gun-violence
‘Buck Status: Broken’: Behind the Violently Racist Phrase on the Buffalo Shooter’s Gun
After his arrest, authorities found names, memes and coded messages hand-painted across the mass shooter’s weapons. One of the lesser known phrases refers to white men sexually dominating Black men on plantations, and its inclusion in white supremacist rhetoric reveals a fixation on Black men’s genitalia and a desire for sexual power
There’s No Mental Health System That Can Stop Angry Young Men Like the Buffalo Shooter
The Buffalo shooter underwent a psychiatric evaluation in June 2021 after making threatening comments in school. Blame is falling on the school, police and mental health professionals for letting him go — but the fact is, our system was never designed to catch a mass killer
The Far Right Thinks Feds Are ‘Grooming’ Mass Shooters
Rather than take responsibility for inspiring racist violence, 4chan anons blame the FBI
White Supremacist Violence Can End As Soon As White America Gets the Courage to Stop It
The racially motivated Buffalo shooting is just the latest example that law enforcement, the media and elected officials fundamentally misunderstand why such attacks happen and how to truly thwart them
