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After Buffalo massacre, NY Gov. Kathy Hochul tries to justify censorship

Hochul is right that the Supreme Court has recognized exceptions to the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment. She is wrong in thinking that “hate speech” is one of them.

Chicago Sun-Times

House voting on domestic terrorism bill after Buffalo attack

The House is moving toward swift passage of legislation that would devote more federal resources to preventing domestic terrorism in response to the racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York

The Independent UK

The Buffalo Massacre Illustrates the Inherent Limitations of 'Red Flag' Laws

Predicting violence is a lot harder than people claim in retrospect, and a wider net inevitably ensnares more innocent people.

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Bills coaches, players show up as a team to help Buffalo heal after mass shooting

The Bills arrived at Buffalo's Jefferson Avenue on Wednesday to help the community heal after last Saturday's racist mass shooting.

USA Today Sports Media Group

After Buffalo massacre, NY governor seeks action on guns

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is touting a package of executive orders and gun control bills in the aftermath of a racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket

The Independent UK

New York AG opens investigation on social media companies after Buffalo shooting

The investigations will focus on platforms that may have been used to stream, promote or plan the attack.

Axios

Buffalo 911 dispatcher on leave after allegedly hanging up on call from Tops during mass shooting

An assistant manager at Tops says 911 dispatcher asked why she was whispering, then hung up as suspect fired

The Independent UK

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Buffalo sports teams offer support at site of mass shooting

Dozens of players and staff from the Buffalo Bills, Sabres and Bandits visited the scene of Saturday's mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket, where they laid flowers, dished out food and handed out groceries

The Independent UK

New York Attorney General to investigate social media platforms that hosted footage of Buffalo massacre

Officials will probe how Twitch, 4chan, 8chan and Discord were used to ‘discuss and amplify’ plans for mass shooting in Black neighbourhood

The Independent UK

'Long tail' of mosque attack felt in Buffalo shootings

The Buffalo terror attack is the latest entry in a deadly feedback loop of online hate inciting real life violence, which is then repackaged and redistributed as more online hate.

Newsroom.co.nz

Buffalo shooting followed tripling of gun sales in 30 years, ATF figures reveal

Federal agency reports annual sales rose to 11.5m in 2016, while suspect bought rifle legally despite murder-suicide threat

The Guardian - US

Buffalo suspect felt ‘blank’ after beheading cat just weeks before shooting

Payton Gendron, 18, posted in March about murdering a cat; he’s charged with killing 10 people on Saturday

The Independent UK

Great Replacement: The conspiracy theory stoking racist violence

Roots of white supremacist conspiracy theory are not new, but experts say ‘great replacement’ has become mainstream.

Al Jazeera

How the Buffalo massacre is part of US tradition: ‘We’ll continue to see killings’

Brandi Collins-Dexter of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center spoke to the Guardian about how the massacre is rooted in America’s long history of white supremacist violence

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The Independent UK

Buffalo-area prison officer suspended over meme mocking shooting

Authorities have described attack as act of racial hatred meant to kill Black people

Axios

Failed gun legislation is the norm after mass shootings

Lawmakers are making emotional pleas for stricter gun control legislation after the Texas school shooting.

The Independent UK

US gun production has tripled in the past two decades amid surge in first-time buyers

Annual domestic gun production has increased from 3.9 million in 2000 to 11.3 million in 2020

WEKU

Parts of the Buffalo shooter's alleged screed were copied from other sources

The 180-page document allegedly crafted by the Buffalo gunman included parts lifted from other sources, which experts say is common amongst mass shooters.

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Jonathan Bernstein: Biden stuck up for democracy in Buffalo

President Joe Biden spoke in Buffalo on Tuesday after visiting the families of victims of a racist mass shooting in a supermarket there on Saturday. It was a speech that’s likely to get lost in the current-events shuffle, but it shouldn’t. It was a good one, well written and well…

The Independent UK

Buffalo is latest mass shooting by gunman wearing body armor

When a shooter attacked a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, over the weekend, its security guard tried to stop him

The Guardian - US

Why do white supremacists want to kill Black people?

What are the roots of this violence and how do we fight it?

Salon

"Ecofascism" and the Buffalo shooting

Social scientist Joseph Henderson on why the Buffalo shooter actually believed he was helping save the planet

WEKU

The Buffalo community honors victims of the Tops shooting and calls for big change

Members of the Buffalo community grieving loved ones organized an evening vigil that honored the shooting victims while combining stirring gospel music and calls to action.

France 24

Republicans and Democrats spar over who's to blame for racist Buffalo killings

IN THE PAPERS – Wednesday, May 18: After a White supremacist killed 10 Black residents of Buffalo, New York, various op-ed pieces in major American newspapers show that both Republicans and Democrats are accused of exploiting racial violence for political gain. We also take a look at Democratic candidate John…

Los Angeles Times

An old refrigerator becomes a vital gathering spot after mass shooting in Buffalo

BUFFALO, N.Y. — In the fall of 2020, somebody placed an old refrigerator at Jefferson Avenue and Welker Street in Buffalo, N.Y., and plugged it into an outlet in an adjacent building.

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