Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans Have No Excuse for Not Doing Something about White Supremacist Violence https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/08/15/senate-judiciary-committee-republicans-have-no-excuse-for-not-doing-something-about-white-supremacist-violence/ …
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Replying to @KDbyProxy
1) Calling it such 2) Investigating whether a network contributed to it, what the underlying network looks like
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But then when he isn't *charged* w/ terrorism, public will go "WTF?" Now one cld say "Congress shld make
#domestic terrorism a crime" but…1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @KDbyProxy @emptywheel
… I'm not a fan of new crim laws that simply overlap existing laws – tho at EOD that typically doesn't stop Congress. OTOH…
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Replying to @KDbyProxy @emptywheel
…if Title 18 criminalizes "domestic terrorism", wld that expand FBI's investigatory authority in ways some/many wld find "problematic"?
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Replying to @KDbyProxy
I think charging domestic terrorism as a hate crime is rightly problematic (and understand complaints abt hate crimes generally).
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Replying to @emptywheel @KDbyProxy
But I also think treating domestic terrorism as a one off hate crime makes it less likely to conduct a network investigation of associates.
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Replying to @emptywheel @KDbyProxy
There are a number of subsequent attacks by people who were "materially supporting" earlier ones that might be avoided.
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Replying to @emptywheel @KDbyProxy
Ultimately, what we have now is a grossly unequal system in which Muslim young men get thrown away for life and white men don't.
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Reality is that "just right" is prolly between where we police Muslims and where we police far right now. Should shift standard for all.
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Replying to @emptywheel @KDbyProxy
FBI does manage to infiltrate far right (see indictment in OK) w/o all the intrusive electronic surveillance deployed against Muslims.
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