Capitol attack will spur broad crackdown on domestic extremists

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Shane Harris
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Today, @mattzap and I take a deep look at how the attack on the Capitol will spur a crackdown on domestic extremists.

Capitol attack will spur broad crackdown on domestic extremists
Law enforcement and national security officials will probably face significant legal, political and cultural obstacles, experts say.
washingtonpost.com
8:54 AM · Jan 24, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/capitol-attack-domestic-extremists/2021/01/23/1bc981c0-59b5-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html

The storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 crystallized for national security officials that violent extremism is not a threat exclusively imported from foreign shores; it is made in America.

These conspiracy-minded, far-right potential threats are police officers and firefighters, Realtors and bartenders, even public officials from across the country, emboldened by the affirmation of President Donald Trump and each other to publicly espouse racist views or commit violence against the government, analysts say.

President Biden’s administration will be challenged to deter domestic extremists — and investigate and prosecute them when their rhetoric spills over into violence. Law enforcement and security officials, experts say, will face significant legal, political and cultural hurdles to battle a disease that seems to have taken hold in the nation’s nervous system.

In his inaugural address Wednesday, Biden invoked fresh memories of the riot that saw a pro-Trump mob overrun the very spot where he took the oath of office and pointed to “a rise in political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism that we must confront and we will defeat.”

“There’s no place in America right now that can say, ‘that’s not my problem,’ ” said Mary McCord, a former Justice Department national security official who serves as legal director at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center.

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[BrightKnight]

1. I hope so. nt

[Hekate]

2. If there is no crackdown, we are fools

[NotASurfer]

3. They're gonna need more than one task force

Regional? Divided by domestic terror group? The past 4 years really expanded and emboldened these "fine individuals "

[Karadeniz]

4. I read that every state bans homegrown militias. One would think that a big dent could be made

In their followers. Social media alone could point out hundreds of their members.