Why New Laws Against White Supremacist Violence Are the Wrong Response to El Paso




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Summary: Police keep watch outside Walmart near the scene of a mass shooting on Aug. 3, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images The recent white supremacist mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, and the Justice Department’s new willingness to label this kind of attack domestic terrorism have prompted renewed calls for the creation of more powerful anti-terrorism laws to investigate and prosecute right-wing domestic extremists.