Who can take a city, burn it to the ground? Umbrella Man can, at least according to the search warrant application/affidavit filed by Minneapolis police officer Erika Christensen in the summer of 2020. Former Star Tribune reporter Libor Jany told me he came across Christensen s affidavit in a routine review of court filings. (Libor has moved on to the Los Angeles Times.) Libor reported on the allegations of Christensen s affidavit
Far-right, white supremacist domestic terrorism in U.S. rising to new highs, study finds
The surge reflects a growing threat from homegrown terrorism not seen in a quarter-century, with right-wing extremist attacks and plots greatly eclipsing those from the far left and causing more deaths, the analysis shows.
By Robert O Harrow Jr., Andrew Ba Tran and Derek HawkinsWashington Post
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Pastor Kenneth Robinson stands in front of a section of Briar Creek Road Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C., that was set on fire in 2015. Photo for The Washington Post by Logan Cyrus
Domestic terrorism incidents have soared to new highs in the United States, driven chiefly by white-supremacist, anti-Muslim and anti-government extremists on the far right, according to a Washington Post analysis of data compiled by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
White riot: The threat from domestic violent extremism article
A group tied to the Boogaloo Bois holds a rally as they carry firearms at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan on October 17, 2020. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
(FOX 9) - As the political extremes have taken center stage in American life, domestic violent extremism has become the greatest threat to national security.
But what do you do when the enemy is part of America? And when does political extremism cross the line into domestic terrorism?
The threat from domestic violent extremism
As the political extremes have taken center stage in American life, domestic violent extremism has become the greatest threat to national security.
Waiting for the Umbrella Man or someone like him, cont’d
I’ve been wondering whatever happened to Umbrella Man. According to the officer who swore out the affidavit supporting the search warrant issued on the Umbrella Man suspect’s cell phone this past July, Umbrella Man was responsible for the vast harm inflicted on the Twin Cities in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd on Memorial Day. As I noted yesterday, Libor Jany’s page-one Star Tribune story of July 28 first reported the alleged centrality of Umbrella Man according to Minneapolis police officer Erika Christensen in “Minneapolis police say ‘Umbrella Man’ was a white supremacist trying to incite George Floyd rioting.”