The online footprint of the 16-year-old who shot two students and then himself at Evergreen High School this week fits into a new wave of online extremism that calls for violence as a way to destroy society, experts said. Social media accounts for Desmond Holly suggest to experts that he was involved in nihilistic violent extremist networks — which the U.S. Department of Justice defines as people who seek to “destroy civilized society through the corruption and exploitation of vulnerable populations, which often include minors.” An account on TikTok linked to Desmond showed several hallmarks of that brand of extremism,...
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