NEW YORK — The avowed white supremacist accused of a racist attack that killed 10 people at a supermarket in a Black neighbourhood in Buffalo, New York, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to 25 counts in an indictment returned by a grand jury, court documents showed.
Gendron is the first defendant to face a charge based on New York's domestic terrorism hate crime law, Erie County District Attorney John Flynn said at a briefing after the arraignment. Gendron also faces 10 counts of first-degree murder and 10 counts of second-degree murder, all of them as hate crimes. The grand jury, which decides whether sufficient evidence exists to bring a defendant to trial, also returned three counts of attempted murder as hate crimes and a single count of illegal possession of a weapon."When you hear the phrase, throw the book at someone...
Gendron's attorney told Reuters that he is abiding by the court's gag order and has no comment at this time.
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