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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Ammon Bundy

Ammon Bundy is a prominent anti-government figure in Idaho and the founder of the Peoples' Rights movement, a network of mostly far right-wing activists. Prior to starting that group, Bundy led the 2016 armed occupation of the... Read more

People Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Lavoy Finicum

Robert "LaVoy" Finicum participated in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters, which began in eastern Oregon on January 2, 2016, and lasted for 40 days. Finicum was ultimately shot and killed by state... Read more

People Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Oklahoma City bombing

On April 19, 1995, anti-government extremist Timothy McVeigh detonated a truck bomb in front of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to retaliate against the federal government for its handling of the Branch Davidian standoff... Read more

Incidents / Events White supremacist

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Bobby Lawrence

Bobby Lawrence is a prominent Pennsylvania-based sovereign citizen guru and QAnon adherent who teaches sovereignty with a QAnon bent, urging his followers to become "American State Nationals" before Trump is reinstated as president. He works closely with... Read more

People Right-wing

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

David Straight

David Straight is a prominent sovereign citizen guru and QAnon adherent who teaches sovereignty with a QAnon bent, urging his followers to become "American State Nationals" before Trump is reinstated as president. He works closely with Bobby... Read more

People Right-wing

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Romana Didulo

Romana Didulo is a Canadian QAnon figure who falsely claims to be the "Queen of Canada." She has frequently called for violent action online, especially against individuals involved in administrating Covid-19 vaccines to children. Didulo has frequently... Read more

People Right-wing

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William Potter Gale

William Potter Gale (1916-1988), a retired U.S. Army colonel, was a disciple of Christian Identity pioneer Wesley Smith and a prominent extremist active in California for decades, forming or participating in many different groups. In the 1970s... Read more

People Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Winston Shrout

Winston Shrout is a prominent sovereign citizen guru whose videos and seminars attracted thousands to the anti-government extremist movement in the 2000s. He also played a role in exporting ideas of the sovereign citizen movement to several... Read more

People Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Roger Elvick

Roger Elvick was a prominent sovereign citizen guru from the 1980s through the 2000s. In 1999, he popularized "redemption theory," a set of sovereign citizen theories that are still popular today. Elvick had a long criminal history... Read more

People Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Steven Carrillo

Steven Carrillo allegedly carried out two attacks against security personnel and law enforcement officers in California in May and June 2020, killing two people and injuring three others. According to the FBI, investigators found a ballistic vest... Read more

People Anti-government