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The FBI on Monday alleged the plot was racially motivated but did not provide details. About 62 per cent of Baltimore city residents are Black, according to US Census data.
Some experts and former officials see the case as part of a larger pattern, evidence that federal agencies are understaffed and out of position in confronting the threat of white supremacist terrorism — even as the FBI’s latest report shows a spike in hate crimes for the third straight year.
Brandon Clint Russell, charged with plotting to destroy energy facilities in Maryland, was previously arrested after his Florida roommate murdered two others in a dispute on Islam.
The Justice Department unsealed charges against two people in relation to an alleged plot to sabotage power stations in Baltimore Maryland.
Two people, a Maryland woman and a Florida man with neo-Nazi ties, were arrested for conspiring to attack Baltimore's power grid, U.S. officials announced.