Over the past week, the United States has witnessed several random shootings that resulted in a large number of casualties. The first incident came on Sunday, July 28. A gunman killed three people at a food festival in northern California before committing suicide. August: Massacre in Texas, where 20 people were killed and 26 others were injured in a shooting in the Wal-Mart store in El Paso, Texas. Hours later, at dawn on Sunday, at least nine people were killed and 16 injured. , After a shooting in downtown Dayton, Ohio. This is one of the most serious polycyclic waves of indiscriminate shootings, especially given the large number of casualties, and the short intervals between their episodes.

Why El Paso?

The city of El Paso, Texas, borders Mexico, just opposite Ciudad Juárez.A natural feature of the city is that many Mexicans cross the border every day, either for work or shopping in the United States.Many Mexicans also live in the city; It is not surprising that this city was the target of a crime of hatred through which the perpetrator opened fire in one of the crowded branches of the stores «Walmart» in the city at the peak of the purchase of school needs, on Saturday, the third of August, killing 20 people and injuring 26, The police arrested the accused Fath massacre, a 21-year-old white man.

There are many indications that the Texas massacre is a “hate crime” specifically directed against immigrants in El Paso. On the one hand, the defendant surrendered to the police proudly committed the crime. On the other hand, the defendant chose El Paso, 500 miles from his town. Because it is teeming with immigrants of Hispanic origin, especially from Mexico, because of its proximity to the Mexican border. On the other hand, there is a statement that the accused is believed to have written and published on the Internet, including clauses denouncing the “invasion of Hispanics” by Texas, “hate and racist” expressions towards immigrants and Hispanics, and promoting white supremacy. His attack.

Several connotations

Incidents in the United States over the past week confirm that the United States leads the world in terms of the number of incidents of mass shootings and the resulting casualties (except in areas of war and conflict), due to a number of reasons, including: the proliferation of weapons, and the rise Racist ideas, and the violent nature of the culture of power that prevail in American society in the opinion of some. However, the Texas incident, in particular, may have important implications for a number of issues.

1. The rise of racist ideas

US President Donald Trump has condemned the incident more than once, stressing that the shooting in El Paso is tragic and cowardly, and that there is no reason or excuse whatsoever to justify the killing of innocent people. America has unprecedented support for Trump's right-wing presence in the White House, especially with slogans such as “America First” or “Make America Great Again”, which he raised during his election campaign, which is fully in line with the ideas of the far right, which is linked The state of polarization and repeated crossfire between his radical supporters On the right, and other segments of the American people on social media, which is also confirmed by the results of some studies that indicate the increasing terrorist attacks by right-wing extremists in the United States.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said it is currently investigating 850 domestic "terrorist" cases, mostly targeting far-right activists or anti-government activists, and that 40 percent of other investigations are racist. Of which are extremists who believe in white supremacy. The director of the FBI, Christopher Ray, said that the FBI has recorded nearly 100 arrests of local suspects in terrorist acts over the past nine months.

2. Extremist transmission networks

The statement released by the Texas defendant prior to the crime indicated that he sympathizes with the perpetrator of the Christchurch attack in New Zealand that killed about 51 people, giving impetus to the analysis confirming the interlinkages between the movements of white nationalist extremists around the world, especially Western countries. In less than a decade, members of these movements have been able to commit a number of heinous crimes against migrants through attacks on five continents of the world, ranging from shooting, stabbing, bombings, and car attacks, targeting Muslims, Jews, immigrants, refugees, and women's movements. Left-wing politicians.

While recognizing that the perpetrators of white terrorism do not belong to a single white group, what brings them together is the adoption of anti-racist rhetoric. The perpetrators of these attacks usually refer to the names of their predecessors in carrying out similar attacks, such as in the case of the Texas attacker.

Many explain the growing impact of these interconnections under several factors.One of these is the ease and speed of the Internet, where they can find content that supports their ideology without the need to travel or meet other people, allowing them to radicalize and prepare for violence quickly.

3. Controversy «carrying arms»

The Constitution of the United States provides for the right of US citizens to bear arms, but this issue is a contentious issue in the United States, where there are many views calling for the criminalization of the right to bear arms from several studies confirming the existence of a direct proportion of the number of arms owners in the States With crimes committed in these states, studies show that US states with more liberal arms laws are experiencing more suicides and murders than states with tougher laws.

As in previous shootings, Democrats seized the opportunity of the Texas incident to call again for firearms, and hundreds of Moms Demand Action volunteers rallied to tighten gun-carrying laws, along with a number of their supporters in front of the White House and Congress. Wearing red shirts, she called on the Senate to reconsider the gun law. These calls, however, run counter to Trump's consistent view that he would not be deprived of the right to bear arms as long as he was president of the United States, as he had emphasized in previous shootings collectively that the right to bear arms was not the cause of such incidents. Preventing weapons can contribute to reducing them.

Mounting pressure

Expectations about the possible implications of the Texas incident vary on the American political scene.Official political discourse deals with this issue with extreme caution and diplomacy, as evidenced by Trump's reaction to absorbing reactions to the incident, and attempting to highlight it as a criminal rather than a political incident.

On the other hand, the impact of the Texas incident is likely to exceed the administration's ability to absorb its impact, especially after the city of Dayton, Ohio, witnessed a similar incident less than 24 hours after the Texas incident.

As the presidential election approached and bipartisan rivalry intensified, Senator Corey Booker, a potential Democratic candidate in the presidential race, intensified criticism of the Trump administration, saying the United States "seems to accept the idea of ​​continuing "Such shootings take place on a regular basis."

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke accused President Donald Trump of inciting hatred and encouraging violence, pointing out that President Trump has proved racist, as evidenced by his recent attacks on four members of Congress from an ethnic minority background, and his racism by describing Mexicans as They usurped US territory, calling for laws to be changed so that something like this is hard to happen again.

While recognizing that the perpetrators of white terrorism do not belong to a single white group, what brings them together is the adoption of hostile racist rhetoric.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced that it is currently investigating 850 domestic "terrorist" cases, mostly targeting far-right or anti-government activists, and that 40% of other investigations are racist cases, many of them related to extremists who believe in white supremacy.