Blacks Hate You
2023-07-16 08:34:13 UTC
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Relatives of those killed and wounded during lastracist creating media fuckers.
years mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket said Wednesday
that social media platforms and weapons retailers share blame for the
attack by a gunman who was fueled by racist conspiracy theories he
encountered online.
They were the conspirators, even if they dont want to admit it, civil
rights attorney Ben Crump said at a news conference announcing a 171-page
lawsuit.
The suit names several online platforms including Meta, Instagram, Amazon,
Google and Discord, along with the maker of the body armor the shooter
wore and the firearms retailers that sold him weapons.
Payton Gendron was 18 years old when he drove 200 miles (322 kilometers)
from his home in Conklin, New York, and opened fire at the Tops Friendly
Market in a predominantly Black Buffalo neighborhood he had researched
online. Ten Black people were killed and three other victims were wounded.
Gendron is serving a prison sentence of life without parole after pleading
guilty to crimes including murder and domestic terrorism motivated by
hate.
Peyton Gendron pulled the trigger, but he did so only after years of
exposure to addictive social media platforms, which led to his
radicalization and encouragement via the Internet to purchase weapons
and body armor to commit this heinous attack, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified financial damages. Gendrons surviving
victims and relatives of those killed said they also want changes in how
the companies operate.
The mother of surviving victim Zaire Goodman described being tagged in a
video that circulated widely online after Gendron livestreamed his rampage
using a camera attached to the helmet he wore.
No one should be looking at that, Zeneta Everhart said.
Goodman, who was 19 when he was shot, was working at the store. Other
victims included a church deacon, the stores security guard, a father
shopping for his sons birthday cake, a grandmother of nine and the mother
of a former Buffalo fire commissioner.
In response to the lawsuit, a spokesman for YouTube, which is owned by
Google, said the company has invested in technology and policies to
identify and remove extremist content.
We regularly work with law enforcement, other platforms, and civil
society to share intelligence and best practices, José Castañeda said in
an emailed statement to The Associated Press.
Other companies named in the lawsuit did not immediately respond to
emailed requests for comment.
Weve looked into the entire line of the gun distribution, the
manufacturers of the body armor, the high capacity magazines that are
plainly illegal and ... weve looked into the online digital platforms,
Buffalo attorney Terrence Connors, who with Crump represents the families,
said at the news conference.
What we found was downright scary, he said.
The suit also names Gendrons parents, Paul and Pamela Gendron, who the
lawsuit claims armed their son despite warning signs that he was
dangerous.
The Gendrons lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
There were many people who helped him load that gun, Crump said. And it
is our objective to make sure that everybody that loaded that gun is held
to account.
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