Posted on Mar 15, 2021
UCLA Student Charged In Capitol Riot Took Inspiration From Online Extremist
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On Twitter, classmate Christian Secor attacked women and minorities, they said, and embraced the ideology of a far-right extremist. On campus, he pushed a student Republicans group toward extreme positions against all immigration. And on the video streaming site DLive, Secor took on the handle "Scuffed Elliot Rodger" — an apparent reference to the misogynist gunman who killed six people in Isla Vista, Calif., in 2014.
Students of color and Jewish students said they felt targeted by Secor's rhetoric, and given his self-proclaimed "love" of guns, they worried about their own safety. Multiple students told NPR they took their concerns to the UCLA administration but said the school took no action.
So when they recognized their 22-year-old classmate in footage from the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, they weren't exactly surprised.
"I was a little shocked," said Grayson Peters, a Jewish UCLA student, though "not because I thought it would be out of character."
Students of color and Jewish students said they felt targeted by Secor's rhetoric, and given his self-proclaimed "love" of guns, they worried about their own safety. Multiple students told NPR they took their concerns to the UCLA administration but said the school took no action.
So when they recognized their 22-year-old classmate in footage from the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, they weren't exactly surprised.
"I was a little shocked," said Grayson Peters, a Jewish UCLA student, though "not because I thought it would be out of character."
UCLA Student Charged In Capitol Riot Took Inspiration From Online Extremist
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UCLA is a hotbed of people with different attitudes towards Everything!
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Question: doesn't the fact that people getting into extremist groups raise red flags like BLM seems to do?
But I guess I'll be getting attacked for "bringing race" into the discussion.
But the problem is that race DOES factor into what happened in January.
But I guess I'll be getting attacked for "bringing race" into the discussion.
But the problem is that race DOES factor into what happened in January.
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