According to the Anti-Defamation League, which tracks such incidents, 50 people were killed by extremists in the United States in 2018, and every one of the incidents was linked to far-right ideologies. But police officials said those tools could include anything from tracking internet message boards to undercover operations inside far-right groups. “You can wait for that terrible thing that has a terrible impact on human life to happen in New York City,” Mr. Miller said. “Who do they see as being the threat to the society they want to create — this white ethnostate?” Ms. Sizemoer said. “A city like New York City, where you have all of these races and ethnicities and religions all in one place.

Source: International New York Times December 11, 2019 17:25 UTC