Right after Jacksonville, a White Man Tried storming a Black Church With A Shotgun

For good reason, the Jacksonville shooting, where a 21-year-old White Man killed three innocent Black people, has been the topic of conversation for the past week. It serves as an example of the target that Black people had on their backs for the last few years when it comes to hate crimes

But did you know just a day after the Jacksonville incident that another White man attempted to murder a large group of Black people?

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When authorities found his house, it just got worse. Authorities discovered crystal meth, firearms, a note that detailed his plans to commit a mass shooting, and a device they suspected to be a bomb, according to WTAE.

That literally sounds like the exact same things that were found in the homes of Ryan Palmeter (Jacksonville shooting), Payton S. Gendron (Buffalo supermarket shooting), and Dylan Roof (Charleston church shooting).

The similarities to Roof in particular are eerie, considering he successfully entered a Black church and went on to fatally shoot nine innocent Black people back in June 2015.

Thankfully nobody got hurt, but the fact that the Jacksonville shooting has already “inspired” other hateful individuals to attempt similar acts of hatred is scary. How do we protect the Black individuals who are targets of these hate crimes?

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