Buffalo Remembers Victims of Supermarket Mass Shooting, One Year Later

Buffalo will pause on Sunday to commemorate a year ago a gunman opened fire in a local grocery, targeting Black people, killing 10 people and injuring three more.

On May 14, 2022, at 2:28 p.m., church bells will chime in remembrance of the victims of the shooting at the Tops Friendly Market.

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“The racially motivated mass shooting rocked our neighborhood to its very foundation. When announcing the commemoration’s preparations, Mayor Byron Brown indicated that it would take place at the now-reopened supermarket: “It was the day the unspeakable happened.

At an outdoor community meeting earlier in the week, speakers talked about strategies to counteract racism and social media radicalization, and locals were encouraged to reflect.

The victims’ kin has testified before Congress about white supremacy and gun control in the year since the killing, and they have also planned activities to address food insecurity, which got worse when the market, the only grocery store in the area, was closed for two months.

Joe Biden, the president, paid tribute to the Buffalo victims in an opinion piece that appeared in USA Today on Sunday. He urged Congress and state legislative leaders to take action by outlawing high-capacity magazines and assault rifles, instituting background checks on all gun sales, and revoking the protection of gun manufacturers from lawsuits. Following a string of mass shootings, his government passed a historic gun law in June.

The ownership of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition is already prohibited by New York state law.

Nationwide Rallies Held to Reinstate Assault Weapons Ban

Over the weekend, approximately 200 rallies were staged throughout the nation by gun control organizations and activists, including Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, to urge Congress to reinstate a bipartisan assault weapons ban.

Wayne Jones in Buffalo urged the city and its institutions to continue investing in the neighborhood and its citizens even after the anniversary celebrations are complete. Celestine Chaney, Wayne’s mother, was 65 when she perished in the attack.

He stated that this is the reason why he is willing “to keep opening up this wound that I have” and discussing it.

The 63-year-old gunshot victim Geraldine Talley’s son published a book on Sunday that he claims details his experience grieving for his mother. It was given the heading “5/14: The Day the Devil Came to Buffalo.”

Speaking of his mother as the anniversary drew near, Talley said, “I definitely know that she wouldn’t want me to be consumed by sadness and anger. So, I will definitely try to find strength in her memory and use it to fight injustice and racism for the rest of my life in her name.”

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Memorial and Mural Commemorate Victims of Buffalo Mass Shooting

A poem honoring the victims is surrounded by fountains within the renovated store. An outdoor permanent memorial is being designed by a commission.

A hand-painted mural that looks out over the parking lot encourages harmony and features a Black hand and a White hand coming together in prayer.

The incident was carried out by an 18-year-old white nationalist after he traveled more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) from his rural Conklin, New York, home.

Along with Chaney and Talley, the deceased also included Andre Mackneil, who was purchasing a cake for his son’s third birthday; Heyward Patterson, a church deacon; Katherine Massey, a community activist; Ruth Whitfield, whose son served as a Buffalo fire commissioner; Roberta Drury, who had returned to Buffalo to assist a brother who had been diagnosed with cancer; Pearl Young, a church missionary; Margus Morrison, who was purchasing food for a

In February, the gunman—who had previously admitted guilt to murder and other charges—was given a life sentence without the possibility of release. He faces a federal investigation.

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