He wore tactical gear and a helmet-mounted camera on March 15, 2019.
As he livestreamed himself on Facebook, Brenton Harrison Tarrant, a thirty-year-old White Australian, entered Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. He shot and killed forty-four Muslims. He left, climbed in his car, talked to his online audience, and sped to Linwood Islamic Centre three miles away. He then murdered seven moreMuslims. New Zealand police captured him as he drove to a third mosque.
An April report from CSOH found that over the previous 13 months, 89 elected officials published 1,111 Islamophobic posts on social media, introduced eight anti-Muslim bills, and established a “Sharia-Free American Caucus” that amassed 65 members. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) designated this caucus “an anti-Muslim hate group.”
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