After the attack, a Black community in Buffalo grieves - Categories Via RSS |
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- Publication Date |
- May 18, 2022
- Episode Duration |
- 00:23:37
On Saturday, a white gunman drove to the only supermarket in a predominantly Black area on the east side of Buffalo, N.Y. He shot 13 people — 11 Black, two white. Ten people died. Law enforcement officials have labelled the massacre a racially motivated hate crime.
Many of those killed were pillars of a tight-knit community shaped by decades of segregation.
Today on Front Burner, we talk to former Erie County legislator and former Buffalo city councillor, Betty Jean Grant, about how community members are trying to support one another through their grief and horror.