Church shooting suspect's sister raises money for wedding

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Church shooting suspect's sister raises money for wedding
By MEG KINNARD, Associated Press | July 2, 2015 | Updated: July 2, 2015 2:16pm

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The sister of the man accused of killing nine people at a Charleston church has taken down a Go Fund Me profile set up to help pay for her honeymoon and wedding, which was originally planned for the weekend after the slayings.

The page set up in the name of Amber Roof said the June 21 wedding was canceled to "protect our family and mourn the lives of those lost," and blamed the media in part. Her brother, Dylann Storm Roof, was charged just days before with killing nine people during a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

"The media abused our privacy and published all of our wedding information and destroyed our dream day," the page read.

The page, titled "A Fresh Start For Michael and Amber," sought $5,000 to cover lost wedding costs, pay bills and fund a "dream honeymoon."


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Church-shooting-suspect-s-sister-raises-money-for-6363035.php

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[Kelvin Mace]

1. Seriously? "A Fresh Start"

Tell that to the dead.

[randys1]

2. Her problem, she wants you to know, is NOT what her brother did, but that she might have to

settle for a justice of the peace wedding and a short honeymoon

[blm]

3. Geez….hubris runs amok at every level in the Republican party.

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[JI7]

4. do she would have gone on with celebrations if not for the media ?

[DRoseDARs]

16. Media posted details of her private ceremony. This isn't trivial.

Out of concern for the privacy and, frankly, safety of her family and guests they had to cancel. A) The media would have hounded them at the ceremony and B) the risk of a revenge attack.

What purpose was served in publicly revealing those details, other than pure petty spitefulness for what evil her brother did?

[fbc]

5. In all fairness, it's not her fault.

[AllTooEasy]

10. K&R! I'm not condemning anyone for...

...trying to fix something that their asshole family members ruined, even on an incredibly horrifying scale as this. She probably comes from a lower-to-middle income family, and losing that kind of money does real damage.

Additionally, I agree that whichever media outlet that published their wedding details acted inappropriately. Seeing fellow Blacks massacred like that infuriates me to my soul, but let's isolate the punishments to the perpetrators...like true liberals.

[PSPS]

14. Yeah, I don't get that either

Most of the posts here seem to be people who can't wait to make this girl's life miserable for no other reason than what her brother did. DU's sadist contingent grows daily.

[rpannier]

17. Publishing details about her upcoming wedding is pretty low

Could you imagine the howling from the same people who published the details if same was done to them
We'd be treated to countless editorials from newspapers, TV and such about how terrible it was to invade their privacy when they had nothing to do with the killings
But they never worry about that with others

As to the DUers who seem to revel in her situation, they're no better and would be infuriated if they were in her position

[mnhtnbb]

6. Her brother knew what he was doing with the timing of his murderous mayhem.

This is one seriously messed up family.

[passiveporcupine]

7. They probably did lose a lot of money for cancelling the wedding

But I don't think I could handle a wedding so soon after the church disaster. I'd probably put it off at least a year. I don't think it bothers me that they wanted to recoup some of their losses for something they were not responsible for, but the timing really sucks.

[irisblue]

8. Run Michael RUN

that family is bad news all the way around.

[uppityperson]

9. It seems to be closed down now

[PSPS]

11. I see. We're supposed to "punish" the sister for what her brother did. Check.

[rocktivity]

12. Her brother's the one who did the punishing.

And while they may have lost money on the WEDDING, that's certainly no reason why they can't go ahead and GET MARRIED. They can have a fancier ceremony later on, when they can afford it again.


rocktivity

[PSPS]

13. She's marrying her brother?

[rocktivity]

15. LOL -- her brother punished her by humiliating and inconveniencing her.

I say that her getting married anyway, though on a smaller scale, would be her best revenge.


rocktivity

[JI7]

18. yeah, it's all about her and her getting revenge because the wedding was the most important thing

that's what people are turned off by.

[negoldie]

19. Help!

if you want to help me with my chemo and travel expenses you can go to my gofundme page http://www.gofundme.com/y4d8hs. I'm dying and this.......person wants a "dream" honeymoon. Mrs Goldie would love to take me on a our first honeymoon after 15 years of marriage. I'm already 100k in debt for chemo and waiting for the sheriff any day now as I'm also in default and this......person wants a "dream" honeymoon. WTF?

[Township75]

20. Someone in your family may have committed a deplorable act for all we know

Didn't you read the posts on this thread?

Don't expect a dime from us!

[PersonNumber503602]

21. This isn't the move I would make if I was in her position.