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The Domestic Terrorism Epidemic
Even with last week’s attacks, I don’t think anyone was prepared for the next deadly assault. Except maybe Salvador Ramos.
On January 27th, 2021, just days after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, the Department of Homeland Security activated a federal alert system to warn of potential domestic terrorist threats in the coming weeks.
The National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin,(NTAS) was issued due to “a heightened threat environment across the United States, which was believed to be a result of the successful President Inauguration.
Since then, domestic terrorists have executed violent and deadly, extremist attacks at every turn. They are often fueled by false ideologies and motivated by a range of issues — one largely being racism.
On May 14th, 2022, a mass terrorist shooting occurred at the Tops Friendly Supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Ten people were killed, while three others were injured. 11 of the 13 victims were African-American, and two were white. The shooter, identified as 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron, live-streamed the attack on the Twitch platform, and described himself as a white supremacist who targeted African Americans in a 180-page manifesto.
