The US judge that has overseen a bond hearing for Dylann Roof, who shot and killed nine African-Americans in a church on Wednesday, was once reprimanded for making racial declaration in a courtroom a decade ago.

Charleston County Magistrate James Gosnell Jr., was reprimanded by the state Supreme Court in 2005 for offending an African-American defendant at a bond hearing in 2003, according to a judicial disciplinary order posted on the South Carolina Supreme Court's website.

“There are four kinds of people in this world—black people, white people, red necks, and n---rs,” said Gosnell in 2003.

Gosnell, now the county's chief magistrate, claimed that “he repeated this statement to the defendant in an ill-considered effort to encourage him to recognize and change the path he had chosen in life,” according to the file.

According to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, Gosnell violated several parts of the official Code of Judicial Conduct, including that judges "shall not, in the performance of judicial duties, by words or conduct manifest bias or prejudice, including but not limited to bias or prejudice based upon race."

21-year-old Roof confessed to killing nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston on Wednesday night.

A racist website registered under Roof's name emerged on Saturday, showing him vehemently denouncing African-Americans, appearing in photographs with guns and burning the US flag.

During Roof's bond hearing on Friday, Gosnell made a declaration that drew the ire of many people.

When he was talking about the nine victims in the church shooting, he said that the killer’s family members were victims as well. "We also have victims on the other side."

Roof’s next court appearances are scheduled for October 23 and February 5, 2016.

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