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JHB

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8. From his HuffPo bio, he doesn't sound RW...
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:47 PM
Jun 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/brian-levin-jd

Criminologist and attorney Brian Levin is a professor of criminal justice and Director of the nonpartisan Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino where he specializes in the analysis of hate crime, domestic and international terrorism and related legal issues.

Previously, Professor Levin served as Associate Director-Legal Affairs of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Klanwatch/Militia Task Force in Montgomery, Alabama; an adjunct professor of constitutional law and as a corporate litigator for the law firm of Irell & Manella. He was also a New York City Police Officer in the Harlem and Washington Heights sections of Manhattan when crack related violence was prevalent during the 1980s.

Prof. Levin received his law degree from Stanford, where he received the Block Civil Liberties Award. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania with honors and a BA in history. He is the author, editor or co-author of books, scholarly articles, training manuals, technical reports, U.S. Supreme Court briefs and studies on extremism and hate crime.

Prof. Levin has testified before Congress and state legislatures and makes frequent presentations at universities, international conferences, legal fora, civic group functions, and law enforcement training events. He is widely cited in top legal and social science journals and has appeared in major newspapers on six continents and on every network and most cable television evening news broadcasts as well as various network magazine programs including 60 Minutes and Dateline NBC.
Don't condone violence, but Skidmore Jun 2017 #1
That's what they expect atreides1 Jun 2017 #5
Exactly. I can't feel too sorry for the republicans. Initech Jun 2017 #10
What did they expect atreides1 Jun 2017 #2
Been saying this for a while! Initech Jun 2017 #3
And look what happens after one left-wing act of violence: Paladin Jun 2017 #15
To start with, what the fuck is a "left wing extremist group"?? Does such a group even exist today? madinmaryland Jun 2017 #4
Yeah I was wondering the same thing. Initech Jun 2017 #6
I'm glad you mentioned the proud boys, in the OP and this sub post, Ini. Mc Mike Jun 2017 #23
From his HuffPo bio, he doesn't sound RW... JHB Jun 2017 #8
a list of left-wing extremist groups: bluecollar2 Jun 2017 #18
I'll add... madinmaryland Jun 2017 #20
Rogue National Park Service Employees. Mc Mike Jun 2017 #25
To continue gratuitous Jun 2017 #22
Oh, really? Where's the pattern of violence from "the left"? Eyeball_Kid Jun 2017 #7
Anti-Trump rhetoric is not equal to anti-government rhetoric Bettie Jun 2017 #9
I Wouldn't Put Too Much Stock in This Leith Jun 2017 #11
So it has nothing to do with the show Vice then? Initech Jun 2017 #14
The HBO Show? Leith Jun 2017 #16
Freak Righty out: Generally, Conservatives win coups/attrition, Liberals win at swift overthrows. TheBlackAdder Jun 2017 #12
Are we getting new Karl Marx t shirts? leftstreet Jun 2017 #13
I will say this as politely as I can. blogslut Jun 2017 #17
Second that emotion. nt Mc Mike Jun 2017 #24
the group they are talking mercuryblues Jun 2017 #19
Get ready for more Ashley Todds. frogmarch Jun 2017 #21
The weatherundergound was from 50 years back. Dawson Leery Jun 2017 #26
I'm worried about campus radicalism becoming violent Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2017 #27
So, one "lefty" shooter tazkcmo Jun 2017 #28
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