More than 30 law enforcement officers have been murdered by domestic extremists since Timothy McVeigh blew up the federal building in Oklahoma City.
The SPLC is now tracking a record number of potentially violent hate and extremist groups, and we're expanding our operations to provide law enforcement officers with the training they need to fight these groups. Please help to get crucial tools out to those on the front lines.
Just last May, West Memphis Police Chief Robert Paudert's son—a police officer—was murdered by members of the antigovernment "sovereign citizens" during a traffic stop. You may have seen Chief Paudert discuss the murder on 60 Minutes this week.
Chief Paudert, using footage from his son's patrol car camera, narrates the new SPLC training video, Understanding the Threat, designed to help unsuspecting officers identify potential domestic threats. With your help, we've rushed more than 50,000 free copies of this powerful safety video to agencies nationwide. Here's what one police trainer from Los Angeles said:
"I teach a class concerning officer safety and I think SPLC's Understanding the Threat video could save some lives."
— Los Angeles Detective
Now we're producing new videos to help educate officers on the dangers of extremists.
Please help fight hard right extremism.
http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/t/nBgzv0STY7p0FgJ0FD6k0ET