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Will Carless is a correspondent for Reveal covering extremism. He has worked as a foreign correspondent in Asia and South America. Prior to joining Reveal, he was a senior correspondent for Public Radio International’s Global Post team based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before that, Will spent eight years at the Voice of San Diego, where he worked as an investigative reporter and head of investigations. During his tenure in San Diego, Will was awarded several prizes, including a national award from Investigative Reporters and Editors. He has been a finalist for the Livingston Awards for young journalists twice in the last five years. He surfs, spends time with his family, travels to silly places and pretends he’s writing a novel.
More than 150 law enforcement agencies were notified of their officers’ ties to extremist groups. Only one has publicly taken any significant action.
These days, a presidential tweet can dictate the news cycle for days on end. But is it driving us to distraction?
Not a single department has said it disciplined an officer for Islamophobic posts or membership in an anti-Islam group.
We downloaded data from Facebook and asked a question: How many people were members of at least one extremist group and at least one police group?
Our analysis includes some of the most extensive evidence yet that militias are drawing support – and membership – from within U.S. law enforcement.
In the second part of Reveal’s series about hate, we look at how racism and white supremacy are institutionalized in America.
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This episode surveys the state of the hate movement in America, focusing on how hate groups are spreading their message and winning converts.
The total number of hate groups in the United States recognized by the Southern Poverty Law Center rose to a record 1,020 last year.
The Hate Report isn’t going to be weekly anymore, so we can focus even more on original reporting.