There’s an uncanny sense of repetition for the creators behind PBS’ “The Blinding of Isaac Woodard” — a feeling that they’ve told this story before. The tale of a Black serviceman beaten and blinded by police in 1946 took on an added air of history repeating when the “American Experience” episode was being filmed. “We did most of our principal photography at the height of the George Floyd protests,” said producer and director Jamila Ephron at Friday’s TCA Winter Press Tour panel for PBS.
The question, then, on everyone’s minds throughout the project was: How have things changed, if at all? “I learned…that it’s a constant battle,” Ephron said. She said it often felt like a continuous stream of police violence was happening while working on the project.
“What’s important is for people to understand that issues of police violence against Black people…have been...
The question, then, on everyone’s minds throughout the project was: How have things changed, if at all? “I learned…that it’s a constant battle,” Ephron said. She said it often felt like a continuous stream of police violence was happening while working on the project.
“What’s important is for people to understand that issues of police violence against Black people…have been...
- 2/5/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Dylann Roof has been sentenced to die for the June 2015 mass murders of nine black men and women in a racially-motivated attack on a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina.
A jury deliberated for about four hours before finding that the 22-year-old, a professed white supremacist, should be put to death. The verdict was unanimous.
Before reaching their verdict, the jury asked the judge a series of questions that seemed to indicate that they were leaning toward life imprisonment. But as the verdict was read, the jurors agreed unanimously that several aggravating factors had been achieved, including a lack of remorse.
A jury deliberated for about four hours before finding that the 22-year-old, a professed white supremacist, should be put to death. The verdict was unanimous.
Before reaching their verdict, the jury asked the judge a series of questions that seemed to indicate that they were leaning toward life imprisonment. But as the verdict was read, the jurors agreed unanimously that several aggravating factors had been achieved, including a lack of remorse.
- 1/10/2017
- by skhelling
- PEOPLE.com
Dylann Roof, the professed white supremacist who confessed to fatally shooting nine people at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, after sitting through a Bible study class, was found guilty of several charges today.
A jury of three black people and nine white people found Roof, 22, guilty of hate crimes, religious obstruction and firearms violations in the June 2015 attack, reports the Charleston Post and Courier.
He will be sentenced January 3, and faces either death or life in prison.
Roof allegedly sat alongside his victims for about one hour inside the Emanuel Ame Church before opening fire on the parishioners,...
A jury of three black people and nine white people found Roof, 22, guilty of hate crimes, religious obstruction and firearms violations in the June 2015 attack, reports the Charleston Post and Courier.
He will be sentenced January 3, and faces either death or life in prison.
Roof allegedly sat alongside his victims for about one hour inside the Emanuel Ame Church before opening fire on the parishioners,...
- 12/15/2016
- by jefftruesdelltimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
Dylann Roof has been deemed competent to stand trial starting next week in the killing of 9 black worshipers at a South Carolina church last year. A federal judge ruled on Friday that the 22-year old shooter is to stand trial in the future. U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel‘s ruling allows for jury selection to […]
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- 11/26/2016
- by Aleks Simeonova
- Uinterview
Jury selection for the death penalty trial of alleged South Carolina church shooter Dylann Roof was scheduled to begin today, but a judge postponed it so Roof can receive a competency evaluation, according to court documents obtained by People.
“An issue has arisen concerning the Defendant’s competency to stand trial,” according to a court order filed late Tuesday by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Gergel. “Federal law requires the Court to order a competency evaluation of Defendant and to conduct a hearing on the matter.”
Roof, 22, has been accused of fatally shooting nine people in June 2015, when he...
“An issue has arisen concerning the Defendant’s competency to stand trial,” according to a court order filed late Tuesday by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Gergel. “Federal law requires the Court to order a competency evaluation of Defendant and to conduct a hearing on the matter.”
Roof, 22, has been accused of fatally shooting nine people in June 2015, when he...
- 11/9/2016
- by elaine
- PEOPLE.com
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