A white supremacist who massacred 23 Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in the border city of El Paso in 2019 could receive multiple life sentences and the death penalty.
Patrick Crusius has pleaded guilty to 90 counts against him including committing a hate crime resulting in death. Before the attack he posted racist material against Mexicans online.
From Charleston to Charlottesville to Pittsburgh to Poway to DC to El Paso to Buffalo, each of these people was a victim of racists emboldened by replacement conspiracy myths to commit mass murder. They were victims of a subculture of scapegoating, masterfully repurposed by supremacist politics, politicians and shock jocks seeking to retain their power over an inflamed base, at all costs. They were victims of our ancient, obstinate refusal to be our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers.
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El Paso leaders urged an end to racism and gun violence as they honored the 23 victims killed in the Walmart attack on the second anniversary of the mass shooting.
They gathered Tuesday morning, speaking in front of crosses bearing the names of the victims.
The memorial ceremony hosted by the Border Network for Human Rights, a nonprofit that advocates for immigrant rights, was held in Ponder Park, blocks from the Walmart where a white supremacist targeting Hispanics fatally shot 23 people and injured dozens more.
The event started with city leaders and community members marching from one end of the park to the other, holding crosses with the names of those killed Aug. 3, 2019, at the East Side Walmart near Cielo Vista Mall.