Following the tragic mass shooting in El Paso, Texas in early August, there has been a political push to make domestic terrorism into a federal crime.
As it now stands, a federal statute defining domestic terrorism exists, but federal…
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Following the tragic mass shooting in El Paso, Texas in early August, there has been a political push to make domestic terrorism into a federal crime.
As it now stands, a federal statute defining domestic terrorism exists, but federal…
According to the Rand Corporation, “domestic terrorism involves violence against the civilian population or infrastructure of a nation—often but not always by citizens of that nation and often with the intent to intimate, coerce, or influence national policy.”
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According to PolitiFact, the U.S. government’s Extremists Crime Database reveals that between September 12, 2001 and December 31, 2016, there were 85 deadly attacks committed in this country by violent extremists resulting in 225 deaths.
Far-Right Violent Extremist Accountable…
Category: Domestic Terrorism | Terrorism Criminology
CNN’s national security analyst Peter Bergen understands the concept of terrorism, both from an international and domestic level. Author of “United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorism,” succinctly defines terrorism as “acts of violence conducted against civilians for political…