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Oct 2019
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Why Isn’t Terrorism Defined Equally in t...

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Dr. Erroll Southers joins Jonathan to discuss the threat domestic terrorism, how that term is applied on a federal level, and how to survive a mass shooting situation. Dr. Southers is a recipient of the Earl Warren Outstanding Public Service Award and author of Homegrown Violent Extremism, a book investigating radicalization, recruitment and ideological trends in domestic terrorism and extremism.

Dr. Southers is the Director of the Safe Communities Institute and Homegrown Violent Extremism Studies at USC.

Follow Dr. Southers on Twitter @esouthersHVE; his website is http://errollsouthers.com.

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