NEW YORK (VINnews) — In an alleged manifesto posted online before the attack in Buffalo Saturday which killed 10 people and wounding three others, 18-year-old Payton Gendron ,the alleged shooter, directed intense hatred at Jews, expressed support for Nazism and subscribed to the antisemitic racist conspiracy theories, according to a Times of Israel interview with ADL officials.
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The 180-page manifesto circulating online included the alleged shooter’s name, described attack plans and matched statements from law enforcement.
Findings collected by the ADL’s Center on Extremism and Secure Community Network’s Duty Desk include details of the 180-page manifesto which apparently included extensive white supremacist and antisemitic statements. In the manifesto, Gendron outlines his white supremacist, racist, and antisemitic beliefs and cited on a conspiracy theory popular among far-right networks. The theory, dubbed “White Replacement Theory, ” says that Jews are plotting to replace white Americans with non-whites and eventually non-whites will overwhelm and wipe out the white race.. The shooting is being investigated as a hate crime and the FBI is assisting.
Law enforcement officials who spoke with the Associated Press identified the alleged Buffalo shooter as Gendron, from the central New York town of Conklin, around a three and a half hour drive from Buffalo.
Robert Bowers, who killed 11 people at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018, also cited the conspiracy theory before his attack. The white supremacist who killed one worshiper at a synagogue in Poway, California, said Jews were responsible for the genocide of “white Europeans.”
The author of Saturday’s manifesto wrote that the shooting was meant to kill and intimidate non-whites and spread his ideas. He said he was mainly inspired by the shooter who killed 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019. He also named the Poway attacker, Bowers and other white supremacist mass shooters.
Gendron’s alleged manifesto closely resembled a document posted by the New Zealand shooter, and in some cases appeared to duplicate it, the ADL said.
He said he was acting alone, not affiliated with any particular group, and had been radicalized online starting in 2020. The author explicitly endorsed neo-Nazism, white supremacy and fascism in the document.
He said he had targeted Black people, but that Jews were “the biggest problem.”
He said Black Americans were killing white people and taking public funding, and Jews were responsible, and that although he was targeting Black Americans, Jews “can be dealt with in time.”
In the manifesto, Gendron allegedly called for a war between Jews and non-Jews.
“The real war I’m advocating for is the gentiles vs the Jews. We outnumber them 100x, and they are not strong by themselves,” he wrote.
“By their Jewish ways, they turn us against each other. When you realize this you will know that the Jews are the biggest problem the Western world has ever had,” the manifesto said. “They must be called out and killed.”
“I wish all JEWS to HELL! Go back to hell where you came from DEMON!” he wrote.
He also wrote that he was inspired to stream his attack online by another shooting that was broadcast on the platform Twitch for about 35 minutes, in a reference to the 2019 Halle Synagogue shooting in Germany, according to the ADL.
The manifesto includes lengthy passages describing the author’s views about Jewish history, genetics and beliefs, and denouncing Jewish religious texts.
“The Jews are responsible for many problems that we in the western world face today,” he wrote, saying Jews mainly used control of the media to spread propaganda. “For our self-preservation, the Jews must be removed from our Western civilizations, in any way possible.”
ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt compared the shooting to white supremacist killings in recent years at the Tree of Life synagogue, in Poway, in a supermarket in El Paso and at a protest in Charleston, Virginia.
“The individual who carried out this attack was heavily influenced by white supremacist ideology, including the virulently antisemitic and racist ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory,” Greenblatt said.
“This shooting is a deadly reminder of the dangers of white supremacy, and the need to call out these hateful views at every opportunity,” he said.
Wearing a hospital gown, Gendron was arraigned in court Saturday evening on first-degree murder charges and ordered detained without bail. Another court hearing is scheduled for next week. He was being questioned on Saturday evening by the FBI.
“It is my sincere hope that this individual, this white supremacist who just perpetrated a hate crime on an innocent community, will spend the rest of his days behind bars. And heaven help him in the next world as well,” said Govorner Kathy Hochul, speaking near the scene of the attack.
If ever there was a case for capital punishment, this should be it. Perhaps after being inspired by the savages that came before him, to do the same, the possibility that their life will be snuffed out by SWIFT capital punishment, no delays and limited appeals , will give them pause. They are nothing but cowards,
vicious, savage, ignorant cowards.
All supporters of GOPQ know that there is no such thing as white supremacist terror. It is all made up by the libs.
Tucker Carlson and FOX News have told us repeatedly that it is a liberal hoax.
We know that GOP congressman and congresswomen speak at events with neo- Nazis but we don’t care because the only thing that matters anymore is that you “own the libs” and are faithful to the Dear Leader.
It has been reported that the FBI knew about this predator, and did nothing about him; the same thing occurred with the Florida high school shooter. In that case, legal action was brought, and the Justice Dept., had to shell out millions of dollars to the families of the victims, for their ineptitude, in not taking these predators seriously. Why does history keep repeating itself?
According to federal law, he is eligible for the death penalty.
This seems unlikely. After all many learned writers and commentators here on VIN have pointed out that antisemitism comes from “minority communities.” Therefore it is hard to believe a White American could be an antisemite.
How many more times will this happen before we realize that it takes a good person who is armed to deal with a bad person who is armed.
“Buffalo Killer”How many buffalos did he kill?
Hates Jews but goes to black community in buffalo to shut people. Something is wrong here. A bigot a racist yes. But in the end like all the others we’ll find he’s a Biden supporter