The Root; Published By Noah A. McGee
History has repeated itself in the worst possible way.
Over the weekend, a white man in Jacksonville, Fla. walked into a Dollar General store and killed three Black people, fatally shooting Angela Michelle Carr, 52, Anolt Joseph “AJ” Laguerre Jr., 19, and Jerrald Gallion, 29.
The shooter, 21-year-old Ryan Christopher Palmeter, used a swastika-emblazoned assault rifle and yelled racial slurs at the victims before fatally shooting them and then killed himself at the end of the assault.
After the mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Charleson, S.C., this incident is yet another example of the malice and hate certain individuals can have in their hearts against other people simply because of their skin tone.
The worst part, these suspects write out their intentions in terrifying manifestos where they describe and uphold these symbols of hatred against people who don’t look like them. It’s a scary reality that Black people live in. Read more
