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In reply to the discussion: The Top Ten Differences Between White Terrorists And Others [View all]Ash_F
(5,861 posts)Meaning a law enforcement official planted the seed of an attack in the suspect's head by expressing anti-American views to them to see if they would be receptive. They eventually float the idea of an attack. Basically entrapment.
Obviously, if you target only a certain ethnicity for this kind of OP, then the subjects that bite will be only of that ethnicity. Comically, it is not uncommon for the target to turn the agent in to authorities when violence is brought up, so they have to be careful that the person is really receptive before floating the idea. My favorite story about this was a few years ago when an undercover agent was banned from a mosque for spouting Anti-American views.
I am against this strategy because it doesn't catch people who would plot an attack on their own. And it mainly just serves to promote racial hatred as law enforcement disproportionately targets certain groups.
As for recent terror attacks involving Whites, there was the Norway massacre last year. Where 69 people were killed, almost all children of one political party. That was clearly politically motivated to incite terror. But it's not a contest.