The following statement is from Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center
āThe atrocity in New Zealand shows us, once again, that weāre dealing with an international terrorist movement linked by a dangerous white supremacist ideology thatās metastasizing in the echo chambers of internet chat rooms and on social media networks.
āThis hatred is even being amplified by our own president, who speaks of an āinvasion of our country.ā
The killerās manifesto bears the unmistakable fingerprints of the so-called alt-right, both in tone and reference. It celebrates the Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik as well as Charleston terrorist Dylann Roof. It speaks of āinvadersā who will āreplaceā white people. This is the very same kind of language used by Roof and numerous other white supremacists who have committed or attempted acts of terror.
āOn his weapon, the killer wrote the white supremacist slogan known as the 14 words ā āWe must secure the existence of our people and a future for white childrenā ā coined by the infamous neo-Nazi terrorist David Lane.
āIn this case, a killer attacked Muslims worshiping at two mosques. In November, a killer massacred Jews at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. Though the victims were different, and the attacks came in different parts of the world, the terrorists shared the same ideology of white supremacist hate.
āWe ā and that includes policymakers and the law enforcement community, in particular ā must begin to view what we call ādomestic terrorismā through a global lens, just as we do the threat of groups like ISIS, because the growing white supremacist movement represents a clear and present threat to democracies across the world.ā
Here are additional resources that the SPLC has available:
Terror from the Right: https://www.splcenter.org/20180723/terror-right
The Alt-Right is Killing People: https://www.splcenter.org/20180205/alt-right-killing-people
Lone Wolf: https://www.splcenter.org/20150211/lone-wolf-report