N.J. officials say state faces ‘high’ level of threat from extremist groups, white supremacists

The Star Ledger ^ | 02.21.20 | Ted Sherman

[Coleus]

Police on the street responding to the December attack on a Jersey City kosher market in December.AP

Citing the deadly attack in December on a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, as well as the arrests last year of a number of white supremacists allegedly plotting violent attacks, New Jersey officials Friday said homegrown extremism remains the biggest terrorism threat to the state. The Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, in its annual assessment report, said of the 44 domestic terrorist incidents reported in the United States last year, four had a nexus to New Jersey.

“The ever-changing threat landscape in New Jersey and around the country requires us to adjust our strategies to anticipate new threats while remaining ready to combat those already existing,” said Jared Maples, who heads the state’s homeland security agency. While officials said there currently are no credible threats to New Jersey, their assessment specifically warned of the mounting danger from white supremacist groups — increasing the threat level from such extremists from “moderate” to “high,” based on the number of threats, plots, and attacks nationwide in 2019.

Among most deadly of those attacks was the El Paso attack in August, when a gunman warning of an “Hispanic invasion” killed 22 and injured 24 at a Walmart store. Here in New Jersey, the report noted the arrest of Richard Tobin of Brooklawn in November, in connection with a plot to attack African Americans with a machete at the Menlo Park Mall in Edison. Authorities also charged that he had connections to a loosely organized neo-Nazi network that calls itself “The Base,” which looked

[Coleus]

What a bunch of malarkey and fake news. The attack on the Kosher market and the JC Police officer were conducted not by white supremacists but by blacks from the Black Israelites.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

N.J. officials say state faces ‘high’ level of threat from extremist groups, white supremacists...

...AKA Republicans.

[JBW1949]

“...warned of the mounting danger from white supremacist groups...”

You mean like ANTIFA????

[Alberta's Child]

Maybe they were “White Negroes.” :-P

[kearnyirish2]

Could you imagine living in a state where an attack by two blacks is used to demonstrate the danger from white supremacists?

Sometimes I think this BS is put out there to deceive prospective residents and businesses that there are still a lot of white people here; they are the primary demographic that is leaving.

[JBW1949]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/12/12/jersey-city-shooter-david-anderson-had-lengthy-criminal-history/4414579002/

Photo in this story...(He ain’t no “white supremacist)

[Da Coyote]

And democrat city officials cannot understands why no one cares a wit about anything coming out of their pie holes.

[The_Media_never_lie]

What a bunch of malarkey and fake news. The attack on the Kosher market and the JC Police officer were conducted not by white supremacists but by blacks from the Black Israelites.

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How many white supremacists does NJ have? I'll bet no one could produce 20 bona fides.

[ConservativeMind]

New Jersey needs to clean up the multiple gallons of milk containers filled with pee I came across while walking through a Clifton, NJ industrial park area, bordered by small, single story homes.

I did like that the home those were next to had many vines of poison ivy trailing down their brick wall. It was real three leaf poison ivy!

[shanover]

NJ is a lost cause. Between the government,media and voters, I see very little chance of recovery. Government and media say anything they please and it’s all “validated” one way or another. It’s sickening.

[Altura Ct.]

BS!

[TakebackGOP]

Star Ledger is a left-wing paper.

[DoughtyOne]

Are there marauding groups of White Supremacists on the streets of
New Jersey? Evidently that big Trump rally has them convinced, or
they are simply trying to convince others the KKK just came to town.

[tbw2]

This is political persecution.

Liberals ALREADY say all conservatives are racists, conservatism smacks of white supremacy, Republicans are N-zis.

That means by their own definition, they’ll monitor and prosecute conservatives as terrorists ... while ignoring Antifa bullies who attack reporters and threaten to kill conservatives.

[tbw2]

When Activists Say Something is ‘White Supremacist’, They Mean Something Else
https://medium.com/@george.mckeown1/when-activists-say-something-is-white-supremacist-they-mean-something-else-b056a967c8fa

[ConservativeMind]

That link was deleted.

[vetvetdoug]

I don't see many white supremacists. The racists appear to be a majority black and are committing the crimes upon whites almost at every city. I hear many black politicians wanting to put whites into concentration camps or confiscate their earnings but not vice versa. This is a flipped over scenario for sure.

[Sooth2222]

LAST TWO PARAGRAPHS! (YES, the LAST TWO!)

Investigators are still trying to find out where David Anderson and Francine Graham got the money to carry out the hours-long attack on a Jersey City kosher market in December, killing three inside the store and a police officer a mile away before they were gunned down themselves.

Anderson was believed to have had ties to the Black Hebrew Israelites, which teaches that blacks are the true descendants of the Israelites of the Bible and has been labeled a hate group.

Most of the article is devoted to terrorist acts that never materialized, and they left that actual act of terrorism to the very end.

Could you imagine living in a state where an attack by two blacks is used to demonstrate the danger from white supremacists?

Yes. Yes I can. But at least my NJ county voted more strongly for Trump in 2016 than did the State of Texas.

Also, the beaches, tomatoes and pizza are pretty good. Plus, I have family here.

[Steve Van Doorn]

Now the police are directed to attack a fake enemy. The bases of these fake enemies are people like the El Paso killer who was a hard leftist which the FBI labeled "right wing"

The FIB hasn't changed

[jmacusa]

The good news is Phil Murphy has cancer. I hope he dies.