Are Far-Right Extremist Crimes Rising? No

Terrorism is ticking up, but hate crimes and related violence have been steady since at least 1970

A driver, who later pleaded guilty to hate crimes, drove into a crowd protesting against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017.
A driver, who later pleaded guilty to hate crimes, drove into a crowd protesting against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017.Photo: Ryan M. Kelly/Associated Press
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Recently, President Trump said he doesn’t believe white nationalism is a growing problem—and at home in the U.S., he’s right. 
The problem isn’t growing. It’s never subsided.
“There has been a steady rate of far-right extreme crimes since at least 1970, when we started collecting data,” said Michael Jensen, a senior researcher at START, the...

Source https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/far-right-extremist-crimes-have-been-with-us-for-decades-11554463800

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