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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFour Mass Shootings Have Been Thwarted Since the El Paso Massacre, Authorities Say
https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2019/08/four-mass-shootings-plotted-by-young-white-men-have-been-thwarted-since-el-paso-authorities-say/
In the two weeks since the gun massacre in El Paso, Texas, federal and local authorities have thwarted four additional threats they said could have resulted in mass attacks. All four of the alleged plottersin Nevada, Connecticut, Florida, and Ohiowere heavily armed young white men. At least three of the four appear to have harbored hateful far-right views, especially toward Jewish, African American, and LGBTQ people.
This latest wave of threats suggests an escalating danger: According to a recent Mother Jones investigation, in the past 10 months alone there have been at least six deadly gun rampages across the United States linked to far-right views, including the attack in El Paso, the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, and a lethal shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue near San Diego. As I also reported recently, law enforcement agencies at all levels have seen a surge in violent plots and threats during Donald Trumps presidency, the majority of them marked by white supremacist ideology and other strains of far-right extremism. As one veteran US law enforcement agent with expertise in domestic attacks described the trend to me, This is as active as Ive seen it in a long time.
In the two weeks since the gun massacre in El Paso, Texas, federal and local authorities have thwarted four additional threats they said could have resulted in mass attacks. All four of the alleged plottersin Nevada, Connecticut, Florida, and Ohiowere heavily armed young white men. At least three of the four appear to have harbored hateful far-right views, especially toward Jewish, African American, and LGBTQ people.
This latest wave of threats suggests an escalating danger: According to a recent Mother Jones investigation, in the past 10 months alone there have been at least six deadly gun rampages across the United States linked to far-right views, including the attack in El Paso, the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, and a lethal shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue near San Diego. As I also reported recently, law enforcement agencies at all levels have seen a surge in violent plots and threats during Donald Trumps presidency, the majority of them marked by white supremacist ideology and other strains of far-right extremism. As one veteran US law enforcement agent with expertise in domestic attacks described the trend to me, This is as active as Ive seen it in a long time.
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Four Mass Shootings Have Been Thwarted Since the El Paso Massacre, Authorities Say (Original Post)
Arkansas Granny
Aug 2019
OP
while far from a complete solution, red flag laws here in California have also prevented some
still_one
Aug 2019
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still_one
(91,963 posts)1. while far from a complete solution, red flag laws here in California have also prevented some
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)2. Kick and recommend. This story has been buried for Greenland diversion.
The press continues to be awol on the escalating violence of white supremacy groups.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,485 posts)3. Trump is at the root of those thwarted attempts......
His words and actions have consequences. Mental illness my ass.
Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)4. If mental illness is to blame, it begins in the White House.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)5. I welcome the new focus on proactive treatment of terrorist threats, but why did it take so long
and cost so many lives? I'm still angry after all these years.
pecosbob
(7,511 posts)6. Another this morning threatening to shoot up a church or mosque
Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)7. And Trump still tries to promote the "both sides do it" claim.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)8. Trump is only going to escalate this
Over the next year he is going to make this worse as he runs for reelection.