>> NOW BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 10
PEOPLE WERE KILLED, OTHERS
INJURED AT A SUPER MARKET
BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF
THEIR SKIN, 18-YEAR-OLD
WHITE SUPREMACIST FIRED MORE
THAN 50 ROUNDS AT BLACK
SHOPPERS AND WORKERS WHILE
STREAMING THE ASSAULT LIVE
ON-LINE, FBI IS
INVESTIGATING THIS AS A HATE
CRIME, 11 OF THE 13 SHOOTING
VICTIMS WERE BLACK,
INCLUDING A RETIRED BUFFALO
POLICE OFFICER, JUST WORKING
SECURITY ON THE STORE.
THE SUSPECT POSTED A
MANIFESTO ON-LINE LEADING UP
THE TO HOURS OF THE
SHOOTING.
LEAVING NO DOUBT HE TARGETED
PEOPLE OF COLOR, BRINGING TO
FOREFRONT, PAINFUL MEMORIES
OF A WHITE MAN IN SOUTH
CAROLINA, ARMED WITH A GUN
AND HATE, WHO KILLED 9 BLACK
CHRISTIANS BECAUSE THEY WERE
BLACK.
THE WARNING SIGNS WERE
EVERYWHERE, PREVIOUS
THREATS, MENTAL HEALTH
EVALUATIONS, YET HE WAS ABLE
TO PURCHASE A FIREARM IN NEW
YORK, COPS AND PROSECUTORS
HAVE TO VO PROVIDE LEGAL
ANSWERS BUT YOUR QUESTIONS
ARE OF WHY, WHY PEOPLE THAT
WERE SHOPPING AND WORKING
ARE NOW DEAD.
WHO COULD HURT ANOTHER
PERSON, SIMPLY BECAUSE OF
THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN?
THOSE ARE SPIRITUAL
QUESTIONS, AND REMAIN LONG
AFTER THE PROSECUTION HAS
ENDED.
OUR NEXT GUEST WILL BE
CALLED UPON TO ANSWER SOME
OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
PRESIDENT OF BUFFALO CITY
COUNCIL, BISHOP THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US, PEOPLE
GRIEVE WITH YOU,.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO FAMILY
AND FRIENDS WHOSE LOVED ONES
WERE KILLED SIMPLY BECAUSE
OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.
>> THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT
SITUATION, WHAT IS IMPORTANT
RIGHT NOW AT-THIS-POINT, TO
ALLOW THOSE FAMILIES THE
TIME TO GRIEVE.
WE NEED TO ALLOW THE PEOPLE
TO GRIEVE AND THE COUNTRY TO
GRIEVE WITH THEM.
THAT IS IMPORTANT, YOU CAN’T
HEAL WITHOUT THE GRIEF.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT
RIGHT NOW HERE.
TREY: BISHOP, I PULLED UP
SOME OF YOUR REMARKS FROM
EARLIER, YOU USE THIS
PHRASE, GRIEVING IN A
HEALTHY WAY.
IT IS HARD WHEN THERE IS
ANGER, HOW DO YOU GRIEVE IN
A HEALTHY WAY?
>> WE’VE SEEN AT TIMES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHEN
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHEN
PEOPLE GREEFER, GRIEVE.
SOME PEOPLE TAKE THINGS AND
DESTROY THEIR OWN
COMMUNITIES, THIS IS NOT A
TIME FOR DESTROYING
COMMUNITIES AND HATRED.
BUT HOW DO WE TAKE THIS
MOMENT IN HISTORY, IN TIME,
AND MAKE A BETTER NOT ONLY
WESTERN NEW YORK AND
BUFFALO, BUT A BETTER UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
THAT IS WHAT HEALTHY
GRIEVING DOES.
IT TAKES THAT HURT.
AND TURNS IT TO A POSITIVE
CHANGE.
LET’S BE CLEAR, THERE IS
NEVER BEEN A HUGE CHANGE
WITHOUT THEIR BEING SOME
HURT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT
IS WHAT HEALTHY GRIEVING
LOOKS LIKE.
TREY: ALL RIGHT BISHOP, A
TOUGH QUESTION, A SPIRITUAL
QUESTION, FOR THOSE
WONDERING HOW GOD COULD
ALLOW THIS PEOPLE SHOT WHILE
THEY ARE JUST SHOPPING AND
WORKING.
WHAT IS THE ANSWER TO HOW
THAT CAN BE ALLOWED BY A
LOVING GOD?
>> IT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
EVIL IS A PART OF OUR WORLD.
I DON’T THINK THAT THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT GOD WANTED.
I DON’T THINK THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT GOD WILLED.
I THINK THIS WAS THE EVIL
ACTIONS OF A PERSON, I WON’T
PUT IT ON GOD.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS
TO THAT PERSON, GOD CAN GET
THE GLORY IN ALL THINGS, AND
ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR
THEM WHO LOVE THE LORD, I
BELIEVE WE CAN BE A BETTER
PEOPLE, OUT OF COUNTRY OUT
OF THIS.
TREY: WELL, I THINK MOST OF
THE COUNTRY IS FULL OF
REALLY GOOD PEOPLE, I AM
SURE THEY WOULD LIKE TO
HELP, HOW CAN PEOPLE HELP
YOUR COMMUNITY?
HELP THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS
AND LOVED ONES OF THOSE WHO
TRAGICALLY LOST THEIR LIVES
OR INJURED YESTERDAY?
>> FIRST, YOU KNOW, AS A MAN
OF FAITH, PRAY FOR US, STAND
WITH US.
ONE THING TO SAY YOU KNOW
PAIN, BUT IF YOU DO NOT
DENOUNCE RACISM.
IF YOU DO NOT DENOUNCE
BIGOTRY OR DENOUNCE WHITE
SUPREMACY, YOU ARE NOT
HELPING, THERE MAY BE PEOPLE
WHO SEND MONEY BUT DON’T
FEEL THERE IS RACISM.
I SAY THIS, THIS IS FROM ME,
KEEP YOUR MONEY.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF
YOU DON’T BELIEVE THERE IS
RACISM, THEN YOU KNOW YOUR
HELP IS NOT WANTED.
BUT THOSE WHO WANT TO HELP
CALL CITY HALL MONDAY.
TREY: THANK YOU BISHOP.