Thompson – Radical right-wing inmates more dangerous than incarcerated radical Muslims
WASHINGTON — A congressional inquiry into the threat of Islamic radicalization in U.S. prisons quickly devolved Wednesday into a debate about political correctness, street gangs and the quality of the nation’s prison system.
The hearing was the second in what Homeland Security Committee chairman Peter King promises to be a series of inquiries into the radical Islamic threat in the U.S.
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Though the focus of the hearing changed multiple times, it ended much like the first in the series: divided among party lines.
Rep. Laura Richardson, D-Calif., said the narrow focus of Wednesday’s hearing “can be deemed as racist and discriminatory.”
The committee’s top Democrat, Mississippi’s Bennie Thompson, said the committee should focus on the most dangerous people, not the few radical Islamic extremists who have tried to carry out plots.
“The violent right-wing ideology of many of these gangs must be discussed,” Thompson said.
“If we find out that Aryan Nation is allied with a foreign power, we will address it,” King said. “We are going to focus on a target which threatens the security of this nation.”
Wall Street Journal
6/15/11
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