Garnell Whitfield Jr., son of Buffalo shooting victim Ruth Whitfield, delivered a heartfelt plea to lawmakers Tuesday, calling on them to take action against white supremacy so that more innocent people are not slain like his mother was during a trip to the grocery story in May.
Whitfield’s testimony was part of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled, “Examining the ‘Metastasizing’ Domestic Terrorism Threat After the Buffalo Attack.” Fighting back tears, Whitfield recalled how his mother sacrificed for their family, including taking time every day to visit his father in a nursing home, where he has been for the past eight years.
“For her to be murdered, taken away from us by someone so full of hate, is impossible to understand and even harder to live with,” he said. “But we’re more than hurt. We’re angry. We’re made as hell. Because this should have never happened.”
