Dale Yeager, a forensic profiler and CEO of Seraph Inc., a private consulting firm for law enforcement, has been warning American law enforcement about left-wing extremism since the 1970s. On Tuesday, Yeager will headline the conference with his keynote, “Radical Left-Wing Gangs in America,” focused on "anti-fascist, or antifa, groups and their violent actions against civilians and police agencies in the U.S. and Canada.”
In his mind, the growth of right-wing extremism is a form of fake news; it’s the left, he says, that’s the bigger danger to America. “The United States is in a Second Civil War,” Yeager told VICE News. “We are. The one thing I disagree with is that it’s a cold civil war. There’s violence. And it’s not going to get better.”
Mr. Yeager will present his finding as the keynote speaker at the FBI National Academy Associates meeting next week. (VICE News, July 19, 2018)
As noted in the VICE News article, not everyone agrees with Mr. Yeager's assessment of the comparative threats of violence from right and left wing groups. There is however little debate over the fact that there has been an increase in left wing violence in recent years.
During a May Day march in Portland, Oregon, violence erupted resulting in 25 arrests after Antifa protesters attacked police officers, emergency workers and destroyed property resulting in the city pulling the parade permit.
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