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An 18-year-old white male dressed in military attire and body armor opened fire in a Buffalo supermarket, killing at least 10. The mass shooting has been described as a “racially motivated hate crime” and as we have to come to expect, the domestic terrorist was radicalized right here in the US of A and online.
What happened to Critical Race Theory being the problem?
NEW: In the Buffalo shooter’s manifesto: “I will be using firearms… for this attack. Why? Because they work. There are very few weapons that are easier to use, accessible, and effective at killing than firearms. That's right, I used the dreaded military grade assault rifle-15.”
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) May 15, 2022
The shooter posted a reportedly racist, 106-page manifesto that cites the Great Replacement conspiracy theory. That course won’t be found in college or law school but lives and breathes every night on FOX News thanks to Tucker Carlson.
The Buffalo killer’s manifesto reads like a job application for a junior producer on Tucker Carlson.
And no, I’m not being flippant.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 14, 2022
As for the shooter, he was apprehended alive, which is also on-brand when it comes to these types of incidents where a white shooter is involved.
BNO has details that reveal the shooter came for nothing less than carnage and murder:
The incident happened at about 2:30 p.m. on Saturday when police were called for an active shooter with a semi-automatic rifle at Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo. Upon arrival, officers found victims both inside and outside the supermarket.
Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said the gunman had opened fire outside the store – shooting four people, including three people who died – before walking into the building. He said the shooter was heavily armed, wearing military fatigues, and prepared for a shootout with police.
Gramaglia said the security guard at the store was a retired police officer who shot the suspect, but the bullet had no effect because he was wearing armored plating. “The suspect engaged our retired officer and he was ultimately shot and deceased at the scene,” the commissioner said.
The gunman then continued his way through the store, killing multiple people, until he reached the entrance again and was met by police. “At that point the suspect put the gun to his own neck,” Gramaglia said, adding that police convinced him to drop the gun before taking him into custody.
When the smoke cleared 13 people were shot and 10 were dead. Several victims were taken to the hospital where two remain in critical condition.
Now the sanitizing of the shooter as being mentally ill or a “poor kid” has already begun in certain circles. Was he also allowed to order some Burger King or nah?
The shooter wasn’t a local and reportedly drove hours to commit this massacre, which he streamed on Twitch. It’s also blatant that he targeted a Black neighborhood. So to call this anything but domestic terrorism is a blatant lie.
Check out reactions to the Buffalo shooting below. Keep that racist twerp under the jail, forever.
A 18-year-old white man drove hours to Buffalo and shot and killed multiple people at a grocery store in a predominately Black community.
That is the definition of terrorism
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 14, 2022
1.
Lunatic in Buffalo exercising his 2nd Amendment rights. 10 dead.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) May 14, 2022
2.
Except when that guy in Buffalo kills ten Black people. Then we’ll say nothing. https://t.co/mkNs3vUDLP
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) May 15, 2022
3.
To all these low-life grifters pushing the idea that white people are endangered and being phased out of society. I hope you all realize you are complicit in the people murdered today in Buffalo. Fuck. You.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) May 15, 2022
4.
Sending Prayers to Buffalo
Twitch needs to shut down for the whole day shits lame as fuck— Bruce Ray (@raycondones) May 14, 2022
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I'm sick because I shop at that supermarket. It's located in a lower-income Black neighborhood in Buffalo. This terrorist sought out Black people to kill. Literally came to the hood to kill us. And live-streamed it all.
— J Coley (They/Them) (@JColey716) May 14, 2022
6. RIP
Pearly Young, 77, was killed today in #Buffalo shopping for groceries.
For 25 years she ran a pantry where every Saturday she fed people in Central Park. Every. Saturday.
She loved singing, dancing, & being with family.She was mother, grandma, & missionary. Gone too soon
pic.twitter.com/dQ5X9KBJCQ
— Madison Carter (@madisonlcarter) May 15, 2022
7.
Today, people buying groceries in a predominantly Black #Buffalo community were shot by a White man who believes the hate-filled propaganda that there’s a movement to replace White people.
White Supremacist Ideology + Hate + Irresponsible Fear Mongering + Guns = 10 people dead.
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) May 14, 2022
8.
If you are thinking about using the phrase “racially-charged” in a headline or news report today — stop. Hit delete. Start over and make it plain. The shooter in Buffalo called himself a racist in his manifesto so you can too.
— Michele Norris (@michele_norris) May 15, 2022
9.
Two mass shootings in 24 hours, in Milwaukee and Buffalo — the latter killing ten people.
I’m heartbroken. And I’m angry.
Angry that the GOP continues to block even the most basic gun safety measures.
We can stop this. We can save lives.
Republicans just refuse to. Cowards.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) May 14, 2022
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Like the El Paso shooter who targeted a Walmart in a Latino neighborhood, the Buffalo shooter, who went after a store in a Black neighborhood, subscribed to the Great Replacement theory touted by conservative elites like Tucker Carlson and believed by nearly half of GOP voters
— Emmanuel Felton (@emmanuelfelton) May 15, 2022
11.
What MAGA Republicans like @EliseStefanik don’t understand is that America is great because we don’t judge you based on your bloodline.
At the end of the day, we are all Americans.
I call on Rep Stefanik to not run ads promoting replacement theory, used by the Buffalo murderer. https://t.co/YrHXn9LNQs
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) May 15, 2022
12.
My God, ten people murdered in Buffalo in yet another mass shooting involving another AR-15 and another White Supremacist.
We are the only "developed" nation where this is a recurring problem.
So fucking disgusted.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) May 14, 2022