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## Murders and Attacks
#### Right-wing terror and the rise of white nationalism are the current biggest terrorist threats in the United States, constituting a majority of domestic terrorist cases.
* [ADL 18](https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/adl-report-white-supremacist-murders-more-than-doubled-in-2017)
* The number of white supremacist murders in the United States **more than doubled** in 2017 compared to the previous year
* This **far surpasses** murders committed by domestic Islamic extremists and making 2017 the **fifth deadliest year** on record for **extremist violence** since 1970.
![](https://github.com/NB419/source-library/blob/master/images/murders%201.png?raw=true)
* [ADL 2019](https://www.adl.org/education-and-resources/resource-knowledge-base/adl-heat-map)
* Heat map documenting extremist attacks from 2002-2019.
* Surprise! A **vast** majority of attacks are motivated by some sort of “**right-wing**” cause.
* In 2019, there has been 1 “left-wing” attack. In 2018, there were reportedly **zero**. [Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/extremist-killings-links-right-wing-extremism-report-2019-1?utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR14sLyVAy6k3RLesT7g8v4L13Qk3vJtDY_6jPpvGgczHl_nh53QrlLGX6k) even did a piece on this.
* [Government Accountability Office (GAO) 17](https://www.gao.gov/assets/690/683984.pdf#page33)
* A different analysis based on statistics from the United States Extremist Crime Database which includes foreign and domestic terrorism.
* _"The total number of fatalities is about the same for far right wing violent extremists and radical Islamist violent extremists over the approximately 15-year period (106 and 119, respectively)."_
* _“There were **no attacks** since 1990 by persons associated with extreme leftist ideologies that resulted in fatalities to non-perpetrators.”_
![](https://github.com/NB419/source-library/blob/master/images/murders%202.PNG?raw=true)
* [The Investigative Fund: Neiwert et al. 17](https://www.revealnews.org/article/home-is-where-the-hate-is/)
* Independent researches conclude the same thing: domestic terrorism is primarily motivated by right-wing causes.
![](https://github.com/NB419/source-library/blob/master/images/murders%203.png?raw=true)
* [More Info](https://apps.revealnews.org/homegrown-terror/): map with methodology of recorded instances of terrorism:
![](https://github.com/NB419/source-library/blob/master/images/murders%204.png?raw=true)
* [Sivak 17](https://checkyourfact.com/2017/06/23/fact-check-is-the-far-right-largely-responsible-for-extremist-violence/)
* A fact check of the ADL statistics (hint: they’re accurate)
* The Daily Caller News Foundation (a right-wing news organization founded by Tucker Carlson) conducted an independent analysis of domestic extremism for the same 10-year time frame as the ADL.
* _“Our findings **support the ADL statistic**. Using their definition of right-wing extremists, we found that **92 percent of ideologically motivated homicide** incidents were committed with a right-wing extremist or white supremacist motive.”_
* Data is based on START homicide statistics
* Here’s a basic summary:
![](https://github.com/NB419/source-library/blob/master/images/murders%205.png?raw=true)