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Prosecutors: Friend Knew of Dylann Roof’s Plans to Kill Charleston Churchgoers

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joeymeek091815The man who opened his doors to suspected Charleston, South Carolina, church shooter Dylann Roof was arraigned in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, Friday morning on charges of misprision of a felony and making a false statement.

Joseph “Joey” Meek Jr., 21, of Red Bank, South Carolina, pleaded not guilty and is being held pending the posting of a $100,000 secured bond.

Indictments unsealed Friday allege that Meek had knowledge of Roof’s plans to shoot African-American parishioners at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston and that he “did not, as soon as possible, make known the same to some judge or other person in civil authority under the United States.”

The indictments also alleged that Meek told a special agent from the FBI “that he did not know specifics of Dylann Roof’s plan” to shoot individuals at the church. The documents alleged that “Meek’s statements and representations denying such specifics were false, fictitious and fraudulent when made.”

Meek, dressed in an orange Lexington County Detention Center jumpsuit, was manacled hand and foot in metal chains. During most of the hearing, he sat at the defense table beside his lawyer, Deborah Butcher of Camden. (Read more from “Prosecutors: Friend Knew of Dylann Roof’s Plans to Kill Charleston Churchgoers” HERE)

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How One Woman Risked Her Life to Ensure the Charleston Shooting Suspect’s Capture [+video]

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Accused Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof was apprehended thanks to the quick thinking of a North Carolina citizen. She gives all credit and glory to God.

Debbie Dills told the Shelby Star: “I was in church [Wednesday] night myself. I had seen the news coverage before I went to bed and started praying for those families down there.” She added: “Those people were in their church just trying to learn the word of God and trying to serve. When I saw a picture of that pastor [Thursday] morning, my heart just sank.” She thought that it could have just as easily been her.

Dills was running late for work Thursday morning at Frady’s Florist near Shelby, North Carolina, when she noticed a car up ahead of her. She wasn’t even sure why she took note of the black Hyundai, which was being driven by a young man.

“I saw the pictures of him with the bowl cut. I said, ‘I’ve seen that car for some reason.’ I look over, and it’s got a South Carolina tag on it,” Dills said Thursday afternoon. “I thought, ‘Nah, that’s not [Roof’s] car.’ Then, I got closer and saw that haircut. I was nervous. I had the worst feeling. Is that him or not him?”

She took her normal exit to go to work, but it was not sitting well with her. She called her boss and friend Todd Frady to ask for his advice.

“She just had a gut feeling that something just wasn’t right,” Frady said.

He told her that she should go try to catch up with him again and get the license plate number, while he called his police officer friend on another phone.

Dills caught back up with Roof and stayed with him until Shelby police cruisers pulled in behind the suspect a few minutes later. From the time Dills first spotted the accused shooter’s car until he was apprehended by police was about 20 minutes. She had trailed the suspect for over 25 miles.

“Them boys knocked it down. They were on it,” Dills said. “Just after the arrest, three of [the police from nearby] Kings Mountain were standing right over there. Thanking me and shaking my hand.”

During an interview on Fox and Friends Friday morning, co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck called the florist a hero for her actions. Dills admitted she got a little nervous after spotting who she thought could be Roof. She said that “God is the hero.” Dills believes He directly intervened to cause events to play out as they did in the suspect’s arrest 430 miles from where the shooting took place.

“I’m not brave, but I started talking to the Lord about it,” Dills explained. “If we are willing vessels, He can use us.”

“That is the kind of God I serve. He puts us where we need to be, when we need to be,” she said. (“How One Woman Risked Her Life to Ensure the Charleston Shooting Suspect’s Capture”, originally posted HERE)

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Mike Huckabee on Charleston: God Already Solved Racism [+video]

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In a discussion with Fox News’ Ed Henry, [Mike] Huckabee was criticized for flip-flopping on the Confederate flag issue.

“You say voters want a leader, somebody who will stand up,” Henry noted. “A few days ago, I saw you asked right here on Fox about the Confederate flag issue down in South Carolina and you basically punted, and said it’s a state issue.”

“Is that leadership?” asked Henry.

“I didn’t punt at all,” Huckabee said. “I think we’ve missed the real point in this. When I’m asked that question as a presidential candidate, what I’m being baited for is, is South Carolina a racist state?”

“And so what I said was, Ed, as a frequent visitor to South Carolina, I look at this objectively,” he continued. “You’ve got a female governor who is of Indian descent, you have the only elected African-American U.S. senator in the South from a state of 4.8 million people, elected largely by people who are mostly white. That’s not racism.” (Read more from “Mike Huckabee on Charleston: God Already Solved Racism” HERE)

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‘No Obama. No Sharpton.’ Charleston Rejects Racial Hatemongers With This Campaign

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Wherever racial divisiveness rears its ugly head, you can be sure DeRay Mckesson is not far away . . .

Few have bothered to dig into who’s financing his traveling road show, which last stopped on Roosevelt Island in New York, after the Hillary Clinton campaign invited him to attend last week’s relaunch, although the odds of George Soros’ name cropping up are high.

Mckesson wasted little time pushing his message of hate, condemning an atmosphere of forgiveness in Charleston as being a result of “whiteness,” even though family of the nine African-Americans killed were the first to speak of forgiveness . . .

In fact, the push back against the race provocateur recently featured in The New York Times has been so pervasive, a #GoHomeDeRay hashtag is now trending.

(Read more from “‘No Obama. No Sharpton.’ Charleston Rejects Racial Hatemongers With This Campaign” HERE)

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Charleston Shooting Sparks Outpouring of Prayer, Demonstrations of Unity Across US

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The brutal massacre of nine worshipers at Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church by 21-year-old Dylann Roof on Wednesday night has prompted an outpouring of prayer and demonstrations of unity both in Charleston, N.C. and across the United States.

Chris and Camryn, the children of Sharonda Singleton, one of those killed in the shooting, revealed that while they are mourning the loss of their mother, their Christian faith has enabled them to forgive her killer–less than 24 hours after her death.

“This is a tragedy,” Chris told the BBC during a memorial service for the victims, adding that he wants his mother to be remembered as a “God-fearing woman who loved everyone with all her heart.”

“We already forgive [Roof] for what he’s done, and there’s nothing but love from our side of the family…Love is stronger than hate, and that’s all I have to say,” he told the reporter . . .

Police have described the murders as a hate crime and arrested Roof, who was pictured on his Facebook page with the flags of apartheid South Africa and white government-era Rhodesia adorned on his jacket. Upon his capture, Roof admitted to killing his victims in an attempt to “start a race war.” (Read more from “Charleston Shooting Sparks Outpouring of Prayer, Demonstrations of Unity Across US” HERE)

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