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Friday 20 May 2022
Grand jury indicts man in Buffalo supermarket shooting

By CAROLYN THOMPSON of the 13 people shot dur-
Associated Press ing the attack were Black.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Gendron’s online writings
white man accused of kill- said he planned the assault
ing 10 Black people at a after becoming infatuated
supermarket in Buffalo ap- with white supremacist ide-
peared in court Thursday, ology he encountered on-
standing silently during a line.
brief proceeding attended Stephen Belongia, the FBI’s
by some relatives of the lead agent in Buffalo, said
victims after a grand jury in- agents were still working to
dicted him. piece together Gendron’s
Payton Gendron, 18, wore motives and how he came
an orange jail uniform, a to his extremist views.
mask and handcuffs. As “An important part of these
he was led out, someone sorts of incidents is to tell the
shouted “Payton, you’re a whole story that may not
coward!” from the court- be heard in a courtroom
room gallery. He is being at a later date — to under-
held in jail without bail. stand, to the extent that
Assistant district attorney you can, what the motives
Gary Hackbush said the are of this gunman, how he
first-degree murder indict- became radicalized, what
ment, which covers all 10 Payton Gendron is led into the courtroom for a hearing at Erie County Court, in Buffalo, N.Y., he was reading, where he
deaths, was handed up Thursday, May 19, 2022. was reading it, who he was
Wednesday. Associated Press inspired by,” Belongia said
Thirteen people in all were met privately with the Rev. Black.” court-appointed lawyer at a news briefing.
shot Saturday at the Tops Al Sharpton before joining Gendron, 18, livestreamed entered a plea of “not The diary said Gendron
Friendly Market in a pre- him at a news conference the attack from a helmet guilty” on his behalf. He is planned his attack in se-
dominantly Black neighbor- outside of Buffalo’s Antioch camera before surrender- due back in court June 9. cret, with no outside help,
hood of Buffalo. Authorities Baptist Church. Sharpton ing to police outside the Five days after the shoot- but Discord confirmed
are continuing to investi- said his civil rights group, grocery store. Shortly be- ing, officials announced Wednesday that an invita-
gate the possibility of hate the National Action Net- fore the attack, he posted Thursday that evidence tion to access his private
crime and terrorism charg- work, would cover funeral hundreds of pages of writ- collection at the supermar- writings was sent to a small
es. expenses for those killed in ings to online discussion ket was completed. Tops group of people about 30
District attorney John Flynn the attack. groups where he detailed Market president John Per- minutes before the assault
said his office would not “These hate crimes need his plans for the assault and sons pledged to open the began.
comment on the case to be stopped,” Sharpton his racist motivation. store as soon as possible, Some of them accepted
while the grand jury investi- said. “We need to hold all Investigators have been ex- but said he could not give the invitation. It was un-
gation continues. that have aided and abet- amining those documents, a timeline. clear how many read what
Gendron’s lawyers also de- ted the hate in this country which included a private The massacre at the Tops he had written or logged
clined comment, accord- accountable.” diary he kept on the chat supermarket was unsettling on to view the assault live.
ing to defense attorney Sharpton said the inno- platform Discord. even in a nation that has It also wasn’t clear whether
Daniel DuBois. cent victims of the gun- At his initial court appear- become almost numb to anyone tried to alert law
Relatives of several victims man “were guilty of being ance last week, Gendron’s mass shootings. All but two enforcement.q

Navy ship to be named for Filipino

sailor Telesforo Trinidad

Cruz Trinidad is the only The news cheered Asian II, including thousands who
Filipino in the U.S. Navy to Americans, veterans and died during the brutal 1942
be awarded the Medal civilians in both the U.S. Bataan Death March in the
of Honor. He received the and the Philippines who Philippines.
honor for his actions on the had urged the naming. A future Arleigh Burke-class
USS San Diego in 1915 and They said a named ship guided-missile destroyer will
at a time when it could be would also honor the tens bear Trinidad’s name, Del
awarded for noncombat of thousands of Filipinos Toro said. Thursday’s state-
valor. “Since being sworn and Americans of Filipino ment said the destroyers
in as Secretary, I have descent who have served are the backbone of the
wanted to honor his heroic in the U.S. Navy since 1901, U.S. Navy’s surface fleet.
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro speaks at the 80th Pearl Harbor actions by naming a ship when the Philippines was a In January 2020, Acting
Anniversary ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, after him,” Del Toro said in United States territory. Secretary of the Navy
Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, in Honolulu. a statement released Thurs- Trinidad, who died in 1968 Thomas Modly named a
Associated Press
day. “This ship and her fu- at age 77, was aboard nuclear-powered aircraft
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. honor of a Filipino sailor ture crew will be a critical the USS San Diego in Janu- carrier after Doris “Dorie”
Secretary of the Navy Car- who rescued two crew piece in strengthening our ary 1915 when boilers ex- Miller, an African American
los Del Toro announced members when their ship maritime superiority while ploded, killing nine. He enlisted sailor who received
Thursday that a future de- caught fire more than a also emphasizing the rich was among the more than the Navy Cross for his ac-
stroyer will be named the century ago. culture and history of our 250,000 Filipino soldiers tions during Japan’s attack
USS Telesforo Trinidad in Fireman Telesforo De La naval heritage.” who served in World War on Pearl Harbor.q