You can tell he’s a child and, whether he tells anybody or not, you can see it in his face: ‘I messed up badly.’ So, for me, I would rather for him to just stay behind bars for the rest of his life.” Jones said, “When you see him in court, he’s a child. “He’s just too stupid and ignorant to know it.” … I don’t care if he gets the death penalty or not. Whitfield described Gendron as “an insignificant pawn being used by the powers that be. FBI data indicate that such hate crimes rose by 46% between 20. The Buffalo shooting is one of the most visible of the rising number of hate crimes committed against African Americans across the United States. You would have to come to grips with all that. And you’d have to acknowledge the faults of your ancestors, of your belief system. … You would have to acknowledge the lies that you’ve been taught. “You would have to acknowledge that your ancestors enslaved my ancestors and built this country on our backs.
However, he recognizes the reluctance of white Americans to engage in such a discussion. Whitfield, a former Buffalo fire commissioner, said it is time for the country to seriously address the rise in white supremacy. were attempting to replace white citizens with people of color and wanted to “inspire others to commit similar attacks.” ABC reported that a Joint Intelligence Bulletin obtained from federal counterterrorism authorities raised fears that the contents of Gendron’s diary, if publicly released, “outlining tactics, techniques and procedures … will likely enhance the capabilities of potential mass casualty shooters who may be inspired by this attack.” The systems and the people that continue to be in power to this day that continue to make victims of us all.”įederal prosecutors allege that the accused 19-year-old shooter, Payton Gendron, who kept a detailed 700-page on-line diary of his plans, was motivated by a right-wing racist conspiracy theory that forces in the U.S. “I’m focused on the things that empowered him and the reason he became who he was. Punishing the shooter isn’t the issue, Whitfield said. “If you kill him, he becomes a martyr,” Jones said, inspiring others radicalized by online conspiracy theories and racist political rhetoric to replicate his acts. In interviews with ABC News aired September 1, 2022, Wayne Jones (pictured) and Garnell Whitfield Jr., whose mothers were two of the ten African Americans killed in the rampage, and store worker Fragrance Harris Stanfield, who survived the shooting, questioned the appropriateness of the death penalty in the case. In New York City, police said houses of worship would be the focus of extra vigilance.As federal prosecutors consider what punishment to seek against the accused gunman in the May 2022 mass shooting at a Tops Supermarket in Buffalo, survivors and family members of victims of the shooting are concerned that pursuing the death penalty will further spread the racial hatred that fueled the massacre and divert attention from meaningful action to combat white supremacist violence.
Police secure a perimeter after a shooting at a TOPS Market in Buffalo, N.Y. “The user has been indefinitely suspended from our service, and we are taking all appropriate action, including monitoring for any accounts rebroadcasting this content,” the spokesperson said.
“Yeah, I’m angry,” Hochul said.Ī spokesperson for Twitch, the livestreaming service that the suspect apparently used during the shooting before the video was taken down, said the platform has a “zero-tolerance policy against violence of any kind and works swiftly to respond to all incidents.” The hosting of the livestream, she said, was “absolutely shocking.”Ĭontinued gun violence in the United States, she added, must cease. New York Governor Kathy Hochul said at an evening press conference that social media should have some ethical and perhaps legal responsibility for events related to the attack, including “radicalizing” mass shooters.
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