A post on X claims that the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione is being charged with terrorism, while the suspect in the Buffalo supermarket shooting, Payton Gendron, was not. So let me get this straight: a guy who killed a rich healthcare CEO is a terrorist, but a racist guy who shot up a grocery […]
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Verdict: False
Gendron was charged with terrorism in the Buffalo shooting, and is currently serving prison time.
Fact Check:
In2022,then18-year-oldPaytonGendronshotandkilled10peopleandwoundedanotherthreeinaraciallymotivatedattackataTopsSupermarketinBuffalo,NewYork.Hespeciciallycitedthe“greatreplacementtheory,”aconspiracytheorycenteringaroundthebeliefthatwhiteAmericansarebeingsystematicallyreplacedbyminorities,asrationalefortheattack,accordingtoNBCNewsatthetime.
ApostonXwithover300,000viewsclaimsthatGendronwasnotchargedwithterrorismbyauthorities.ItlamentsthesupposedhypocrisythathewasnotwhileLuigiMangione,whoshotandkilledahealthinsurancecompanyexecutiveinDecember,waschargedwithterrorism.(RELATED:ImageClaimingToShowLuigiMangioneInOrangePriso
