‘I felt hate more than anything’: How an active-duty airman tried to start a civil war 2 hours ago In an eight-day span, Air Force Sgt. Steven Carillo allegedly killed a federal security officer and wounded his partner outside a U.S. courthouse and ambushed and killed a California sheriff’s deputy and injured four other officers, federal authorities say. But that expression of rage marked the culmination of a long slide into extremism. (Santa Cruz Sheriff s Office via AP)
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This story is part of a collaboration between It was 2:20 p.m. on June 6, 2020, and Steven Carrillo, a 32-year-old Air Force sergeant who belonged to the anti-government Boogaloo Bois movement, was on the run in the tiny mountain town of Ben Lomond, California.
How to hold an extremism stand-down March 2 Members of the right-wing militia Oath Keepers protest outside of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) Commands across the military have until early April to hold a one-day stand-down to talk to their formations about the threat of domestic extremism. To get the conversation going, the Defense Department has put together a guide with talking points, policies and some recent case studies. The materials, posted online Friday, accompany a video from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. “We know a stand-down like this can seem like another task to undertake, another burden,” Austin said. “But the truth of the matter is, we need your help.”