President Joe Biden has called on all Americans to condemn white supremacy.<\/p>\n
Biden made his call while delivering a speech at Grider Community Center in Buffalo, New York, after paying respect to the victims of Saturday’s shooting at a Buffalo supermarket targeting the Black community.<\/p>\n
An 18-year-old gunman killed 10 people and wounded three others at the Tops Friendly Markets store in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo. Most of the victims were Black. <\/p>\n
Three days after one of the deadliest racist massacres in recent American history occurred, the President and First Lady Jill Biden visited Tops Market memorial.<\/p>\n
They later met with family members of the victims, law enforcement and first responders, and local leaders at a community center to offer their condolences and comfort to those affected by the tragedy.<\/p>\n
“White supremacy is a poison. It’s a poison running through our body politic. And it’s been allowed to fester and grow right in front of our eyes,” Biden told the gathering. <\/p>\n
“No more. I mean, no more. We need to say as clearly and forcefully as we can that the ideology of white supremacy has no place in America,” he added.<\/p>\n
Biden said, “We have to refuse to live in a country where Black people going about a weekly grocery shopping can be gunned down by weapons of war deployed in a racist cause”.<\/p>\n
Those who were killed in the shooting included shoppers, grocery workers and a security guard who tried to stop the gunman.<\/p>\n
The President called on Congress to take action to keep weapons of war off U.S. streets and keep guns out of the hands of criminals and people who have a serious mental illness that makes them a danger to themselves or others.<\/p>\n
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and Congressman Brian Higgins who represents Buffalo accompanied the first couple on board Air Force One. <\/p>\n
On the ground in Buffalo, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, and Buffalo City Council President Rev. Darius Pridgen joined the President. <\/p>\n
Hochul criticized social media platforms for online racism and pledged to get illegal guns off the streets.<\/p>\n
Biden had signed a set of executive orders last year aimed at curbing gun violence in the wake of a series of mass shootings that shocked the country.<\/p>\n
In spite of tough federal measures, U.S. cities are going through a historic spike in homicides and violence, mainly targeting Black and brown Americans. <\/p>\n