USA TODAY
“We know we can combat violent extremism by understanding how good people get caught up in bad movements, politicians manipulate our unrest by blaming certain groups, and coded language leads to extremism,” said [Rachel Carroll Rivas, co-director of the Montana Human Rights Networks]. “Christian’s story is just that, a story about how people are pulled into these hate movements looking for identity and community. The white supremacist movement offered him and too many others a sense of purpose and someone to blame for his problems.”