"Once these individuals decide to carry out an act of violence, once they've moved on that path from being radicalized to being mobilized to violence, they pose significant challenges to law enforcement," Olsen said. Encrypted planning communications and access to high-capacity firearms are two of the most pertinent issues that work against law enforcement, he said. "The ability to gain access to military-grade weapons makes the job of law enforcement very hard when it comes to violent extremists." Olsen said his newly established domestic violent extremist unit at the Justice Department, which he announced in January and was stood up a month ago, will not only be prosecuting domestic violent extremist cases, but also training others in identifying DVEs. Encrypted planning, high-power firearms make extremist threat in US unique: DOJ official originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News June 16, 2022 05:34 UTC