in chicago, thirty three were gunned down, five of those died in laguna woods, california, chinese immigrant from las vegas walked into a presbyterian church and shot six elderly taiwanese parishioners. police say he was motivated by some kind of political and ethnic hatred. and of course, most famously of all, on saturday afternoon a teenager in a mock military uniform walked into a grocery store in buffalo and shot more than a dozen strangers with a rifle. no doubt you ve seen accounts of this on the news which you probably haven t seen details w about any of the 10 americans who were murdered in that store in buffalo. you may not even know their names, much less who they were or who they loved. most of them were black. we know that . but beyond the way they look, not a lot has been reported about them because the coverage hasn t beenth about them nor in fact has it really been about the gunman. unhe was an 18 year old called paten gendron.le gendron was mentally illd peyto
in fact has it really been about the gunman. unhe was an 18 year old called paten gendron.le gendron was mentally illd peyto everyone around him knew that ,e including his teachers and the local police. less than a year ago, gendron was committed to a mental hospital after threatening to murder his classmates at a school graduation ceremony on saturday after he made good on his long standing threat to open fire into a crowd. denver left in one hundred and eighty page letter that he said would explain his motives. you probably heard this document described as a racist manifesto. that s not quite right. tt it s definitely racist bitterly so. gendron reduces peoplees tond their skin color. that s the essence of racism and it s immoral. but what he wrote does not add up to a manifesto. it iss not a blueprint for new extremist political movement, much less the potential inspiration for racist revolution. anyone who claims that it is is lying or hasn t read it. instead, general letter is i a