Pennsylvania is home to alarming numbers of extremists, and some are our neighbors | Opinion
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By Josh Shapiro and Shira Goodman
On Jan. 6, armed insurrectionists attacked the U.S Capitol and the world learned what we already knew: domestic extremists present a serious, credible, dangerous threat to our democracy and to all Americans. We can find the seeds of that threat right here in Pennsylvania; we are one of the states with the highest number of residents arrested as a result of the insurrection at the Capitol.
These numbers are alarming – but we are encouraged that now, more than any other time in recent memory, Pennsylvanians acknowledge this threat and want to know how we can protect against it.
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ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt spoke about the organization’s 2020 audit of antisemitic incidents titled Fighting Hate from Home: 2020 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents & the State of Antisemitism in the U.S. Screenshot by David Rullo.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, and months of restricted activities, the number of antisemitic incidents in the United States remained high in 2020, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s annual audit on antisemitism.
The findings were released during an April 27 Zoom webinar during which the ADL reported 2,024 incidents against American Jews last year, down 4% from 2019. Still, 2020 was “the third highest year for incidents against American Jews since the ADL started tracking such data in 1979,” said Deb Leipzig, ADL’s vice president of leadership.
RADNOR â On the same day the U.S. Senate approved legislation to better protect the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities from hate crimes, law enforcement officials and members of the public gathered in Radnor and over Zoom for a community conversation on dealing with the issue locally.
Thursday night, Radnor police, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer, other state and federal law enforcement, and others gathered to discuss and raise awareness and to share possible solutions toward racism and violence toward the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities.
Shapiro, who spoke over Zoom, said his office is actively trying to root out anti-Asian bias and incidents of hate across the state.
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