2019 Was the ‘Worst Year for Far-Right Domestic Terrorism’

Data showed a sharp increase in hate crimes, and 2020 could prove worse

People hold crosses honoring those killed in the 2019 Walmart shooting which left 23 people dead in a racist attack targeting Latinos. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images

In an October interview, extremism expert Brian Levin predicted to GEN that when the Federal Bureau of Investigations released data for 2019, it would turn out to be “the worst year for far-right domestic terrorism that we’ve seen this century.”…