83123 Authorities said three people were killed in a racially motivated attack at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday. It is seen on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. (David Aaro/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
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History Cannot Be Unlived
Last Saturday, three African Americans were murdered by a 21-year-old white gunman at the Dollar General Store in Jacksonville, Florida, who then shot himself. The murderer was motivated, Jacksonville Sheriff T K Waters reported, by an “ideology of hate.” The shooting took place 15 months after 10 African Americans were murdered in another racially motivated shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo. Racial violence against Blacks has scarred America since the first slaves were forcibly shipped to America.