Watch now: Civil rights attorney Ben Crump speaks about exposing racism
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, surrounded by the family of slain mother and grandmother Ruth Whitfield, promises to pursue a legal strategy that exposes the roots of the mass killings in Buffalo during a news conference at Durham Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church.
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“Even though they did not pull the trigger, they did load the gun,” civil rights attorney Ben Crump said of the pundits, politicians and social media managers he says played a role in shaping the gunman’s actions.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer on Monday blasted those he described as purveyors of "replacement theory," which he credited with having a strong influence on the 18-year-old perpetrator of a racially motivated mass shooting that killed 10 people and wounded three others Saturday at a Tops supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo.
Payton Gendron said he decided to use an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle in his killing spree both for its effectiveness and potential to generate controversy.
