‘There is no message’: The search for ideological motives in the Minneapolis shooting

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Today, FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X that yesterday’s mass shooting at a Minneapolis church was, quote, “an act of domestic terrorism motivated by a hate-filled ideology.” Extremism analysts have been looking through extensive materials that the shooter is presumed to have shared on a YouTube account, and some of these experts say the videos do not paint a picture of any motive. NPR domestic extremism correspondent Odette Yousef joins us now. Hi, Odette.

ODETTE YOUSEF, BYLINE: Hey, Ailsa…

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