By: Luke Tress – The Times of Israel; timesofisrael.com
Screed posted online by Payton Gendron before mass shooting espouses white supremacist, anti-Black and anti-Jewish conspiracy theories; urges ‘real war’ against the Jewish people
NEW YORK — A man suspected of killing 10 people in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday appeared to target Black Americans, in what authorities called “racially motived violent extremism.”
The mass shooting killed mostly Black people and the FBI was investigating the attack as a hate crime.
In an alleged manifesto posted online before the attack, Payton Gendron, 18, also directed intense hatred at Jews, expressed support for Nazism and subscribed to the anti-semitic and racist Great Replacement conspiracy theory, which says Jews are plotting to replace white Americans with non-whites.
The 180-page manifesto circulating online included the alleged shooter’s name, described the attack plans and matched statements from law enforcement. Researchers from the Anti-Defamation League cited the document and said it wasn’t clear where it was first posted.
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