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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced an $88 million settlement on Thursday with victims of a white supremacist who shot dead nine Black churchgoers in South Carolina in 2015.The settlement stems from allegations that the FBI was negligent when it failed to prohibit the sale of a gun by a licensed firearms dealer to the shooter, Dylan Roof, the Justice Department
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced an $88 million settlement on Thursday with victims of a white supremacist who shot dead nine Black churchgoers in South Carolina in 2015.The settlement stems from allegations that the FBI was negligent when it failed to prohibit the sale of a gun by a licensed firearms dealer to the shooter, Dylan Roof, the Justice Department
Landmark Settlement Reached for Victims of Mother Emanuel Church Shooting
He shot ten members of this church and that's why you have a settlement today. >> could the pastor's daughter be more poised and composed there? i can't believe she was only six. she obviously has anther father gift for commanding a crowd. how will it be divided up? >> there's $88 million they've settled on. apparently 63 million of this is going to go to the families of those killed. 6 million will go to survivors. dylan roof had 88 on his shoes,
Allowed the killer to purchase the gun while the background check was still underway. how does this settlement prevent another dylan roof? >> from a legal standpoint, the settlement doesn't do anything to change or alter the existing landscape. >> reporter: what family members of the victim hope is that the settlement will serve as a deterrent. >> this is a nightmare that will never end. >> reporter: singleton wrote a book that he called "i never forgave the killer." his mother mira died in the shooting. >> i have a young daughter that has a fear of sitting in a church because she thinks someb...