In Buffalo, Biden to meet victims’ families after white supremacist shooting -Breaking
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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will visit New York State Tuesday to comfort the families of the victims of a young white gunman who shot at a Black neighborhood. The racist violence that inspired him to run for president continues in the United States.
Biden will fly to Buffalo in New York. There, authorities claim that Payton Genedron, 18 years old, committed an act racistally motivated violent extremism when he fired with a semiautomatic gun at Tops Friendly Market. This is located in Buffalo’s predominantly African-American neighbourhood. Ten people were killed when he opened fire on them with a gun.
Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary, said Monday Biden would offer comfort to the families and friends of the ten victims in the horrific shooting. She also promised that Biden would meet first responders and law enforcement personnel to thank them for their courage.
According to the White House, he will pay tribute to those who have died at Tops Market, visit local leaders, and then deliver remarks at the nearby community centre.
Biden will likely condemn racially motivated violence, and demand new ways to fight it. Biden told Americans that he was running for President to rebuild America’s soul. He took office after an attack at the U.S. Capitol by racially motivated group members.
The Buffalo visit will show how much Biden has failed to stop a rise of white supremacist organizations or reduce gun violence. Many Republican legislators have blocked efforts to improve gun control measures, and there have been a lot of mass shootings over the past months.
Biden requested that Congress require background checks on gun buyers, and to ban large-capacity ammunition magazines and military-style weapons of “assault”. The problem is that Democrats, who support most gun safety measures, don’t possess enough votes to pass them.
The White House National Security Council spokesperson Monday stated that the Biden administration is implementing a government-wide strategy to counter domestic terror. President Biden ordered his national security team on Monday to devise the plan. Recognizing the threat of terrorism has grown into the biggest threat America faces, it was important to have this in place on the first day.
One top FBI agent told Congress in November about the 2,700 FBI investigations that were conducted on domestic violent extremism. In January, the Department of Justice announced it would be creating a new counter-terrorism unit.
Sunday’s police confirmation confirmed that they are investigating Gendron’s internet posts. These postings included a 180 page manifesto Gendron was thought to have created outlining his “Great Replacement Theory,” an conspiracy theory that claimed white people in the United States were being replaced with minorities elsewhere.
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