White supremacists behind vast majority of 2022’s extremism-related murders, report finds
The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} A vast majority of extremism-linked mass murders in 2022 were committed by white supremacists, according to a report published by the Anti-Defamation League. The advocacy group’s Center on Extremism characterised 25 “extremism-related” murders last year, with 18 of those killings “committed in whole or part for ideological motives,” according to the report. Over the last few years, federal law enforcement agencies have repeatedly renewed domestic terror bulletins noting a “heightened threat environment” in the US, fueled by extremist ideologies and largely “motivated by a range of ideological beliefs and/or personal grievances” that pose threats to vulnerable communities, including LGBT+ people and people of colour. The group will coordinate efforts to “raise understanding about antisemitism and the threat it poses to the Jewish community and all Americans, address antisemitic harassment and abuse both online and offline, seek to prevent antisemitic attacks and incidents, and encourage whole-of-society efforts to counter antisemitism and build a more inclusive nation,” according to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
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