Son of Buffalo shooting victim: That shooter was no lone wolf

[ck4829]

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Garnell Whitfield Jr., the son of Ruth Whitfield, 86, said the shooting underlined warnings from law enforcement agencies that white supremacy is the most serious threat to the homeland.

However, he called out a lack of action to mitigate or eradicate those extremists, including the killer who took his mother and reportedly planned his shooting to kill as many Black people as possible.

“We’re angry. We’re mad as hell. Because this should have never happened. We’re good citizens. Good people. We believe in God, we trust in God, but this wasn’t an act of God. This was an act of a person, and he did not act alone,” Whitfield said.

“His anger and hatred were metastasized like a cancer by people with big microphones in high places screaming that Black people were going to take away their jobs and opportunities.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/son-buffalo-shooting-victim-says-162612085.html

[JustAnotherGen]

1. He's right with an exception

Yes my friend

“His anger and hatred were metastasized like a cancer by people with big microphones in high places screaming that Black people were going to take away their jobs and opportunities.”


But - also when Washington DC ignores us - it sends a huge message.

It does to me.

[Evolve Dammit]

9. Excellent point. And they have done so since Reconstruction with a few notable exceptions

[Lovie777]

2. Agreed . ...

[Doc Sportello]

3. That was very powerful testimony

Hope people hear his words.

[Solly Mack]

4. K&R

[SergeStorms]

5. Excellent speech.

And right on the money. It's the people with big microphones and big money behind them who create this hate......of what? Skin pigmentation?
This is fucking madness!

[Evolve Dammit]

10. It is "fucking madness." No doubt, and no answers. Genie done left the bottle.

[KPN]

11. And worse, they do it for profit. These deaths to them

are nothing more than inputs to create profit. It’s infuriating; they are infuriating. And nothing … nothing … is being done about it.

[crickets]

6. K&R for visibility.

[NQAS]

7. Points well taken

Add to that - that shooter is what grooming looks like. He was groomed by the gun makers. By his parents. By Fox. By the GQP. You want to know what grooming looks like? Look no further than white supremacist shooters. They were probably not born that way. They were made that way. They were groomed.

[Evolve Dammit]

12. You absolutely nailed it. This should be Dem talking point #1! Please stop ignoring the obvious

and flip it back on these cult Nazis.

[KPN]

13. Exactly. Good point. When are enough Americans going to realize

that everything they accuse their opponents of is projection. They came up with the term grooming when they came up with their plan to retake America away from the people. They developed and honed their grooming skills, applied them successfully. And then falsely accused liberals of being “groomers”, of manufacturing LGBTQs, racists and anything else that fit their purpose of grooming fear-driven haters.

[Joinfortmill]

8. Looking at you, FoxNews. When are we going to throw the Murdochs out of the U.S.A.?

[Joinfortmill]

14. "My mother's life mattered"