Buffalo shooter is just the latest white domestic terrorist
The 18-year-old white gunman was motivated by the “replacement theory” — the idea that people of color will replace white people in the U.S.
By Daniel Tucker, Meha Ahmad
Buffalo shooter is just the latest white domestic terrorist
The 18-year-old white gunman was motivated by the “replacement theory” — the idea that people of color will replace white people in the U.S.
By Daniel Tucker, Meha Ahmad
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A 180-page document posted by the suspect in the deadly shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. suggests he was motivated by racial hatred and the “replacement theory.”
Reset checks in with an expert on extremism whose recent work tracks what motivated people to storm the U.S. Capitol in January 2021.
GUEST: Robert Pape, professor of political science at the University of Chicago; director of Chicago Project on Security and Threats