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The 18-year-old Buffalo supermarket shooter did ‘reconnaissance’ before attack targeting Black people: cops “He was acting like he was homeless and needed change,” Tops manager Shonnell Teague told the Daily News. “He really was checking out the store.”
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Gov. Hochul: “Calling on the CEOs of all the social media ... examine their policies ... [ensure] this [hate] is not spread” “People will talk about Buffalo ... the last place this ever happened.” “He was fed ... a steady diet of hate,” Tish James added.
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ICYMI: 2021 editorial U.S. suffers 40,000 deaths by gun annually Necessary, but insufficient: Background checks, interstate gun trafficking, tools for states, cops to seize, yank gun makers’ liability protect, hit roots of gun violence, ban assault rifles
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EDITORIAL | Grieve for Buffalo, but understand how gunman got his tools, and his (white supremacist) ideology This killer purchased his AR-15 rifle — a “civilian” version of M4 carbines we’re shipping to Ukraine for WAR — legally in his New York hometown
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