- Alexander Lightner, 26, from Venice, Fla., has been arrested after allegedly posting online threats indicating plans for a racially or ethnically motivated mass casualty event.
- FBI agents conducted an interview and executed a search warrant at Lightner’s home on January 5 in response to the threatening posts, which referenced “accelerationism” – inciting racially motivated events to spur a “race war.”
- During the search, investigators discovered white supremacist literature in Lightner’s bedroom. He is now facing charges of transmitting a threat to injure in interstate or foreign commerce and possession of an unregistered firearm. Read More
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