2023-09-09 11:00:00
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For half the country, twenty years after September 11, 2001, terrorism is now domestic, synonymous with white supremacism and no longer Islamist terrorism.
From our correspondent in the United States, Claire Meynial The leader of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, May 25, 2021, in Miami. © CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP Published on 09/09/2023 at 11:00 a.m.
On the stand, sobbing Proud Boys member Joe Biggs begs: “Don’t call me a terrorist, your honor. Impassive, Judge Timothy Kelly replies: “It’s not for me to decide, the Justice Department says you are.” »
22 years ago, two planes crashed into New York’s Twin Towers, killing 2,603 people. Another, crashed into the Pentagon, near Washington, killed 125 people. September 11, 2001 changed the world. But the terrorist threat in the United States is now seen as that of far-right groups, in particular those, like the Proud Boys, who invaded the Capitol on January 6, 2021. That day, hundreds of supporters of Donald Trump, convinced that the presidential election had been stolen from him, interrupted…
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