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Mom of suspect in plot "in the spirit of Dylann Roof" speaks out

In interview with CBS affiliate WBTW, South Carolina woman Joann Clewis said her son Benjamin McDowell admired the Charleston church shooter. McDowell is accused of buying a gun from an undercover FBI agent and plotting a similar attack.
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