Buffalo gunman pleads not guilty to federal hate crime charges

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Payton Gendron, the gunman charged with killing 10 Black people in a racially-motivated shooting at a Buffalo supermarket in May, pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges at an arraignment on Monday, The Associated Press reports.

Gendron was "indicted last week on hate crimes and weapons counts," AP writes, and his plea was entered in court by his attorney, "who said she hoped to resolve the case before trial." The 27-count federal indictment includes 10 counts of hate crimes resulting in death and 13 counts of using a firearm in a hate crime, among other charges.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.