Extremist Murders in the US

This bar chart was inspired by this original hand-drawn visualization by Mona Chalabi posted on Twitter (also on instagram). Data from Anti-Defamation League report "WITH HATE IN THEIR HEARTS: The State of White Supremacy in the United States".

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