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A year after Buffalo supermarket massacre, city's Black youth still shaken

As Buffalo, New York, marks one year since a racist massacre at a supermarket, many young Black people in the city are grappling with a shaken sense of personal security and complicated feelings about how their community was targeted

The Independent UK · May 13, 2023

N.Y. officials announce plans for a memorial to the victims of the Buffalo shooting

The May 14th Memorial Commission is a step in the state's long-term commitment to supporting and uplifting the East Side Buffalo community, officials say.

WEKU · Oct 23, 2022

Memorial will honor Buffalo supermarket shooting victims

The victims of a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket will be honored with a permanent memorial in the neighborhood

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022

Harris calls for unity as Buffalo lays the last shooting victim to rest

Vice President Harris spoke during the memorial service for Ruth Whitfield, the last of 10 Black people killed in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket to be laid to rest.

WEKU · May 28, 2022

Kamala Harris calls for assault weapons ban: ‘We are not sitting around waiting’

Vice-president demands action after speaking at funeral for Ruth Whitfield, oldest person killed in Buffalo shooting

The Guardian - US · May 28, 2022

‘Enough is enough’: Harris addresses funeral of Ruth Whitfield after Buffalo shooting

Al Sharpton calls on ‘all good people’ to stand up for justice at last funeral for victims of racist attack

The Guardian - US · May 28, 2022

VP Harris expected at last Buffalo shooting victim's funeral

The last of the victims of a gunman’s racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket will be laid to rest Saturday

The Independent UK · May 28, 2022

‘I’m not afraid’: after Buffalo racist attack, Black residents remain unbowed by terror

If the alleged mass murderer’s goal was to inflict terror, then the man responsible for this trauma failed miserably

The Guardian - US · May 22, 2022

‘His heart is broken’: Buffalo mourns shooting victims as first funeral held

Civil rights and community leaders gathered the night before to plead with the nation to confront and stop racist violence

The Guardian - US · May 20, 2022

Buffalo gunman was just getting started and planned racist attacks in other parts of city, police say

NEW YORK — The rampaging teen behind a hate-mongering massacre at a Buffalo supermarket was just getting started, and had plans to take his anti-Black attack to other parts of the city, authorities said Monday.

Tribune News Service · May 17, 2022