The Salt Lake branch of the NAACP issued a strongly worded statement condemning the mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 people dead Saturday afternoon.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People issued a strongly worded statement in response to the mass shooting in Buffalo, New York that left 10 people dead Saturday afternoon.
In a post to the branch's Facebook page Sunday morning, the organization condemned the attack, stating that it was the result of the mainstreaming of xenophobia and bigotry."When we have main stream xenophobic, race baiting, banning Black and Brown and LGBTQ Book authors and bigotry, this is what happens.
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