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Civil Rights And Faith Leaders To FBI: Take White Nationalist Violence Seriously

Civil rights and faith leaders are demanding a meeting with the FBI director. The message: time to prioritize white nationalist violence.

A group of civil rights and faith leaders are demanding a meeting with FBI Director Christopher Wray in the wake of the New Zealand terror attacks that killed at least 50 people as they prayed in mosques. The killer was a white nationalist who named President Trump as an inspiration in his online racist screed.

The groups want

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