoked by the injustice of having a black man in the White House.
Mark my words.
whatthe46 June 18th, 2015 at 1:05 pm
they can’t handle the truth. plain and simple.
Roctuna June 18th, 2015 at 2:20 pm
Yeah, cuz when he said “You rape our women and are taking over our cities” he clearly was talking about Methodists.
Larry Schmitt June 18th, 2015 at 3:08 pm
They actually got a black pastor to come on and recommend that the churches have people armed during the services. He too was playing it like an attack on Christians.
Paul LJ Catlow June 19th, 2015 at 7:35 pm
Looks like a Rhodesian Army shoulderpatch from the long war preceding independence. (A mainly white army fought against mainly black rebels in a war with strong racial overtones and by all accounts some not-nice things were done by both sides – taking prisoners was not always guaranteed.) give me time and I could track it down to a specific unit – I’m suspecting special forces of some sort but I don’t have the knowledge available just yet.
Paul LJ Catlow June 19th, 2015 at 8:13 pm
Identified: the Rhodesian badge appears to be a unit distinction worn by jump-qualified paratroopers of the Rhodesian Army during the 1971-80 war against black rebels. So we seem to have a dangerous dreamer identifying himself with a military élite. Happens a lot, and the first people who acknowledge this is bad news are usually the military élites themselves, whose members are carefully screened for mental stability and who put in a lot of blood, sweat and tears to earn their badges. The Walter Mitties get screened out even before training starts (although the SAS in Britain might let them attend an initial training session to find out for themselves they don’t stand a chance, which is usually held to be instructive to all). This syndrome seems to be common to dreamers of this sort: I was reading about the US Navy Seals and the ongoing problem they have with impersonators who give the unit a bad name. Looks like Mr Storm Roof was being slightly more original with his choices, though – although an army pledged to uphold an apartheid state is an interesting choice in itself.