Buffalo victim's son pleads with senators to address domestic terrorism
Garnell Whitfield Jr.'s mother, Ruth Whitfield, was among the 10 people who was fatally shot in an attack at a grocery store in Buffalo last month.
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Garnell Whitfield Jr.'s mother, Ruth Whitfield, was among the 10 people who was fatally shot in an attack at a grocery store in Buffalo last month.
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