Buffalo massacre: they point out racism and investigate a manifesto with an unusual reference to Argentina

community of The buffalo was still shocked by the killing that happened on Saturday at a local supermarket, where an 18-year-old shooter killed ten people with an assault rifle while streaming the whole thing live on Twitch. He had planned everything, every step, every move. researchers point out racial hatred as the motive for the attack, while trying to confirm the authenticity of a manifesto spreading on social networks, which the murderer would have written.

The text is a pamphlet full of messages of hatred, anti-Semitism, racism, conspiracy theories, memes and even an unusual mention of Argentina. It also contains a sketch of the murder scene, along with step-by-step execution planning, from the start of the live broadcast to the selected weapons.

Police sources investigated the veracity of the text, although they preferred not to confirm whether it was the author of the shoot. What they told the AP agency was that they were working with the parents of the detained boy, who was identified as Payton S. Gendron, who submitted himself to the authorities after the attack.

In the manifesto, the author expected that he would surrender in case of being surrounded.

So far, preliminary investigation has identified Gendron I have seen white supremacist websites and racist conspiracy theoriesand studied the Christchurch massacre in New Zealand in 2019 and the Norwegian massacre in 2011, the source said.

In addition, it happened that the young man had already threatened massacre at the school, where he was taken to psychological treatment, according to sources in the case reported to the AP agency.

A text full of anger

The manifesto of the alleged buffalo shooter began to spread on social media after the massacre. Is about a text of 180 pages full of anti-semitism and racismwhere the author tries to justify the attacks based on a supposed advance against the “white population”, based on the conspiracy theory known as “The great substitute”.

It says that Western society is being attacked by the low birth rate of “white people”, which is also surpassed by the high birth rate of “immigrants”, which — according to the author— they will replace it in the coming years. This is a very popular view among those far those forums American and even in some mass media.

Proponents of this theory also hold the dangerous theory that it is part of a plan orchestrated by a ruling elite, made up of bankers and Jewish communities, that is fueling a “left wing” agenda aimed at eradicating the white population.

In the midst of this delirium, the author of the manifesto gives as an example on several occasions the Argentina, because it considers it “a white country”, a fact inconsistent with the multicultural reality of the country. On the first page it indicates that this is the only “white” area in the West where the birth rate exceeds the 2.06 births needed for that race so as not to lose its predominance among “migrants.”

According to these data, whose source is Wikipedia, the country has an index of 2.24. Throughout the manifesto, the author relies on a series of alternative sources and questionable data to support developing a story which, he said, prompted him to carry out the massacre.

“We are experiencing aggression on a level never seen before in history. Millions of people cross our borders, legally. The state and corporate entities are invited to replace white people who have failed to reproduce, ”the terrorist said.

In his justification, races that “biologically belong” in places where they are “made to be”. “White people do not belong in Nigeria for the same reason that black people do not belong in England,” he said. Even here he makes a pirouette plot, considering that Argentina is one of the few exceptions, along with Uruguay, Australia or the United States, where the territory “is now owned by whites.”

The author considers that it is “a war” and “a genocide to the descendants of Europeans “, which takes place all over the world. He further said that” he was not born a racist “, but instead” became a racist after being recognized ‘The truth’“.

He also added that he found out about these postulates on 4chan forums, in the months of the pandemic. The text has many similarities to the manifesto made by Brenton Harrison Tarrant, author of the Christchurch Mosque massacre in New Zealand in 2019. Even the author of the text cited it as “one of his inspirations”.

Throughout 180 pages, the author has published an enormous number of antisemitic memes, a ‘question and answer’ section on the motivations for the massacre and a detailed plan of the supermarket where the shooting took place, with a chronological appearance of his attack, which he planned to end up in a predominantly black neighborhood in the place.

Also the list of weapons used and a call to action for others to “follow their task.”

how to attack

Gendron, who lives in the Conklin area of ​​New York state, drove more than 300 kilometers to Buffalo to raid the supermarket Top Friendly Market. For investigators, this is a clear signal of the racist nuance the attacker wants to give, as the area is located in an area where African-American communities dominate.

Wearing a bulletproof vest and helmet, Gendron was equipped with an assault rifle on which were written the names of the other shooters who inspired him. To go down began shooting accurately at people of African descent. He entered the supermarket and resumed the dissection. I know where to go.

Among those killed was Aaron Salter, a retired police officer and security guard, who shot Gendron multiple times, Buffalo Police Chief Joseph Gramaglia said. The bullet hit the culprit’s armor, but it did not penetrate. Gendron then killed Salter, before shooting the other victims.

Also dead was Ruth Whitfield, 86, the mother of retired Buffalo Fire Chief Garnell Whitfield, who in a statement to the Buffalo News praised her mother as “mother to orphans.” He is “a blessing to all” he added.