Law enforcement's premature dismissal of terrorism as a motivating factor is puzzling and harmful
Inverse false alarms
The Weekly Standard
03/12/0
by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Kyle Dabruzzi
The U.S. Code defines domestic terrorism as acts that endanger human life in violation of American criminal law, and that appear to be intended ‘to intimidate or coerce a civilian population’ or ‘to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion.’ So the defining factor that would classify an instance of violence as terrorism is the motivation behind it: A violent act is terrorism if its perpetrator intends it to intimidate American citizens or alter U.S. policies. With that definition in mind, the pattern of law enforcement declaring violent incidents to be unrelated to terrorism before they have any way of knowing becomes clear...
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/864qecmw.asp
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=domestic+terrorism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=law+enforcement
The Weekly Standard
03/12/0
by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Kyle Dabruzzi
The U.S. Code defines domestic terrorism as acts that endanger human life in violation of American criminal law, and that appear to be intended ‘to intimidate or coerce a civilian population’ or ‘to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion.’ So the defining factor that would classify an instance of violence as terrorism is the motivation behind it: A violent act is terrorism if its perpetrator intends it to intimidate American citizens or alter U.S. policies. With that definition in mind, the pattern of law enforcement declaring violent incidents to be unrelated to terrorism before they have any way of knowing becomes clear...
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/864qecmw.asp
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=domestic+terrorism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=law+enforcement
rudkla - 13. Mär, 12:41
