The president of United States, Joe Bidenmade this Sunday a call to “work together” to confront “hate”, after the shooting in a supermarket in Buffalo (New York) perpetrated by a white supremacist that left at least 10 dead.
During an event at the Capitol to honor the deceased police officers in 2021, the president assured that the Department of Justice is investigating the massacre “as a hate crime motivated by white supremacy.”
“We must all work together to address hate. American hearts are wounded once again, but our resolve must never waver,” Biden said.
Previously, the vice president of the United States, kamala harrislamented through a statement that the country “is suffering from an epidemic of hate“, which translates to “acts of violence and intolerance”.
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“We must denounce and condemn it. Racially motivated hate crimes and acts of violent extremism are harmful to everyone,” he declared.
A heavily armed white youth stormed into a Buffalo supermarket Saturday and fired indiscriminately killing ten people and injuring three others, mostly black.
The attacker was wearing a military helmet with a camera that was broadcasting the action live on the Twitch platform.
The FBI said it is investigating the attack “as a hate crime and a case of racially motivated violent extremism.”
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The shooting brings to mind a series of similar incidents in the US, including the one that occurred on March 23, 2021 with a balance of 10 dead in a supermarket in Boulder, in the state of Colorado.
Biden has urged lawmakers to pass laws requiring gun buyers to undergo criminal background checks, but Congress has not significantly limited gun ownership, which is protected by the second amendment to the Constitution, in more than two decades.
