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Did far-right extremist violence really spike in 2017?

  • Written by William Parkin, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Seattle University
imageWhite nationalist demonstrators guard the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va.AP Photo/Steve Helber, File

Intense media coverage of a so-called “alt-right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that turned deadly last August fueled the notion that far-right violent extremism in the U.S. in 2017 was a growing and severe threat.

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