Poynter Institute and representatives of community groups give advice as to how rise of white supremacy should be covered, so as not to give hate groups a platform to recruit.
New data released this week shows 68 hate groups are being tracked right now across Florida.The state s list stayed about the same from last year, even as other states saw a decline.Researchers say, across the country and here in Florida, hate and extremism are not declining. Rather, they are spreading further online instead of through formal groups.Several suspects arrested in the deadly U.S. Capitol riot are from Florida. Among them is a known organizer of the Proud Boys.There are five known chapters of the organization in the state. The Proud Boys have only been well-known a few years, but they share lists with extremist associations dating back decades, like the Ku Klux Klan. They re still recruiting the same way now they did then, only the tools have changed drastically, Richard C. Harris said.Harris is a professor and pastor in Central Florida, but he was once part of the KKK. I was recruited into the Indiana Klu Klux Klan, and by the time I was 18, they had groomed