Yes I can. Will have to be a few parts. None were “justified”.Is it violence without merit in every case or is some of the actions of the right justified due to the actions of the left that forces the hand of the right to commit violence as a defensive measure ? Same question for the violent actions seen on the left, otherwise is it always without merit or is some of it justified as a defensive measure also ?
Violence isn't always committed without merit, so can you give the room a case by case analysis of the reasons that either group is using violence when all else fails, otherwise be it in a justified or non-justified manor ?
Which group is mostly in violation of using violence in an unjustified way as opposed to using violence in a more justified defensive way that is brought about by the actions of the opposing group ?
Who is the worst of the worst, and be honest now ?
- April 27, 2019 – Poway, CA: John T. Earnest opened fire inside a synagogue during Passover services, killing one worshipper and injuring three. Earnest, a 19-year-old white supremacist, had posted an anti-Jewish manifesto online before the attackcbsnews.comcbsnews.com. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist).
- July 13, 2019 (Attempted) – Tacoma, WA: Willem Van Spronsen, a self-described anarchist aligned with “antifa,” attacked an ICE detention center by throwing firebombs and shooting at propane tanks. He set a vehicle on fire but caused no fatalities before police shot and killed himtheguardian.com. Extremist affiliation: Left-wing (anti-fascist).
- July 28, 2019 – Gilroy, CA: Santino William Legan opened fire with an assault rifle at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, killing three people (including two children) and wounding 17 others. FBI investigators found the 19-year-old had been exploring violent white supremacist ideologies and had a list of potential targets (religious and political institutions)washingtonpost.comwashingtonpost.com. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist).
- August 3, 2019 – El Paso, TX: Patrick Crusius carried out a mass shooting at a Walmart, targeting Hispanic shoppers. Armed with an assault rifle and a hate-filled manifesto about a “Hispanic invasion,” the 21-year-old white supremacist killed 23 people and injured 22 morecbsnews.comreuters.com. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist).
- December 10, 2019 – Jersey City, NJ: David Anderson and Francine Graham attacked a Jewish kosher market after killing a police officer at a nearby cemetery. The pair – who had expressed Black Hebrew Israelite extremist views – killed three civilians in the store before dying in a shootout with policecbsnews.com. Extremist affiliation: Left-wing (Black nationalist/anti-Semitic).
- February 3, 2020 – Waukesha, WI: Nikita N. Casap, a 17-year-old with neo-Nazi beliefs, fatally shot both of his parents as part of a plot to attack his school. Investigators later found Casap subscribed to the Order of Nine Angles, a satanic neo-Nazi cult, and viewed the double-murder as a prelude to mass violencewisn.com. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist/O9A cult).
- May 29, 2020 – Oakland, CA: Steven Carrillo, an Air Force sergeant linked to the anti-government “boogaloo” movement, ambushed federal security officers during George Floyd protests. Firing from a van, Carrillo shot and killed Federal Protective Service Officer David Underwood and wounded another officernpr.orgnpr.org. Extremist affiliation:Right-wing (anti-government).
- June 6, 2020 – Ben Lomond, CA: Steven Carrillo (same boogaloo extremist) attacked sheriff’s deputies in an attempted getaway. He detonated pipe bombs and opened fire, killing Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller and injuring several others before being apprehendednpr.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (anti-government).
- August 29, 2020 – Portland, OR: Michael Reinoehl, a self-described antifa activist, shot and killed Aaron “Jay” Danielson, a supporter of a right-wing group (Patriot Prayer), during a confrontation at a protest. Reinoehl later said he acted to protect fellow protesters before he himself was killed by authorities attempting to arrest himnpr.org. Extremist affiliation: Left-wing (anti-fascist).
- December 27, 2020 – Rockford, IL: Duke Webb, an Army sergeant influenced by online far-right forums, opened fire in a bowling alley, killing three people and wounding three others. (He had no personal connection to the victims, fitting a pattern of ideologically fueled rampages.) Extremist affiliation: Right-wing.【Source: ADL 2020 report; see summary【51†L155-L163】】
- January 5, 2021 – Fort Wayne, IN: Joseph “Doc” Rose, a known white supremacist (with Aryan Brotherhood tattoos), shot and killed a man in an extended-stay hotel after an online argumentread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist).
- April 2, 2021 – Washington, D.C.: Noah Green rammed his car into Capitol Police officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol, killing Officer William Evans. Green, who was shot dead at the scene, was a follower of the Nation of Islam and had expressed extremist Black nationalist viewsread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Left-wing (Black nationalist).
- April 13, 2021 – Fresno, CA: Brandon Engelman fatally shot a man with whom he had a long-running feud. Engelman, a convicted felon, was later found to have multiple white supremacist tattoos and ties to the Aryan Brotherhood prison gangread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist).
- April 20, 2021 – Venice, FL: Stephen Havrilka beat a female hotel employee to death with his fists. Police noted Havrilka’s extensive white supremacist tattoos and history; the murder appeared non-ideological (a workplace dispute) but was committed by an avowed white supremacistread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist).
- May 12, 2021 – Albuquerque, NM: (Multiple perpetrators) During a dispute inside a residence, four members of the New Mexico Aryan Brotherhood (a white supremacist prison gang) engaged in a shootout among themselves. One gang member was killed in the crossfireread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist gang).
- May 16, 2021 – Springfield, MO: John Hilt and Justin Murphy, both with documented ties to white supremacist groups, were arrested for the shooting death of James R. Kenney. Kenney – himself a suspected neo-Nazi – was killed amid a dispute over stolen propertyread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist).
- May 21, 2021 – Albany, NY: Natural Wise Joseph, a self-declared “sovereign citizen,” shot and killed a man at an intersection after a traffic altercation. Authorities did not release a clear motive, but Joseph’s anti-government extremist beliefs qualified the incident as extremist-relatedread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (anti-government sovereign citizen).
- May 30, 2021 – Parkersburg, WV: Victor Lee Thompson, an adherent of the white supremacist Odinist/Asatru faith (and with possible Aryan Brotherhood ties), broke into a home and stabbed a man to death during a robberyread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist/Odinist).
- June 26, 2021 – Winthrop, MA: Nathan Allen, a 28-year-old who had recently espoused white supremacist and antisemitic views, rammed a stolen truck into a building, then shot two Black bystanders to death on the street. Allen bypassed other people and specifically targeted Black victims before police killed himread-me.org. Extremist affiliation:Right-wing (white supremacist).
- August 3, 2021 – Voorhees, NJ: Shawn Lichtfuss strangled his wife to death in a domestic dispute. Lichtfuss’s background as a one-time neo-Nazi and KKK member (with white supremacist tattoos) led the ADL to classify the crime as extremist-related, even though the motive was personalread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist).
- August 9, 2021 – San Ysidro, CA: Matthew Taylor Coleman, influenced by QAnon and other conspiracies, abducted his own two young children and murdered them with a spear gun. Coleman told FBI agents he believed his children had “serpent DNA” and that killing them would save the worldread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (QAnon conspiracy).
- August 17, 2021 – Daytona Beach, FL: Othal Wallace, an anti-police militant linked to a Black nationalist militia, shot Officer Jason Raynor in the head during a confrontation in June 2021; Raynor succumbed to his injuries on this date. Wallace was associated with the NFAC (Not F***ing Around Coalition) and had expressed Black separatist viewsread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Left-wing (Black nationalist).
- August 20, 2021 – South Haven, MI: Aidan Ingalls, a 19-year-old who had earlier drawn law enforcement attention for Columbine-inspired plans, opened fire on a couple walking on a pier. He killed the husband and wounded the wife before turning the gun on himself. Writings later showed Ingalls had neo-Nazi leanings and a fixation on mass shootingsread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist).
- August 29, 2021 – Plano, TX: Imran Ali Rasheed killed a Lyft driver and stole her car, then drove to a police station and opened fire in the lobby. Rasheed, who was shot dead by officers, left behind a note referencing Allah – he had been on the FBI’s radar for consuming jihadi propaganda and was deemed a case of domestic Islamist extremismread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Left-wing (domestic Islamist).
- September 29, 2021 – Cumberland, MD: Jeffrey Allen Burnham went on a two-day multi-location shooting rampage fueled by paranoid conspiracy theories. He first killed a longtime acquaintance (his mother’s friend), then the next day traveled and shot to death his own brother and sister-in-law – he believed they were “poisoning people” via COVID-19 vaccinesread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (anti-government/QAnon).
- October 24, 2021 – Lufkin, TX: Jason Heyer Neumann, a member of the Aryan Circle prison gang, was arrested for the murder of William Pierce, who was found shot to death. The killing was believed to be internal gang violence. (Neumann’s white supremacist gang affiliation made it an extremist-related murder)read-me.org. Extremist affiliation:Right-wing (white supremacist gang).
- October 29, 2021 – Tecumseh, OK: Braedon Chesser, an anti-government “boogaloo” adherent and militia member, shot and killed his wife during a domestic dispute, then had an armed standoff with police. (Chesser had expressed violent anti-government sentiments prior to this incident)read-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (anti-government boogaloo).
- November 5, 2021 – Hoschton, GA: Jessica Worsham, a self-described sovereign citizen, opened fire on deputies responding to a domestic call. She killed Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy Lena Marshall before being shot by a second officer. Worsham’s anti-government sovereign-citizen ideology was cited in classifying the attackread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (anti-government sovereign citizen).
- December 27, 2021 – Denver, CO: Lyndon McLeod went on a targeted shooting spree at multiple locations, murdering five people (including former business associates). McLeod was an adherent of the misogynistic “manosphere” and had neo-Nazi leanings; he referenced extremist beliefs in a self-published novel before the attackread-me.orgaxios.com. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (misogynist/“Incel” subculture).
- January 5, 2022 – Tulsa, OK: Michael Daley Johnson, a young Black man, was ambushed and shot dead in a north Tulsa driveway by a group of attackers. Police later revealed the killing was ordered to settle a drug debt by Richard Deeter, Jr., a leader of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood (a white supremacist prison gang); an associate, Carl Couch, was charged with Johnson’s murderread-me.orgread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist gang).
- February 19, 2022 – Portland, OR: Benjamin Jeffrey Smith, a 43-year-old with a history of racist and antisemitic rants, opened fire on a group of unarmed Black Lives Matter protesters near his home. He killed one woman protester (a racial justice advocate) and wounded five others before an armed bystander shot and incapacitated himread-me.orgread-me.org. Smith’s social media showed increasing alignment with far-right extremist views. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist).
- March 15, 2022 – Tracy, CA: Jeremy Wayne Jones and Christina Lyn Garner – a pair of known white supremacists with skinhead and Aryan Brotherhood ties – were arrested for shooting a Black man to death at a gas station. The murder, which also led to charges against a getaway driver, was prosecuted as a hate crimeread-me.orgread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist).
- April 22, 2022 – Fairfield, CA: Richard Raymond Klein, a member of the Nazi Low Riders gang, shot and killed a man during an argument. (Remarkably, Klein was released on bail and went on to commit a second murder in December 2022)read-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist).
- April 28, 2022 – Enid, OK: Michael Scott Geiger, an Aryan Brotherhood member, sexually assaulted and murdered a 2-year-old girl, strangling her and dumping her in a pool. Geiger had been out of prison just one month at the time. (While the crime was not ideological, the perpetrator’s allegiance to a white supremacist gang qualified it as extremist-related)read-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist).
- May 14, 2022 – Buffalo, NY: Payton Gendron, an 18-year-old avowed white supremacist, attacked a Tops Friendly Market in a Black neighborhood, shooting 13 people. He killed 10 Black shoppers in this racist massacre (and injured three others) while livestreaming part of it. Gendron’s manifesto praised previous white-nationalist mass shootersread-me.orgread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist).
- September 11, 2022 – Walled Lake, MI: Igor Lanis fatally shot his wife and also shot one of his daughters (who survived) at their home, and even killed the family dog. Lanis was then killed in a shootout with police. According to family, the 53-year-old had fallen deep into QAnon and anti-vaccine conspiracy theories after the 2020 election – a radicalization that they believe drove the violenceread-me.orgread-me.org. (ADL noted the QAnon obsession but did notcount this as an “ideological” murder since the exact motive remained unclearread-me.org.) Extremist affiliation:Right-wing (conspiracy/QAnon).
- October 21, 2022 – Green Bay, WI: Joshua “Hard Rock” Scolman, an incarcerated white supremacist, stabbed a Black fellow inmate to death in a racially motivated prison attack. Scolman, who had ties to the Wisconsin Aryan Brotherhood, also attempted to stab a second Black inmate. Prison officials later revealed Scolman had written fantasies about killing Black people and harming guardsread-me.orgread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist).
- November 3, 2022 – Rochester, NY: Lequan Hill, a self-professed sovereign citizen, stabbed a man to death when the victim intervened in a family dispute. Hill’s anti-government beliefs place this killing in an extremist context, even though the altercation was personalread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (anti-government sovereign citizen).
- November 8, 2022 – Auburn, IL: Shane Jason Woods – awaiting sentencing for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot – attempted to commit suicide by driving the wrong way on a highway, but instead crashed head-on into another vehicle. The collision killed Tricia Denis, an innocent motorist (her car burst into flames). Woods, a known participant in violent far-right circles, now faces first-degree murder charges for the deathread-me.orgread-me.org. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (pro-Trump/anti-government).
- November 19, 2022 – Colorado Springs, CO: Anderson Lee Aldrich opened fire inside an LGBTQ+ nightclub (Club Q) with an AR-15-style rifle, killing five people and wounding 17. Aldrich, 22, had a history of neo-Nazi and anti-LGBTQ postings. Investigators later found the suspect had even attempted to livestream the massacre and had posted an accelerationist white supremacist video online shortly before the attackread-me.orgread-me.org. Extremist affiliation:Right-wing (white supremacist/anti-LGBTQ).
- December 15, 2022 – Suisun City, CA: Richard Raymond Klein (the same Nazi Low Riders gang member from the April 2022 Fairfield incident) allegedly shot and killed another man just one day after being released on bail for the previous murderread-me.org. Klein fled and was captured in Mexico in early 2023. (Motive unknown; classified due to the perpetrator’s extremist gang ties.) Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist).
- May 6, 2023 – Allen, TX: Mauricio Garcia, a 33-year-old neo-Nazi sympathizer, opened fire at the Allen Premium Outlets mall with a semi-automatic rifle, killing 8 people and injuring 7. Garcia wore a tactical vest emblazoned with a “RWDS” (Right Wing Death Squad) patch and had a history of white supremacist and incel online postsaxios.com. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist/neo-Nazi).
- August 26, 2023 – Jacksonville, FL: Ryan Palmeter, 21, carried out a racist shooting at a Dollar General store in a Black neighborhood, murdering 3 Black victims. Palmeter, who had swastikas drawn on his AR-15 rifle, left behind writings laden with the “Great Replacement” conspiracy and hatred of Black peoplereuters.comreuters.com. He killed himself as police arrived. Extremist affiliation: Right-wing (white supremacist).
2024
- February 19, 2024 – Chicago, IL
- Perp: Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi
- Victims: 1 Jewish man injured (attempted murder)
- Details: Shot at a visibly Jewish man en route to synagogue; also fired on emergency responders. Charged with hate and terrorism crimes. Affiliation: Right-wing extremistwcl.american.libguides.com+5en.wikipedia.org+5en.wikipedia.org+5.
- August 10, 2024 – Brooklyn, NY
- Perp: Victor Sumpter, 22
- Victims: 1 Jewish man stabbed (non-fatal)
- Details: Stabbed victim near Chabad center yelling “Free Palestine”; indicted on hate-crime assault. Affiliation: Left-wing (anti-Israel/antisemitic) app.leg.wa.gov+2en.wikipedia.org+2en.wikipedia.org+2.
- August 29, 2024 – Yonkers, NY
- Perp: Ahmed Al Jabali
- Victims: 1 Jewish man injured
- Details: Attacked a barber in his shop with shears, shouting antisemitic slurs; convicted of hate-crime assault. Affiliation: Left-wing (anti-Israel/antisemitic) en.wikipedia.org+1en.wikipedia.org+1.
- October 26, 2024 – Chicago, IL
- Perp: Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi (same individual)
- Victims: 1 Jewish man shot (victim injured)
- Details: Shot a Jewish man walking to synagogue, and fired at first responders; later charged with terrorism and hate crimes. Affiliation: Left-wing terrorist en.wikipedia.org.