But the perpetrator of a mass shooting at a synagogue near San Diego on Saturday, law enforcement officials said, was not a member of any of them. Lone actors who come out of the blue present a daunting challenge for law enforcement, even in a region where investigators have a solid grasp on extremist organising networks. “This guy was nothing before,” said a local law enforcement official who requested anonymity because he was not authorised to speak about active investigations. Experts refer to this interval as “flash to bang.”Monitoring social media for domestic terror threats is tricky, however, because hate is not illegal. “The hate right now in California, and the whole country, it’s worse than I ever remember,” said Joseph Lind, 63, of La Jolla.

Source: bd News24 April 30, 2019 10:30 UTC