White Supremacist Livestreams Murdering 10 People at a Buffalo Grocery Store UPDATE

Ten people were murdered this afternoon at a Tops grocery store in a predominantly African-American neighborhood in Buffalo, New York. 

At this hour, the victims have not been identified nor has the shooter who was taken into custody. All that is known about the shooter is that he is an 18-year old white male who livestreamed the killings on Twitch and published a manifesto lauding white replacement theory, a thesis promoted by the likes of Tucker Carlson which advances the argument the government is trying to replace the white population through immigration.

This was one exclusively the province of the likes of white supremacists like the Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. Now it has become mainstream conservative thought in this country with nearly half of all Republicans on board with it.

Now the consequences of this theory have been taken out on people who were going about their business buying groceries. The Carlsons of the world and those who accept his views at face value have blood on their hands. 

Mind you this isn't the first time the ravages of white replacement theory have resulted in bloodshed. Think of Charlottesville, El Paso, Pittsburgh, Poway, California and Christchurch, New Zealand. The attack in El Paso took place at a Walmart, at synagogues in Pittsburgh and Poway and a mosque in Christchurch. The attacks in Christchurch  and El Paso were also livestreamed. The Poway shooter wanted to do the same but was unsuccessful. These white supremacists are proud of ending innocent lives and want to show the world what they did in real time.

The awful truth is this won't be the last time something like this happens. Indeed, this might very well only be the beginning.

UPDATE: The suspect has been identified as Payton Gendron who resides more than 200 miles away in Conklin, New York near Binghamton. Gendron describes himself as a white supremacist and was in part inspired by the Christchurch attack.

Two hundred miles is a long way to go grocery shopping. But when one hates someone, in this case due to the color of their skin, such a person will walk to the ends of the Earth in order to commit murder and mayhem.