As Twitchy reported, #CharlestonShooting suspect Dylann Storm Roof has reportedly been captured by authorities.
There can only be one explanation for the fact that he’s still alive, of course. Can you guess what it is?
If you said “white privilege,” give yourself a pat on the back:
#DylannStorm has been caught ALIVE in Shelby, NC. #WhitePrivilege #CharlestonShooting pic.twitter.com/xmH7TCL38V
— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) June 18, 2015
That terrorist got caught in my neighborhood? It's interesting that he's captured alive #WhitePrivilege #CharlestonShooting
— Arlaadi (@arlaadi) June 18, 2015
Of course Dylann Roof was captured alive. #WhitePrivilege #CharlestonShooting
— ALLTRUEMAN (@ALLTRUEMAN1) June 18, 2015
So how did a White TERRORIST who massacred 9 end up ALIVE in police custody? Answer: white privilege #CharlestonShooting
— Neckea (@neckea_c) June 18, 2015
CAPTURED ALIVE.. #WhitePrivilege #CHARLESTONSHOOTING #PRAYINGFORCHARLESTON
— SONYA CULTON (@SNICOLE1207) June 18, 2015
Yes, alive of course. #CharlestonShooting #WhitePrivilege https://t.co/0P8jySUHpo
— Freddie Dukes (@MasaiATG) June 18, 2015
@myfox8 arrested of course not harmed #CharlestonShooting #WhitePrivilege
— Michael Grande (@MichaelGrande4) June 18, 2015
Captures alive should say it all. #WhitePrivilege #CharlestonShooting
— Michael M. (@Mercury_Cap) June 18, 2015
#CharlestonShooting taken in alive. White privilege
— Kamilah Whitfield (@kamilw123) June 18, 2015
And the #CharlestonShooting terrorist #DylannRoof has been captured alive. #WhitePrivilege
— Chris Tonan (@c_tonan) June 18, 2015
Another white terrorist captured alive like #EricRudolph #TimothyMcveigh, ect.#CharlestonShooting#WhitePrivilege https://t.co/74MSdKLnQW
— Chris Tonan (@c_tonan) June 18, 2015
Telling that the #CharlestonShooting suspect was captured alive. But white privilege is a myth, right?
— Drew Morton (@thecinemadoctor) June 18, 2015
Interesting how #DylannStormRoof is was able to be apprehended alive. #WhitePrivilege #CharlestonShooting
— Austin Montoya (@austin_montoya) June 18, 2015
Caught alive. Not gunned down in a hail of bullets. White privilege even after a hate crime. Just saying. #CharlestonShooting
— A. Zed (@RezOKC) June 18, 2015
#WhitePrivilege is when you can shoot 9 people and not be shot or choked to death! #CharlestonShooting
— Dana (@Danars40) June 18, 2015
Captured alive and well, not a scratch on him. Must be nice. #WhitePrivilege #CharlestonShooting
— ~Suzette~ (@Boricua611) June 18, 2015
#WhitePrivilege means they take him alive. #AMEShooting #CharlestonShooting #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/RKoc6nJR4u
— Wrestles With God (@davidthegood) June 18, 2015
Lucky he's white otherwise he wouldnt be caught "alive" We know this for a fact! #CharlestonShooting #WhitePrivilege https://t.co/dXKhpd66s1
— JamesDeanOnTheLow (@RobynIsMyGal) June 18, 2015
#CharlestonShooting ……. Its white privilege https://t.co/6T0R8zPMXb
— Fried Plaintain (@Tachisubjec) June 18, 2015
Captured alive #WhitePrivilege #tcot #UniteBlue #CharlestonShooting https://t.co/V0xqjHCX2P
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) June 18, 2015
Black kid shoplifts cigars ==> DEADWhite kid murders 9 ==> ALIVE#WhitePrivilege #tcot #UniteBlue #CharlestonShooting
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) June 18, 2015
The fact that he was captured alive just screams white privilege. #CharlestonShooting
— Anndi Jinelle (@SerAnndipity) June 18, 2015
Isn't it some privilege that this white mass murderer just got arrested and unscathed #CharlestonShooting
— andrew núñez (@andrew_nunez) June 18, 2015
Shoot 9 people and you're white. You weren't shot dead. Privilege. #BlackLivesMatter #CharlestonShooting #Charleston #CNN
— Shia C. (@halfthesky2014) June 18, 2015
Oh wow he was armed but didn't get shot???? White Privilege at its finest #CharlestonShooting
— Natalie Fizzy ☮ ␌ (@NatalieLoveBows) June 18, 2015
The fact that this man is alive after the massacre is white privilege. #CharlestonShooting
— Amos Ndukwe (@AMOSSS16) June 18, 2015
His white privilege protecting him. #CharlestonShooting #DylannStormRoof https://t.co/3khcG6iIGQ
— wordfromyrmom (@cbgb84) June 18, 2015
So they captured the mass-murderer responsible for the #CharlestonShooting alive so he can have his day in court? Oh, white privilege!
— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) June 18, 2015
Tuh.I bet he was read miranda rights, apprehended without a scratch on him. We KNOW he KILLED 9 ppl. #WhitePrivilege #CharlestonShooting
— Adrienne Jackson (@Omy_IM_fly) June 18, 2015
Somehow the police managed to take the #CharlestonShooting suspect into custody without putting 13 shots in his back #WhitePrivilege
— Mardi for Change (@MardiHolland) June 18, 2015
https://twitter.com/gurlycotton/status/611562846749593602
And he was apprehended alive as all black people and advocates knew would happen. #WhitePrivilege #CharlestonShooting #BlackLivesMatter
— HBIC (@im_theHBIC) June 18, 2015
Note that #DylannRoof was apprehended alive by police, not shot within minutes. White privilege in action here. #CharlestonShooting
— Laura! (@stillandstorm_) June 18, 2015
Amazing how when white males commit these mass killings they are always arrested without being harmed #whiteprivilege #CharlestonShooting
— Petty LaBelle (@NerdGawdess) June 18, 2015
Wait they caught the gunman…who just killed 9 people… alive? When he is armed and dangerous…That's white privilege #CharlestonShooting
— hayiam (@_maiyah_) June 18, 2015
Roof arrested and taken in, alive. Can we now pls talk about white privilege, police, and media coverage of #CharlestonShooting? Messed up.
— Heidi Elaine Dowding (@theglobal_lib) June 18, 2015
@gaumwhat As always… his whiteness affords him that privilege. Life!!!! Not to mention white supremacy sympathizers… #CharlestonShooting
— Edward Perkins (@wuperkins) June 18, 2015
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