The U.S. Department of Justice quietly scrubbed a study from its website that confirmed that far-right extremists have carried out more ideologically motivated killings in the United States than any other group. An archived version of the study still remains online.
The report came from the National Institute of Justice, the DOJ’s own research arm, and it documented hundreds of killings linked to far-right violence since 1990. Now it’s gone from the official records, removed from public view in mid-September, just as the country reels from a wave of political bloodshed.
The document was live until Friday the 12th of September, when its disappearance was reported on by the journalist Jason Paladino. In the study, it was noted that “U.S. extremists and individuals who commit hate crimes routinely come from across the ideological spectrum, including far-right, far-left, Islamist, or single-issue ideologies,” however it did go on to outline how far-right ideology leads the way when it comes to ideological attacks and domestic terrorism.
