Worst Responders: The Far-Right Extremists Mobilizing to Mass Shootings

[limbicnuminousity]

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/lewiston-uvalde-far-right-extremists-respond-mass-shootings-1234964945/

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT released a 575-page report last month detailing law-enforcement failures that exacerbated the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The document identifies groups that were first to respond to the shooting, with one glaring omission: a citizen militia called Patriots for America.

Shortly after the gunman was killed on May 24, 2022, members of the Texas-based militia posted footage approximately 40 feet from the shooter’s truck — revealing a loaded semi-automatic rifle that investigators had not yet recovered — and 50 feet from an incident command center. Newly verified footage shows that militia volunteers spent at least eight minutes beyond the established police line, recording videos and spreading conspiracy theories from the scene, unimpeded by law enforcement.

Far-right responses to mass shootings create personal safety risks and advance harmful conspiracy theories. When extremists frame themselves as humanitarian or “neighborhood watch” groups, they sow distrust in government agencies and make it easier for sympathizers to mobilize. Previously, emboldened militias and neo-Nazis cosplaying as humanitarians have targeted public officials, threatened unarmed civilians at gunpoint, and even been convicted of murder.

Extremist mobilization to mass casualty events appears to be an emerging pattern; in October 2023, armed neo-Nazis responded to shootings in Lewiston, Maine, and gained access to the gunman’s address after officials claimed a secure perimeter was established.

The intersection between law enforcement and neo-nazis is disturbing. Why were neo-nazis allowed behind the police line while the police themselves were too cowardly to enter the school?

[ck4829]

1. Oh no, it's time to declare these pricks a terrorist organization and treat them as such

[limbicnuminousity]

3. Locked in a cell

or on trial at the Hague, either works.

[slightlv]

2. I believe Canada has named a number of these groups

terrorist orgs. Other nations, as well. Why we don't, I honestly don't know. My hope is that once we get rid of Trump completely, we can start taking back our country and get rid of these yahoos, as well. Some of them will die, ala Ruby Ridge, Waco, etc. Some of them will die in lone wolf attacks. Some of them will commit suicide. Some of them will end up in prison. Some of them will just slither into the dirt like the snakes they are. But we will root them all out; our health, wealth, and pursuit of happiness depends on it. Our constitution and country depends on it. From the lowliest tail to one of the many hydra heads of the snake, it all must be cut to pieces, so no more can it ever threaten the safety and health of this country.