The National Health Law Program is heartbroken, sickened, and enraged by the horrific mass shooting carried out by a white supremacist terrorist at a grocery store on the East Side of Buffalo, NY on Saturday. We grieve for the loved ones and community of the ten people killed (Roberta A. Drury, Margus D. Morrison, Andre Mackneil, Aaron Salter, Geraldine Talley, Celestine Chaney, Heyward Patterson, Katherine Massey, Pearl Young, and Ruth Whitfield) and three people injured (Zaire Goodman, Jennifer Warrington, and Christopher Braden), nearly all of whom were or are Black.
At NHeLP, we remain committed to doing our part to end white supremacy, racism, and hate. We reaffirm that gun violence and white supremacy are public health crises that disproportionately harm the health and wellbeing of Black communities and call on federal and state lawmakers to invest in systemic solutions. We stand in solidarity with the City of Buffalo and East Side residents in particular. Because it cannot be said enough: Black Lives Matter.
