Post-Organizational Extremism in the Aftermath of the Buffalo Shooting

June 27, 2022

About

On Monday, June 27, 2022, at 10:00 AM, The Program on Extremism at The George Washington University, in conjunction with The Elliott School of International Affairs, hosted a panel discussion on the domestic violent extremism landscape in the aftermath of the Buffalo attack. The recent deadly shooting at the Tops Supermarket in Buffalo highlighted the continuing threat of lone-actor mass violence motivated by domestic violent extremist ideologies. In the weeks following the attack, policymakers and the media have focused on the disparate online ecosystems that support and inspire far-right actors to commit acts of violence. This trend was highlighted in a recent U.S. Department of Homeland Security threat bulletin, which detailed the prevalence of domestic violent extremist and conspiracy-related content in online forums.

The panel, moderated by Program Senior Resarch Fellow Bennett Clifford, included insights from Cathrine Thorleifssson, Associate Professor, C-REX (Center for Research on Extremism), University of Oslo and Head of the Norwegian Commission on Extremism; Chelsea Daymon, PhD candidate, Justice, Law & Criminology in the School of Public Affairs at American University and Graduate Research Fellow at the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL) at American University; and Michael Jensen, Senior Researcher, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), University of Maryland.

Event Recording

Location and Time

Where: Room 602, Elliott School of International Affairs 7th Floor, 1957 E St NW, Washington, DC 20052

When: 10:00-11:15am, Wednesday, June 27th, 2022

Health Notice

This event will be held in accordance with GW's COVID-19 Campus Health and Wellbeing Policy. Guests must wear masks inside at all times and present proof of vaccination upon arrival. Due to COVID capacity restrictions, please only RSVP if you plan on attending in-person. If your plans change, please notify us at [email protected].