A young white man with hate in his heart and a bulletproof vest on his chest.
A store in a predominantly Black neighborhood filled with shoppers on a Saturday afternoon.
A high-powered rifle scrawled with hate messages.
In the year since the shooting, victims’ relatives have appeared before Congress to address white supremacy and gun reform.
The details of the racist mass shooting at a Dollar General on Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla., that left three Black people dead were sickeningly familiar to many in Buffalo still traumatized by the May 14, 2022, massacre at the Tops on Jefferson Avenue that claimed the lives of 10 Black people.
That’s why the friends of one of those lost in the Buffalo mass shooting are organizing an event this Sunday to which they are inviting the whole community.
The event is called “Standing in solidarity with all our brothers and sisters, friends and family against hate.” It is slated to take place at 10 a.m. Sunday at the DeLaine Waring AME Church, 680 Swan St.
“It’s not just a church service. It’s a stand of support for what took place in Jacksonville,” said Brad Pitts, a retired Buffalo officer and friend of the late Lt. Aaron Salter, also a retired Buffalo police officer who was working at the Tops as a security guard on the day…
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