US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visited Buffalo, New York, on Tuesday to commemorate the victims of last Saturday’s racist massacre.
Shortly after their arrival, the couple went to the Tops supermarket, the site of the attack, which killed 10 and injured three, and met with the families of the victims, community leaders, and rescuers who responded.
Biden said, “What’s happening in Buffalo is domestic terrorism,” adding that “hate will not prevail.” “White supremacy is poison. It has no place in America.”
Biden and Jill met with some of the relatives of the 10 victims of white supremacist Payton Gendron in front of the monument in the Canadian border town, where lots of flowers, candles and gifts were left.
The American president took action to read people’s names and recalled the moment when then-President Barack Obama was struck by the massacre of children in Sandy Hook.
“Jill and I are close to you. It’s not the same thing, but we know what it’s like to lose a piece of your soul. A black hole in your chest that strangles you,” he complained.
The White House had already predicted during Biden’s trip that he would condemn the massacre as an act of hate-fueled terrorism and invite Americans to reject the racism that divides the nation and embrace diversity.
Also, the Democrat will urge Congress to take action to remove guns from the hands of criminals and people with serious mental problems.
Last Saturday (14), a white supremacist killed 10 people and injured three others in a terrorist attack on a market in Buffalo, United States. Gendron, 18, opened fire at the entrance and inside the store and was later detained by the police.
Of the 13 people shot, 11 were black, and the market is in a mostly African-American neighborhood.
According to the researches, the perpetrator of the massacre, who broadcast the attack on Twitch and wrote a 106-page manifesto in which he defended the conspiracy theory that whites were replaced by immigrants in their country, also considered shooting. Schools and churches in Buffalo.
source: Noticias
