The Buffalo shooting
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Once again, the United States is discussing race, guns and mass shootings after the killing of 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York State. On Saturday 14 May, an armed young man wearing body armour drove more than three hours across New York State to the city. The 18-year-old suspect, who is white, stopped at a supermarket in a predominantly black district and opened fire. Those who died were black. The crime is believed to be racially motivated. Host Ben James hears the reactions among those living and working in Buffalo.
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| 0:00.0 | What goes into making the business daily podcasts from the BBC World Service? |
| 0:04.8 | Well first we take a cup full of business news. Naturally. |
| 0:08.0 | Then we add a healthy measure of technology. |
| 0:10.0 | Mmm. Along with a pinch of exciting innovation. |
| 0:14.0 | Business daily from the BBC World Service. Find out more at the end of this podcast. |
| 0:23.0 | Hello, I'm Ben James on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:26.0 | And this is BBC OS Conversations, The Buffalo Shooting. |
| 0:35.0 | We're reflecting on the mass shooting in the United States that killed 10 people. |
| 0:40.0 | All of those who died were black. We'll hear from the community and also from hosts on black owned radio stations |
| 0:47.0 | about negotiating everyday life in modern America. |
| 0:51.0 | Where I feel unsafe is when I leave my community and I go to a place that's unfamiliar |
| 0:56.0 | where I am the one that's standing out as a black person because you have people who will kill you for nothing other than you are black. |
| 1:06.0 | On Saturday the 14th of May, an armed young white man wearing body armor drove more than three hours across New York State to the city of Buffalo. |
| 1:16.0 | In a predominantly black district at a supermarket called Topps, which is a focal point of the community, |
| 1:22.0 | the gunman opened fire first in the car park and then in the shop itself. |
| 1:28.0 | Ten men and women were killed. The youngest was 32-year-old Roberta Drewery. |
| 1:34.0 | The oldest was Ruth Whitfield, 86, who just been to visit her husband in a care home. |
| 1:41.0 | Three others were injured, police say it was a racially motivated attack. |
| 1:46.0 | The 18-year-old suspect live streamed it all and apparently left a manifesto where he described himself as a white supremacist. |
| 1:54.0 | He's pleaded not guilty to murder. This is how President Joe Biden defined the issue when he met grieving families. |
| 2:02.0 | White supremacy is a poison. It's been allowed to fester and grow right in front of our eyes. |
| 2:09.0 | No more. We need to say as clearly and force as we can that the ideology of white supremacy has no place in America. |
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