Violent Extremism: Who Joins and Why
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The United States听faces听a growing threat of听domestic extremism, embodied by the Jan. 6 attack听on the U.S. Capitol. We wanted to know what it actually means to be an extremist. Is a certain type of person drawn to extremism? What convinces someone to join an extremist group? And how might our own friends or neighbors go down that path? Rachel Nielsen is the director of the Colorado Resilience Collaborative, which focuses on听combating听violent extremism. She sheds some light听on these听questions and more.
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