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Harris calls for unity as Buffalo lays the last shooting victim to rest

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Mourners laid to rest the last of 10 Black people killed in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket with a …
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Mourners laid to rest the last of 10 Black people killed in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket with a service on Saturday that became a call to action and an emotional plea to end the hate and violence that has wracked the nation. The funeral for 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield — the oldest of the 10 people killed in the attack two weeks ago — included an impromptu speech by Vice President Kamala Harris. She attended the service at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Buffalo with second gentleman Doug Emhoff. Harris told the mourners this is a moment in time for „all good people“ to stand up to the injustice that happened at the Tops Friendly Market on May 14, as well as the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and other mass shootings.
„This is a moment that requires all good people, all God-loving people to stand up and say we will not stand for this. Enough is enough“, said Harris, who wasn’t scheduled to speak and came to the microphone at the urging of the Rev. Al Sharpton. „We will come together based on what we all know we have in common, and we will not let those people who are motivated by hate separate us or make us feel fear.“
Following the funeral, Harris and Emhoff visited a memorial outside the supermarket. The vice president left a large bouquet of white flowers at the site, and the pair paused to pray for several minutes. President Biden and first lady Jill Biden had placed flowers at the same memorial on May 17 and visited with the victims‘ families.

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