The United States Extremist Crime Database (ECDB) on its face isn’t alarming. I’m not even sure if this database is official or operational but people tracking crime isn’t new, nor is suspect. You should note that this database tracks non-violent “far-right”crime as well.
What I do find alarming, albeit par for the course, is the keywords under which this database article is searchable:
Keywords
- Al Qaeda related crimes,
- database construction,
- domestic terrorism,
- extremist crime,
- far-right crime,
- political violence
The investigator of this University of Maryland project (http://www.start.umd.edu/start/research/projects/project.asp?id=43) is Steven Chermak (http://www.start.umd.edu/start/research/investigators/investigator.asp?id=47).
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