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A week before, Roof had sat through the class for an hour with his victims before declaring he was there "to kill black people," pulled out a pistol and opened fire.
He has admitted to the killings, and was charged with nine counts of murder. Additionally, the Department of Justice is likely to pursue federal hate crime charges against him, law enforcement officials told CNN.
Confederate flag
Some loved ones of Charleston's massacre victims have -- through tears and sobs -- publicly forgiven Roof. And they have been met in return with a public outpouring of sympathy.
Leaders, including a chorus of conservatives, who in the past have defended the flying of the Confederate battle flag, have supported the call to have it removed from its site near South Carolina's State House in Columbia.
Roof revered the flag as a symbol of white supremacy, and photos surfaced of him holding it, alongside another image of him burning an American flag. Many consider the Confederate battle flag a racist symbol.
Politicians in other states have taken swift and uncomplicated action to banish it.
On Wednesday, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley directed that four Confederate flags be taken down permanently from a Confederate memorial at the state capitol. The Mississippi state flag, which contains the battle flag as a prominent element, was taken down from Boise City Hall at the Mayor's request.
The National Park Service announced that it's discontinuing items bearing the flag in its souvenir shops. Walmart, eBay and Amazon have announced they would stop selling it, and an array of other corporate giants have supported its removal.
Presidential eulogy
South Carolina legislators are taking steps in the direction of removing the battle flag that flies at a Confederate memorial, but the process appears complicated and slow.
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A law protecting it and other Civil War symbols requires a two-thirds supermajority vote in each chamber of the legislature to take it down. But critics say it could go much faster if lawmakers would just strike down that law with a simple majority vote.
While they still grappled with it, the Confederate flag flapped nearby on Wednesday as Sen. Pinckney's body went on public view in the State House.
He will be buried on Friday. President Barack Obama will give his eulogy