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Accused Buffalo mass shooter had threatened a shooting while in high school. Could more have been done to avert the tragedy?

Nearly a year before he was charged with shooting and killing 10 shoppers, and wounding three more, at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store, a then-17-year-old student reportedly told his classmates at Susquehanna Valley High School that he “wanted to do a shooting, either at a graduation ceremony, or sometime…

The Conversation

Editorial: Buffalo shooter acted alone, but was inspired by many

There is no DNA for bigotry. Hatred is acquired after birth. So what explains mass murders like the one at a Buffalo supermarket, where 10 people were slain by a radicalized youth who drove 200 miles with a semi-automatic rifle to find a concentration of Black victims?

Tribune News Service

Body armor, worn by the Buffalo shooter, faces far fewer regulations than guns

A security guard at the Tops market tried to fire back at the shooter, but his fire struck body armor instead. Experts say use of body armor by mass shooters has trended up in recent years.

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Commentary: Fight hate with speech, not with censorship

The man accused of killing 10 African Americans at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket was virulently antisemitic as well as a racist. Indeed, he blamed Jews for the so-called “great replacement” — a belief based on a racist conspiracy theory that nonwhite people are being used to replace white people.

Chicago Tribune

Ramesh Ponnuru: Great replacement theory is a grand delusion

When a killer expounds on his derangements, it poses a special challenge. We have to take his words seriously without, at the same time, taking them seriously; to understand their import without paying them respect. In the case of the mass murderer of Buffalo, New York — I see no…

Tribune News Service

FBI failing to address white supremacist violence, warns former special agent

Michael German, who infiltrated white supremacist groups in the 1990s, says the FBI continues to underplay the scope of the threat

The Guardian - US

Destiny 2 studio decries racism in gaming after Buffalo attack

Bungie, the publisher behind Destiny, said that studios need to be more aware of how gaming fosters racism, and that Sony will not silence them.

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After the Buffalo slayings, parents struggle through talks with their children

Some of the children want to know how someone could do something so horrible. Others are too young to fully comprehend. Parents say there are no easy answers to the questions the children ask.

WEKU

After Buffalo, civil rights leaders pitch anti-hate plans

The nation’s oldest civil rights organization said it will propose a sweeping plan meant to protect Black Americans from white supremacist violence in response to a hate-fueled massacre that killed 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, last weekend

The Independent UK

‘She got mad’: 911 dispatcher allegedly hung up during Buffalo shooting call

Dispatcher could lose her job after Tops employee says dispatcher took on a nasty tone and asked her why she was whispering

The Guardian - US

‘Shark Tank’ star Daymond John offers financial support to family of security guard killed in Buffalo shooting

“Shark Tank” star Daymond John vowed to support the family of the supermarket security guard killed in Saturday’s racially motivated shooting in Buffalo, New York, including offering to help with funeral expenses, according to a new report.

Tribune News Service

Suspect in Buffalo mass shooting heckled as ‘coward’ in court

Payton Gendron, 18, accused of killing 10 Black people at supermarket, not required to speak at brief court hearing

The Guardian - US

Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect indicted

The 18-year-old accused of killing 10 people at a Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York, was indicted for murder by a grand jury during a brief court appearance on Thursday.

Tribune News Service

US supermarket shooting suspect back in court

New York (AFP) - The white teenager accused of gunning down 10 Black people during a racist rampage at a supermarket in New York state was back in court Thursday.

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Axios

Grand jury indicts Buffalo mass shooting suspect on first-degree murder charge

"There will be no further comment from our office until there is a report following an investigation by the Grand Jury."

The Independent UK

Buffalo suspect Payton Gendron heckled as grand jury indicts him for mass shooting

Payton Gendron, 18, appeared in Buffalo City Court on charges over the deadliest mass shooting in 2022

Salon

Biden must tell white folks the truth

Biden's Buffalo speech was remarkable — but not enough. He has a historic duty to speak directly to white America

Los Angeles Times

Amid anger and grief, some Black residents of Buffalo are talking about guns

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The gunman who killed 10 people at a supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood on the East Side of Buffalo on Saturday took more than lives, residents say.

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The Independent UK

Buffalo shooting suspect to appear in court over white supremacist massacre

Payton Gendron, 18, will appear in Buffalo City Court at 9.30am this morning for a felony hearing over the mass murder of 10 people

WEKU

Buffalo prosecutors get more time to build their case against a mass shooting suspect

Payton Gendron is accused in a racist supermarket attack that killed 10 people. On Thursday, a judge delayed the hearing that will decide if there's enough evidence to proceed to trial until June 9.

France 24

Buffalo mass shooting: Joe Biden condemns 'poison of White supremacy'

On Tuesday, US President Joe Biden visited the site of a deadly attack motivated by racial hatred. On May 14, an 18-year-old went on a shooting rampage in the city of Buffalo, killing 10 and injuring three, with the express purpose of targeting Black people. In an emotional speech, the…

The Conversation

A quest for significance gone horribly wrong – how mass shooters pervert a universal desire to make a difference in the world

Agonizing questions are being raised by the recent tragic shooting incident in Buffalo, New York, where 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron is alleged to have shot 10 people dead and wounded three. As in the recent years’ similar acts of horror at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, a Walmart in El Paso,…

Salon

Biden speaks truth: Is that enough?

In refusing to call out Tucker Carlson and Trump after Buffalo, the president is backing away from a fight

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Solomon Jones: Buffalo shooting illustrates the persistence of white supremacy

I have often disagreed with the notion that racism is a permanent fixture in American society. I believe too strongly in humanity’s ability to change, to adapt, to dream. I believed that our country could someday become a semblance of the utopia it often claims to be.

WEKU

The Buffalo shooting shuttered Tops and left a food desert. Locals are stepping in.

Local organizations are behind food distributions in the East Side of Buffalo following the shooting at a Tops supermarket.

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