The horrific attack in Buffalo this weekend by an 18-year-old White gunman that left 10 people dead was, per the local sheriff, a “straight up racially motivated hate crime.” The US Department of Justice backed up that view. They said they’re investigating the mass shooting at a grocery store frequented mostly by Black customers “as a hate crime and an act of racially-motivated violent extremism.”The horrific attack in Buffalo this weekend by an 18-year-old White gunman that left 10 people dead was, per the local sheriff, a “straight up racially motivated hate crime.” The US Department of Justice backed up that view. They said they’re investigating the mass shooting at a grocery store frequented mostly by Black customers “as a hate crime and an act of racially-motivated violent extremism.”