Judge looks to rule whether or not to dismiss federal charges against Buffalo mass shooter
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The case against Payton Gendron, the man spending life in prison without parole for the racially motivated shooting that killed 10 Black people and injured three at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo on May 14, 2022, was back in federal court Tuesday.
Gendron’s attorneys say the federal charges of committing hate crimes along with a premeditated act of terrorism is unconstitutional under the federal Hate Crimes Act in part because Congress doesn’t have the authority to enact it.