Anti-Semitic attackers aren't lone wolves. They're a group hiding in plain sight | By Amy Spitalnick for CNNOpinion
Amy Spitalnick is the executive director of Integrity First for America, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to holding those accountable who threaten longstanding principles of our democracy. Spitalnick previously served as communications director and senior policy adviser to the New York attorney general. The views expressed here are hers. View more opinion on CNN.
A white nationalist opened fire in a synagogue in Poway, California, just days ago. But right now, in some toxic corner of the internet, others like him are already planning another attack. Or they're spewing racist hate and glorifying violence -- and their hordes of followers are posting and sharing.
Amy Spitalnick Those of us tracking the disturbing rise of far-right hate know — because that's what happened in Charlottesville, Virginia, where Integrity First for America, the group I direct, is helping residents sue the two dozen neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and hate groups who planned and executed the August 2017 violence.
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