On Wednesday, the white gunman who fatally shot 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket last year in a racially motivated attack with the goal to “kill as many blacks as possible” was sentenced on state murder charges to life in prison without parole. The shooter, Payton Gendron, 19, still faces dozens of charges on the federal level, for which he could face the death penalty if convicted.
Gendron pleaded guilty last November in Erie County Court to all 25 state charges against him, including 10 counts of first-degree murder, 10 counts of second-degree murder as a hate crime,...
Gendron pleaded guilty last November in Erie County Court to all 25 state charges against him, including 10 counts of first-degree murder, 10 counts of second-degree murder as a hate crime,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Andrea Marks
- Rollingstone.com
Benny the Butcher is raising money for the families of the 10 victims of the racially motivated mass shooting in his hometown of Buffalo, New York. On Monday, the rapper released his track “Welcome to the States” addressing the massacre and the need for reform.
“Ideologies formed on hate,” Benny raps on the Kendrick Lamar “We Cry Together”-sampled track. “Now the grocery stores ain’t safe.”
The black-and-white music video — which has a fundraiser for the National Crime Victim Bar Association and other organizers helping the shooting victims’ families tied...
“Ideologies formed on hate,” Benny raps on the Kendrick Lamar “We Cry Together”-sampled track. “Now the grocery stores ain’t safe.”
The black-and-white music video — which has a fundraiser for the National Crime Victim Bar Association and other organizers helping the shooting victims’ families tied...
- 6/6/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
A lot was taken from the Buffalo, New York, community on Saturday, May 14. Peace. Security. Ten fathers, mothers, grandmothers, grandfathers, neighbors, and community members.
The racist attack at Tops Supermarket and the man who traveled across the state to murder Black people couldn’t wrest one thing from victims’ family and friends, however. They still have their memories — stories about their loved ones that go far beyond their ages and occupations or where they lived. And in those loved ones, in some respect at least, these people live on.
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The racist attack at Tops Supermarket and the man who traveled across the state to murder Black people couldn’t wrest one thing from victims’ family and friends, however. They still have their memories — stories about their loved ones that go far beyond their ages and occupations or where they lived. And in those loved ones, in some respect at least, these people live on.
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- 5/17/2022
- by Brenna Ehrlich, Cheyenne Roundtree and Andrea Marks
- Rollingstone.com
Updated: May 15, 8 p.m. Et
Police released the names of the 10 people killed during a racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York grocery store on Saturday afternoon.
The victims of the attack, which Erie County Sheriff John Garcia described as “pure evil,” include Aaron Salter, 55, a retired Buffalo police officer who worked as a security guard at the at the Tops Friendly Market where the attack occurred.
On Sunday, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia called Salter “a hero,” and said he confronted and shot the gunman during the melee,...
Police released the names of the 10 people killed during a racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York grocery store on Saturday afternoon.
The victims of the attack, which Erie County Sheriff John Garcia described as “pure evil,” include Aaron Salter, 55, a retired Buffalo police officer who worked as a security guard at the at the Tops Friendly Market where the attack occurred.
On Sunday, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia called Salter “a hero,” and said he confronted and shot the gunman during the melee,...
- 5/14/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
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