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ariesgem

(1,634 posts)
Thu Jul 2, 2015, 03:31 PM Jul 2015

Dylann Roof’s sister starts ‘GoFundMe’ page to pay for honeymoon

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The sister of Dylann Roof launched an online campaign this week to raise $5000 for a planned wedding and honeymoon that had been subsequently cancelled in the wake of the massacre.

Amber Roof’s brother Dylann is suspected of killing nine people at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, only a few short weeks ago.

She has turned to Go Fund Me to ask supporters to donate toward her campaign in an effort to “cover lost wedding costs, pay bills, and to send us on our dream honeymoon.”

As of this morning, $1,619 had been pledged.

Amber and her fiance were originally slated to be married on June 21, a mere four days after her brother, 21-year-old Dylann Roof, gunned down nine worshippers at the historic black church.

She states on her Go Fund Me page that she was forced to cancel her wedding day in order to “to protect [her] family and mourn the lives of those lost,” explaining that what was supposed to be “the day every girl dreams of,” instead turned into a day “full of sorrow, pain, and shame, tainted by the actions of one man.”

“The Charleston Massacre took place and our lives were forever changed. The media abused our privacy and published all of our wedding information and destroyed our dream day,” she added.

http://thegrio.com/2015/07/02/dylann-roof-sister-gofundme-wedding-honeymoon/

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Dylann Roof’s sister starts ‘GoFundMe’ page to pay for honeymoon (Original Post) ariesgem Jul 2015 OP
Well, it's not her fault. Fawke Em Jul 2015 #1
Yes ariesgem Jul 2015 #2
I though the same thing, it's sad people don't recognize the lack humanity we're responsble for. Demonaut Jul 2015 #11
"Hearing, you know, about, like, all those people who got killed 'n' stuff Aristus Jul 2015 #3
Could you learn to emote n' stuff Fawke Em Jul 2015 #9
She's capitalizing on his racist murdering spree BainsBane Jul 2015 #7
will the dumbth ever cease ? olddots Jul 2015 #4
They took it down. eom uppityperson Jul 2015 #5
The sister did or GoFundMe? davidpdx Jul 2015 #8
Her brother knew what he was doing four days before his sister's wedding. mnhtnbb Jul 2015 #6
after what the other families as well as her family have gone through...she's insane Demonaut Jul 2015 #10

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
1. Well, it's not her fault.
Thu Jul 2, 2015, 03:35 PM
Jul 2015

She's not her brother, nor his keeper.

Seems their father might have been an asshole, but they had a decent step-mother who helped raise them. Even so, we don't know if she harbors the same hate. Her brother might have had mental issues she does not that pushed him over the edge into hatred and violence.

I actually feel sorry for her.

Aristus

(66,369 posts)
3. "Hearing, you know, about, like, all those people who got killed 'n' stuff
Thu Jul 2, 2015, 03:39 PM
Jul 2015
totes ruined my great big happy princess day! Couldja gimme some money, 'cause I'm, like, you know, totally bummed out 'n' stuff?"

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
8. The sister did or GoFundMe?
Fri Jul 3, 2015, 12:05 AM
Jul 2015
Just curious. Never mind, I saw that it was the sister that pulled it.

It was a bad decision to put it up in the first place.

mnhtnbb

(31,389 posts)
6. Her brother knew what he was doing four days before his sister's wedding.
Thu Jul 2, 2015, 05:22 PM
Jul 2015

This is one seriously messed up family.

Demonaut

(8,916 posts)
10. after what the other families as well as her family have gone through...she's insane
Wed Jul 8, 2015, 04:30 AM
Jul 2015

irrational, detached, ignorant. complete lack of compassion or empathy

in short....A Horrible Person

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