Payton Gendron, a White man accused of killing 10 Black shoppers in a Buffalo supermarket in 2022, is expected to face the death penalty.
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Racist Buffalo gunman gets life in prison after chaotic court appearance
Chaos ensued as the sister of victim Katherine Massey spoke to the avowed racist gunman Payton Gendron before his sentence for the racist killings at Tops Friendly Markets on May 14.
Buffalo mass shooter gets life in prison
‘The constant repetition of White supremacist conspiracy theories on social media and even mainstream media outlets has led to horrific violence.’
Grand jury indicts accused Tops Supermarket shooter on federal hate crimes, firearms charges in Buffalo
The indictment charges that Payton Gendron violated the Shepard-Byrd Act by willfully causing the death of the victims because of their actual and perceived race and color.
Is racism a mental illness, or just plain evil?
What, other than madness, could have caused 18-year-old Payton Gendron to walk into the Tops supermarket in Buffalo and kill Black shoppers?
Mass shootings leave behind collective despair, anguish and trauma at many societal levels
In addition to those who experience direct loss, such events also take a collective toll on the nation.
Mass shooters pervert a universal desire to matter
The idea that committing atrocities and killing innocent victims reflects mental illness has been long discarded by terrorism researchers.
​Unchecked racist rhetoric leads to heinous violence
‘The constant repetition of White supremacist conspiracy theories on social media and even mainstream media outlets has led to horrific violence…’
