In understanding the makings of an extremist, there’s a lot of work ahead

We simply do not know yet what leads people to become terrorists. They can be male or female; religious or secular; highly educated or from poverty-stricken backgrounds.

Prosecutors expect to arrest hundreds tied to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Barricades have been set up to fortify security on the Capitol in anticipation of further unrest leading up to Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20. Flickr photograph by Victoria Pickering

Opinion

BY ERIKA SIMPSON

January 14, 2021

The violence on Capitol Hill was badly co-ordinated by Trump’s rabid supporters against democratic institutions during one afternoon on Jan. 6, and there may be more domestic terrorist attacks prior to Jan. 20, inauguration day, and after Joseph Biden’s assumption...

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