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Shooting victims remembered, white supremacy denounced at Seattle Night Out event

Seattle — The victims of the recent mass shootings, from California to El Paso and Ohio, were remembered Tuesday evening at a candlelight vigil held during a National Night Out event in Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood, where speakers did not mince words.

"Latino people are on the president's hit list," said Estela Ortega, Executive Director of El Centro de la Raza. "Having been constantly attacked, criminalized, scapegoated and his white supremacist supporters are now carrying out his message of incitement through domestic terrorism."

Investigators believe the El Paso shooter posted a racist manifesto with anti-immigrant messages online before the mass shooting that left 22 people dead.

Congressman Adam Smith, among the speakers at Plaza Roberto Maestas, also denounced the president's words and white supremacy.

"We need to enable our law enforcement nationally, locally to combat it," said Smith.

Sally Perez, who attended the Night Out event, said the El Paso shooting hit close to home.

"El Paso hit home for me because I'm from Arizona – I'm from a border state," said Perez. "It just made me think of my mom who goes to Walmart every week; definitely got me a lot more emotional and kind of powered up to have a voice."