(Joshua Rashaad McFadden | The New York Times) Two women embrace on Sunday, May 15, 2022, during a vigil for the victims of the mass shooting at Tops supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y. A day after one of the deadliest racist massacres in recent American history, law enforcement officials in New York descended on the home of the accused gunman and probed disturbing hints into his behavior, as Gov. Kathy Hochul promised action on hate speech that she said spreads "like a virus."
George has been an editorial writer, columnist and blogger for The Tribune's Opinion Section since 2002 (with a four-year diversion to do the same things for The Buffalo News in Buffalo, N.Y.).