Garland: DOJ investigating Buffalo shooting as act of racially motivated violent extremism
Delivering remarks on Friday, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Department of Justice is investigating the mass shooting in Buffalo on May 14 as a hate crime and an act of racially motivated violent extremism.
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MERRICK GARLAND: We now gather in the wake of a horrific and painful reminder of the urgency and importance of this task. Six days ago in Buffalo, 10 people were killed, another three were injured, an entire community was terrorized. The Justice Department is investigating this as a hate crime and as an act of racially motivated violent extremism. We are deploying every resource we have to ensure accountability for this terrible attack, to pursue justice for the victims and their families, and to provide support to a grieving community.
Last weekend's attack was a painful reminder of the singular impact that hate crimes have not only on individuals, but on entire communities. They bring immediate devastation. They inflict lasting fear. We will use every legal tool at our disposal to investigate and combat these kinds of hate crimes and their collateral impact that they have on the communities that they hurt.
