Watch Now: Son of Buffalo mass shooting victim speaks to Congress
The son of Ruth Whitfield, an 86-year-old woman killed when a gunman opened fire in a racist attack on Black shoppers in Buffalo, New York, challenged Congress on Tuesday to act against the "cancer of white supremacy" and the nation's epidemic of gun violence.
Garnell Whitfield Jr.'s emotional testimony comes as lawmakers are working furiously to strike a bipartisan agreement on gun safety measures in the aftermath of back-to-back mass shootings.
Ten days after the shooting death of his mother and nine others in New York by an 18-year-old gunman, another 18-year-old with a semi-automatic rifle opened fire in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 school children and two teachers.
"What are you doing? You were elected to protect us," Whitfield told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Posted By: Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
Tuesday, June 7th 2022 at 5:13PM
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