"This incident of collective grief, felt most acutely by the Black community in Buffalo, has reverberating effects through the coverage of these incidents through mass media." .
Reports of hate crimes against Black people rose to 2,755 in 2020, up from 1,930 in 2019.The FBI report found that of the hate crime offenses classified as crimes against persons in 2020, 53% were for intimidation, 28% were for simple assault and 18% were for aggravated assault.Anti-Black hate crimes have long been the most prevalent, said Frank Pezzella, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, who studies the causes and consequences of hate crimes victimizations. .For Tim Jones, the shooting Saturday reawakened grief over the death of his cousin, who was shot to death in a hate crime in 2018 by a man who targeted Black people in a Kroger grocery in Louisville, Kentucky, killing two.Back in Buffalo, Byron Chavis, 19, said the shooting in his neighborhood has left him feeling angry over the massacre and others that happen to Black people in this country. Anderson, of Open Buffalo, said his organization is hoping to be one of the catalysts toward healing, hosting a BBQ nearby, food distribution and even yoga classes so that people can decompress for a few moments.