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Amber Roof, the sister of accused Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal shooter Dylann Roof, created a GoFundMe page asking for help financing her wedding and honeymoon, hoping to raise some $5,000, the Post and Courier reports.
Amber Roof and her fiancé were to have been married on June 21, four days after nine people were shot dead in an historic Charleston church. As a result, the wedding was postponed and Ms Roof launched a request for funds for another ceremony. She said half of the money would to to the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
“As many of you know Michael and I had to abruptly cancel our wedding day, due to the tragedy that occurred in Charleston,” the entry on the GoFundMe page said. “It was suppose [sic] to start our lives together with our new family. Our day was the exact opposite.”
It added: “Our wedding day was full of sorrow, pain, and shame, tainted by the actions of one man. The Charleston Massacre took place and our lives were forever changed. The media abused our privacy and published all of our wedding information and destroyed our dream day.”
Thirty-three people donated since the fund was started four days go, raising more than $1,600 of the $5,000 goal. It was set up by Amber Roof of Shelby, North Carolina.
One of the most recent donations was made under the name “American BlackLivesMatter. “Here’s $9 for the Nine Victims of the Charleston, SC, Church Massacre,” it says.
The page was shut down at lunchtime on Thursday, according to the Post and Courier. The newspaper said it had been unable to contact Ms Roof.
It added that among the comments that were posted while it was still up was one from a woman who the “most self-centred and insensitive fundraising page I’ve ever encountered”.
She added: “I can’t imagine the anguish and sorrow that your own brother has inflicted on so many wonderful and kind people and all the while, you are fantasising about letting others fund your honeymoon!!”
Agencies/Canadajournal
