Since the El Paso shooting, which was declared an act of “domestic terrorism" by the Justice Department, the FBI has thwarted seven mass shootings, including attacks planned by alleged white supremacists. But those arrested are unlikely to be designated as domestic terrorists or face any federal
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But those arrested are unlikely to be designated as domestic terrorists or face any federal terrorism-related charges. The FBI considers crimes committed in furtherance of racially motivated violent extremism, antigovernment/antiauthority extremism, animal rights/environmental extremism and abortion extremism “domestic terrorism threats.”
But there is currently no statute prohibiting someone from providing material support to violent white supremacist extremists within U.S. borders. Harris would “instruct NCTC to devote more resources to analyzing and preventing global white nationalist terrorism” and seek to expand the center’s mission to include domestic terrorism, allowing the NCTC to work with other federal agencies to combat the problem.
“While white supremacy is not a new phenomenon in America, it’s incredibly troubling the way the movement has been emboldened, and the administration’s efforts to obfuscate the data on these terrorist incidents simply defies logic,” Booker told Yahoo News. His plan to combat white supremacist violence focuses on tighter gun laws and stemming the spread of hateful rhetoric that leads to violence.
Since 9/11, counterterrorism has been a top priority not only for the FBI but also for Americans, topping education, the economy and health care costs, according to the Pew Research Center. But proposals to combat domestic terrorism have been fraught with debates over civil liberties, oversight and transparency.
Shamsi urged that policymakers require law enforcement to provide more public data on how it has used resources to prioritize addressing white supremacist violence instead of putting forth “purported solutions that would undermine the rights of the communities of color that white supremacist violence attacks.”
McCord said she understands “the distrust for law enforcement that many people in vulnerable communities, communities of color and others have felt, including Muslim American communities who have felt like they’ve been somewhat targeted [by] counterterrorism efforts ever since 9/11.” But prevention, she said, is really the only way to stop domestic terrorist attacks.
German believes more information from the Justice Department is needed to formulate effective policy.
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