The charges were announced as Attorney General Merrick Garland met with dozens of survivors of the shooting and family members of those who were slain.
Garland, along with several top deputies, gathered privately with about 40 local residents at the Apollo Media Center, to provide an update on the Justice Department’s federal civil rights investigation.
Two weeks ago, a state grand jury indicted Gendron on 25 counts, including domestic terrorism and murder as a hate crime. Authorities said Gendron shot 13 people, 11 of them Black, at the Tops Friendly Markets on May 14. Before the rampage, investigators say, Gendron had said and written that he subscribed to a racist ideology called the “great replacement” theory.
Garland was joined in the meeting by Trini Ross, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of New York; Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta; Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who leads the civil rights division; and Paul Abbate, deputy director of the FBI.
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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland was in Buffalo today to visit with the families of the people killed
Any white parent that objects to their schools decision to shove CRT down their children’s throat, is a racist domestic terrorist and must be arrested.
Not fair. Government overreach. Over reaction by libs and weak supporters.