According to a friend, Roof complained that "blacks were taking over the world" and that "someone needed to do something about it for the white race."
Mookamedi mongwe wa bobolokelo bongwe o ne a ngongorega jaana: "Gore basweu ba tswelele ba tshela mo nageng eno, batho ba bantsho ga ba a tshwanela go itse gore ba a tsiediwa mo ditirong."