Hundreds of shocked and angry protesters after the Buffalo killings

The crowd, several hundred loud at the end of the morning, gathered at the scene of the tragedy and sang the word unity.

Another surveillance was held at a church where Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said he was destroyed in front of it racist and violent attacks.

Some of us were furious this morning launched Pastor T. Anthony Bronner.

For her part, New York Attorney General Letitia James, who traveled to Buffalo to attend the vigil, described the activities as domestic terrorism, pure and simple.

Ten people were killed and three others were injured in the shooting at the Tops supermarket. An 18-year-old man armed with an assault weapon and bullet-proof vest fired a gun Saturday afternoon before entering the business and causing confusion, police said.

Of the victims, there were 11 black people and 2 white.

The event took place in the predominantly African-American neighborhood of Buffalo, New York.

The art

The killer, identified as 18-year-old Payton Gendron, was carrying a camera and broadcasting his crime live on Twitch. The platform claims the content has been deleted two minutes after the start of its broadcast.

The author of the racist attack would have traveled more than 300 kilometers to get to the scene of the tragedy.

The young man wrote a manifest of 180 pages of a racist nature and spread it on the Internet before the facts, according to American media.

The suspect is believed to have been inspired by crimes committed by white supremacists, including the 2019 massacre of 51 worshipers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, the New York Times.

The newspaper news on the buffalo added that the “N-word” was painted white on the barrel of the gun. The suspect obtained the firearm legally, but made illegal alterations, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul said.

This individual […] seems to have arrived [la veille] to inspect the area and conduct a reconnaissance operation before proceeding with this infamous and heinous actBuffalo Police Chief Joseph Gramaglia told ABC television on Sunday.

The man pointed his weapon at her, at the level of his neck, before finally surrendering to police, according to Commissioner Gramaglia.

Please don’t be guilty

At first appearance, the young man pleaded not guilty to the allegations of intentional killingreported the New York Times. Authorities said the suspect is under surveillance and will remain in custody.

U.S. federal justice is investigating this massacre as hates crime and cases of violent racially motivated extremismaccording to a press release released Saturday night.

ang angry crime means in the United States is an action directed against a target person because of elements of their identity such as race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation or disability. Considered an aggravated federal offense, it carries more violent sentences.

condemnation of an act racist and the military style enforcement linked to white supremacyKaty Hochul expressed her anger and underlined the responsibility of social networks.

Social networks allow this hatred to ferment and spread like a virushe launched in Buffalo, his hometown.

In a statement, US President Joe Biden also condemned this attack on Saturday, noting that any act of domestic terrorism, including an act committed in the name of a despicable white nationalist ideology, is contrary to all we stand for in America.

Huntings and killings in public places are almost daily in the United States and gun crime is on the rise in major cities like New York, Chicago, Miami or San Francisco, especially since the 2020 pandemic.

Several initiatives by elected officials to strengthen gun laws have failed in Congress in recent years, where the powerful NRA gun lobby remains highly influential.

There is information from Andréanne Williams.