memeorandum: Love and Terror in the Black Church (Michael Eric Dyson/New York Times)

8:35 AM ET, June 21, 2015

Top Items:

Frances Robles / New York Times:

Dylann Roof Photos and a Manifesto Are Posted on Website — COLUMBIA, S.C. — Dylann Roof spat on and burned the American flag, but waved the Confederate. — He posed for pictures wearing a No. 88 T-shirt, had 88 Facebook friends and wrote that number — white supremacist code for “Heil Hitler”— in the South Carolina sand.

Discussion: alicublog, Politico, Washington Monthly, NPR, Hinterland Gazette, Liberal Values, PoliticusUSA, Talking Points Memo, Althouse and Daily Kos

Andrew Husband / Mediaite:

FBI Director Says Charleston Shooting Not Terrorism — In the wake of the Charleston church shooting in South Carolina, two particular phrases have been used in the media to describe the attack — “hate crime” and “terrorist act.” Soon after the initial reports of the tragedy …

Discussion: Infowars, Guardian and PoliticusUSA

Joe Lapointe / Detroit Free Press:

Fight racist fire with literal fire: Burn Confederate flags — The Confederate flag was important to Dylann Storm Roof, the 21-year-old charged in the racist mass murderof nine African Americans in a historic black Charleston church this week. — His license plate displayed the rebel flag of the Civil War.

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Raw Story and Mediaite

Lee Stranahan / BREITBART.COM:

Woman Calls for Race War at Scene of Church Shooting — CHARLESTON, South Carolina — During an interview Breitbart News conducted with people gathered outside the Mother Emmanuel American Methodist Church in Charleston, where Wednesday's deadly shooting left nine black churchgoers dead …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Brendan O'Connor / Gawker:
Here Is What Appears to Be Dylann Roof's Racist Manifesto

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Daily Kos, Washington Post, Raw Story, Infowars, Mashable, BizPac Review and Mediaite

Talking Points Memo:
Full Text Of Charleston Suspect Dylann Roof's Apparent Manifesto

Discussion: Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Week and The Daily Beast

Kieran Corcoran For / Daily Mail:
Charleston shooter Dylann Roof's ‘manifesto’ revealed on ‘Last Rhodesian’ website

Discussion: Power Line

Michael McLaughlin / The Huffington Post:
Racist Manifesto Purportedly Written By Dylann Roof Surfaces Online

Discussion: Guardian, Washington Post, Hatewatch, Raw Story, Liberaland, Slantpoint, FOX31 Denver, Slate, Telegraph, theGrio and Outside the Beltway

Jesse Walker / Hit & Run:
Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof's Racist Manifesto

Discussion: Slantpoint, fox8.com, Corrente, Business Insider, Fusion and The Daily Caller

Jonathon M. Seidl / TheBlaze.com:

The Moment an MSNBC Anchor Broke Down On-Air as Glenn Beck Showed Up at the Charleston Church — MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts broke down on-air Friday while reporting live from Charleston, South Carolina, and the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church where nine people were massacred earlier this week.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Towleroad, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hot Air and theGrio

Andrew Husband / Mediaite:
Hillary Clinton on Charleston: 'We Can't Hide' From Truth of White Privilege

Discussion: Infowars and Liberaland

Erin Dooley / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Calls for ‘Common Sense’ Gun Control After Charleston Shooting

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Hinterland Gazette and The Democratic Daily

USA Today:

Arizona sheriff sending armed posse into black churches — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will send armed posses of volunteers to 60 black churches around Phoenix, following the deadly attack on a historically black church in Charleston. Arpaio's office has previously been accused of racial profiling.

Discussion: Mediaite

Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:

Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio to send armed volunteers to protect churches — Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio will send armed volunteers into 60 predominantly black churches Sunday in response to the shooting at a Charleston, S.C., church. — Arpaio said he was responding …

Discussion: Raw Story and Infowars

Michael Eric Dyson / New York Times:

Love and Terror in the Black Church — AT the sprawling Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas one day last spring, I was met by five men with earpieces who escorted me to the pastor's office. As I prepared to preach that morning, a rolling phalanx of bodyguards shadowed my every move …

Discussion: Daily Kos

Marc Caputo / Politico:

Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio's backyard battle royal — Florida's Miami-Dade GOP, which Jeb Bush built into a powerhouse, may not be big enough to fit two presidential candidates. — MIAMI — Jeb Bush built the Miami-Dade Republican Party. And now Marco Rubio wants to take possession.

Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:

Rick Perry calls Charleston shooting an ‘accident’ — An aide to Rick Perry claims the GOP presidential candidate misspoke when he referred to the mass shooting at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C., as “an accident.” — Speaking with Steve Malzberg of Newsmax …

Discussion: Hot Air, BizPac Review and Guardian

Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:

Man with towel-wrapped arm shot by LAPD in Los Feliz was unarmed — Los Angeles police shot and critically injured a man after he raised an arm he had wrapped in a towel toward officers Friday in Los Feliz, police said. — Police said officers thought the man had a gun but turned out to be unarmed.

Discussion: Reuters, Hit & Run, Infowars, Guardian and Raw Story

CNN:

Manhunt for escaped New York prisoners 16 photos — State corrections officers monitor traffic June 8 at the Clinton Correctional Facility. — Hide Caption — 16 of 16 — Story highlights — (CNN)Police are pursuing possible sightings of two men who may fit the descriptions …