New report from ADL:
Murder and Extremism
in the United States in 2018
In 2018, domestic extremists killed at least 50 people
in the U.S., a sharp increase from the 37 extremistrelated
murders documented in 2017, though still lower
than the totals for 2015 (70) and 2016 (72). The 50
deaths make 2018 the fourth-deadliest year on record
for domestic extremist-related killings since 1970.
• The extremist-related murders in 2018 were
overwhelmingly linked to right-wing extremists.
Every one of the perpetrators had ties to at least one
right-wing extremist movement, although one had
recently switched to supporting Islamist extremism.
White supremacists were responsible for the great
majority of the killings, which is typically the case.
