Victims of Buffalo mass shooting, black survivors honoured at candlelight vigil in Hamilton
NDP MPP Sandy Shaw, mayoral candidate and former chamber of commerce boss Keanin Loomis, and Hamilton Centre Coun. Nrinder Nann were also on hand.The Buffalo, N.Y., shooting, in which 10 black Americans were killed at a supermarket, has been acknowledged by U.S. President Joe Biden as a white supremacist crime.
Attendees and speakers also acknowledged other events of similar indignation like the banning of the Hamilton Hindu Samaj Temple in 2001 following the 9-11 terror attacks and the second anniversary ofBuffalo-based musician Cottreezy, who had a chance to speak on Monday, thanked supporters for showing solidarity with his hometown and admitted the May 14 shooting brought a lot of “hurt and sorrow'” to a city he believes will recover from the tragedy.
“Now, all of a sudden, it’s put a microscope on what that area really needed. It needed more education, it needed more jobs, there’s another grocery store coming in now, there’s more charity work.” Lindon Barrett said Hamiltonians should be conscious of the similarities between Buffalo and their own municipality, which he said needs more focus on the issue of racism to avoid similar setbacks recently seen in the U.S.“It does happen here, not as severe, but actually teaching our students, our youth how to react to it … not negatively … there’s a way to actually deal with it,” Barrett said.
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