Haley and other conservatives have said they called for the flag to come down in part because of photos showing Roof posing with the Confederate symbol.
Debate about the prevalence of Confederate imagery in South Carolina was rekindled by photographs of Roof posing on the bonnet of his car that bore a Confederacy license plate.
In the days after the killings, a racist manifesto was found online along with 60 photographs of Mr Roof posing with the Confederate flag and standing at Confederate Civil War sites.
How is it possible, while reading about the alleged killer, Dylann Storm Roof, posing darkly in a picture on his Facebook page, the flags of racist Rhodesia and apartheid South Africa sewn to his jacket, not to think that we have witnessed a lynching?
Roof posed with the Confederate flag in photos posted online and allegedly made racist remarks to his victims as he opened fire.
Extensive decay in the bases of the cruck tresses in the castle's roof posed a particular threat to the hall, as the decaying roof began to push the walls apart.
Photos of Roof posing with the Confederate flag circulated on social media, leading to a vote by South Carolina's legislature to remove the rebel flag from a memorial on the state capitol grounds.
Days after the shooting, a website surfaced containing photos of Roof posing with the Confederate flag and showing off a.45 caliber handgun — the same weapon used in the church shooting.
Calls to remove Confederate flags and monuments from public grounds first gained momentum after the Charleston church shooting in 2015, when images of convicted murderer and self-labeled white supremacist Dylann Roof posing with the Stars and Bars spread far and wide.
