On the eve of the third anniversary of the mass shooting on Buffalo’s East Side, a judge has denied a motion filed by the defense team of gunman Payton Gendron to dismiss one of the federal hate crimes he faces.
The ruling centers around charge 27, which specifically focuses on those people who were in and around the store at the time of the shooting.
Gendron’s defense attorneys argued that the language used in the argument is too vague because it states that “Payton Gendron used a firearm to attempt to cause bodily injury to unnamed ‘Black people.'” The defense also stated that the term “Black people” is not sufficient in identifying a specific individual. They went on to claim that there has to be a clearer identification of individuals…