Report: Conspiracy theorists fuel bump in extremist killings

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/article/conspiracy-theorists-fuel-bump-extremist-killings-f51fb009efc6a736f0f8e26f46830c06

Report: Conspiracy theorists fuel bump in extremist killings
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

Newer strains of far-right movements fueled by conspiracy theories, misogyny and anti-vaccine proponents contributed to a modest rise in killings by domestic extremists in the United States last year, according to a report released Tuesday by a Jewish civil rights group.

Killings by domestic extremists increased from 23 in 2020 to at least 29 last year, with right-wing extremists killing 26 of those people in 2021, the Anti-Defamation League said in a report first provided to The Associated Press.

The ADL’s report says white supremacists, antigovernment sovereign citizens and other adherents of long-standing movements were responsible for most of the 19 deadly attacks it counted in 2021. The New York City-based organization’s list also included killings linked to newer right-wing movements that spread online during the coronavirus pandemic and former President Donald Trump’s presidency.

The ADL concluded that roughly half of the 2021 killings didn’t have a clear ideological motive, fitting a pattern that stretches back at least a decade.

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[ck4829]

1. Expect this number to go up as Trump tries again to be potus. Stay safe, everyone.