Richard discusses three related events: the mass shooting in Allen, Texas, the car attack in Brownsville, Texas, and the conviction of Enrique Tarrio for seditious conspiracy—all of which occurred in succession and all of which involved young Hispanic men who were attracted to far Right ideology. Does bad ideology create bad people … or are bad people attracted to bad ideology? Might figures like George Alvarez be pawns or pasties—an army of psychopaths—who are targeted and activated online by foreign actors?
The Making of a Murderer