New Jersey
Accused Buffalo shooter named NJ Jewish communities in manifesto
The person accused of killing ten individuals in a mass capturing at a Buffalo, NY grocery store referred to as Hasidic Jews “deplorable” and referenced New Jersey communities with rising Jewish populations in a 180-page manifesto officers stated he posted on-line.
Payton Gendron, 18, appeared in courtroom Saturday hours after the capturing at Tops Pleasant Market. He was organized on first-degree homicide prices and ordered detained with out bail.
Gendron’s purported manifesto was revealed Thursday night, NBC Information reported. The Related Press reported that federal regulation enforcement remains to be investigating to substantiate its authenticity.
The Lakewood Scoop first reported that the diatribe complained of “Hasidic actions” in Lakewood and Toms River. The neighboring cities in Ocean County have quickly rising Hasidic Jewish populations.
A bit from the manifesto officers stated Payton Gendron revealed on-line. (The Lakewood Scoop)
Lakewood was the goal of a sequence of anti-Semitic assaults final month, in response to prosecutors. Dion Marsh, 27, faces tried homicide, terrorism, and federal hate crime prices for the rampage that left three victims hospitalized with critical accidents.
Marsh referred to Hasidic Jews as “the actual devils,” in response to a prison criticism.
Equally, the manifesto officers stated was posted by Gendron referred to as the actions of Hasidic Jews “deplorable.” It laments “Hasidic group progress and its impression” in New Jersey and New York.
Governor Phil Murphy posted a press release on Twitter condemning the capturing and calling for an finish to gun violence.
“We’re praying for the victims and people impacted by the horrific capturing in Buffalo,” Murphy stated. “We should come collectively to finish our nation’s gun violence epidemic.”
Authorities stated of the 13 individuals shot on the Buffalo grocery store, eleven have been Black and two have been white. Ten of the victims have been pronounced useless, together with a safety guard who tried to intervene.
Aaron Salter, a retired Black police officer, labored as a safety guard on the grocery store. WKBW reported that regulation enforcement officers stated Salter fired at Gendron to cease the assault however the shooter’s physique armor protected him.
Buffalo Grocery store Capturing
Gendron is accused of researching native demographics to decide on an space with a excessive focus of Black residents. Regulation enforcement officers stated he drove greater than three hours from his house in Conklin, New York to hold out the assault.
“This was pure evil,” Erie County sheriff John Garcia stated Saturday. “It was straight-up a racially motivated hate crime from any individual outdoors of our group.”
The AP additionally reported that the shooter had beforehand threatened to shoot up his highschool. A regulation enforcement official instructed the AP that Gendron was despatched for psychological well being remedy in June 2021 earlier than he might perform the assault on Susquehanna Excessive College.
Rick Rickman is a reporter for New Jersey 101.5. You’ll be able to attain him at richard.rickman@townsquaremedia.com
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Adjustments in NJ county populations since 2020
Census Bureau estimates of the change in county populations because the 2020 Census on April 1, 2020 additionally present a glimpse into COVID-era tendencies, as that is roughly the identical time the pandemic started. The record beneath kinds New Jersey’s 21 counties by their whole change between the Census and the July 1, 2021 estimate.
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New Jersey highschool commencement charges
The lists beneath present 4-year commencement charges for New Jersey public faculties for the 2020-21 college 12 months. The statewide commencement fee fell barely, from 91% in 2019-20 to 90.6%.
The lists, that are sorted by county and embody a separate record for constitution faculties, additionally embody a second commencement fee, which excludes college students whose particular training IEPs permit them to qualify for diplomas regardless of not assembly typical coursework and attendance necessities.
Columns with an asterisk or ‘N’ point out there was no knowledge or it was suppressed to guard pupil privateness.