Indianapolis mass shooter Brandon Scott Hole, the 19-year-old who killed eight and injured several others at a FedEx facility last week, had a history of swimming through white-supremacist channels online. Keep Reading
"A lot of these violent extremism threats don't fit into nice, neat ideological buckets," FBI director warns. Keep Reading
In light of the recent Capitol Hill riots, there has been a growing realization that domestic terrorism is now a greater threat to the homeland than internationally linked militant jihadist threats from groups like ISIS, al Qaeda, al Shabaab, etc. Keep Reading
RAND study focuses on four areas: background characteristics of radical extremists, pathways to radicalization, deradicalization and leaving organizations, and participant perspectives on mitigation strategies. Keep Reading
The Defense Department's stated desire to combat extremism would benefit from a data-based assessment of the problem and better screening of social media while protecting service members' free speech, experts told the House Armed Services Committee. Keep Reading
IC warns of those "motivated by a range of ideologies and galvanized by recent political and societal events." Keep Reading
Last year marked the highest level of incidents reported since ADL began tracking such data – an average of about 14 incidents per day, and nearly double the 2,724 cases reported in 2019. Keep Reading
Gunman Brenton Tarrant used in white supremacist propaganda and recruitment with memes, manifesto and tribute videos. Keep Reading
The Canadian Incidents Database [CIDB] identified 1,405 terrorist or extremist incidents occurring in Canada between 1960 and 2014, in addition to 410 Canadian-affiliated (perpetrator or target) terrorist or extremist incidents occurring outside of Canada during the same time period. Keep Reading
FBI agents, working with Fort Lauderdale police and the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, arrested Paul N. Miller, 32, on one charge of being a “convicted felon in possession of a firearm.” Keep Reading
Martin and Boney committed the assault as part of their membership in the AC, a gang that operates in Texas and other states throughout the country. Keep Reading
Tobin implored members of The Base to post propaganda flyers and to break windows and slash tires belonging to African Americans and Jewish Americans. Keep Reading
Holzer told undercover FBI agents that he wanted the bombing to send a message to Jewish people that they must leave his town, “otherwise people will die.” Keep Reading
According to an annual analysis by ADL’s Center on Extremism, domestic extremists were responsible for killing at least 17 people in the U.S. in 15 separate incidents in 2020. Keep Reading
Extremist movements use the deadly riot to recruit and disinformation leaves more people vulnerable to radicalization. Keep Reading
Accused Kenosha shooter cannot knowingly have contact with any person or group known to “harm, threaten, harass or menace others on the basis of their race, beliefs on the subject of religion, color, national origin, or gender.” Keep Reading
The mishmash of extremists at the Capitol and chatter give indications about threat patterns in the year ahead. Keep Reading
2020 emphasized the importance of staying nimble as multiple threats simultaneously unfold. Keep Reading
When Australian man Brenton Tarrant conducted a mass shooting terror attack last year at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, guns were not his only weapon. Keep Reading
One falsely claimed that he had not planned to attend a white supremacist’s “Martyr’s Day” observance in the state of Washington and that he had not owned a jacket associated with white supremacy hate groups. Keep Reading