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Darryl Gaines and Raymond Santiago of the Buffalo Urban League put up a sign outside an office on Jefferson Avenue and Glenwood where a community resource center will open to help residents in the Cold Spring neighborhood as the community recovers after a self-proclaimed white nationalist murdered 10 people and wounded three others with an assault rifle.
When the news about the Tops shooting in Buffalo reverberated around the world, the common narrative was that the white-supremacist terrorist had selected a "predominantly Black neighborhood" in which to inflict his hate. But Cold Spring is so much more than that to its residents. Hear from residents Lisa Wilson, Tyree Lemon, Eddie Colbert, Fred Eckles and Julie Harwell as they describe what the Cold Spring community means to them.
Dozens gathered at a police blockade at Jefferson Avenue and East Utica Street, as close as they could get to where the president and first lady Jill Biden laid flowers in memory of the victims over a block away.
The Cold Spring Market & Deli across the street from Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue where a self-proclaimed white nationalist murdered 10 people and wounded three others with an assault rifle, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (Derek Gee / Buffalo News)
"Unfortunately, because we weren't intentional, because we didn't make things a priority, and we didn't hold anyone accountable, the condition of Black Buffalo did not get better," George Nicholas said.
Pastor King Simmons, president of Mad Dads, helps stock food supplies to be distributed to the community at the Buffalo United Front tent outside the Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue where a self-proclaimed white nationalist murdered 10 people and wounded three others with an assault rifle, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (Derek Gee / Buffalo News)
They talked about black holes, Niagara Falls and critical race theory, and the man told Grady Lewis he was going camping. A day later, Lewis watched in horror as the man was arrested following a racist mass shooting.
Darryl Gaines and Raymond Santiago of the Buffalo Urban League put up a sign outside an office on Jefferson Avenue and Glenwood where a community resource center will open to help residents in the Cold Spring neighborhood as the community recovers after a self-proclaimed white nationalist murdered 10 people and wounded three others with an assault rifle.
The Cold Spring Market & Deli across the street from Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue where a self-proclaimed white nationalist murdered 10 people and wounded three others with an assault rifle, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (Derek Gee / Buffalo News)
Pastor King Simmons, president of Mad Dads, helps stock food supplies to be distributed to the community at the Buffalo United Front tent outside the Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue where a self-proclaimed white nationalist murdered 10 people and wounded three others with an assault rifle, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (Derek Gee / Buffalo News)
