{"id":55370,"date":"2023-01-07T09:40:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T14:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/?p=55370"},"modified":"2023-01-10T17:49:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T22:49:01","slug":"stern-comments-on-capitol-hill-riot-path-to-extremism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/2023\/01\/07\/stern-comments-on-capitol-hill-riot-path-to-extremism\/","title":{"rendered":"Stern Comments on Capitol Hill Riot & Path to Extremism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they storm the US Capitol on January 6. (Source: Joseph Prezioso\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jessica Stern<\/a>, Research Professor at Boston University\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies<\/a>, was interviewed for a\u00a0Boston Globe<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>article on one of the January 6 rioters and the path to extremism<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The article, titled “This suburban gynecologist treated the downtrodden. US prosecutors say she punched a Capitol officer on Jan. 6<\/a>,” explores the story of Dr. Jacquelyn Starer, a Massachusetts resident, OB-GYN interested in addiction medicine, and one of the rioters who stormed the United States Capitol<\/a> on January 6, 2021. Starer’s tale is not an uncommon one among the Capitol rioters; while there were a number of colorful characters and card-carrying extremists, “many of those charged in the Capitol riot were…older working professionals from urban communities with a lot to lose, according to researchers at the University of Chicago’s Project on Security and Threats.”<\/p>\n

In her research on violent extremists, Stern has found that there are a number of factors that can radicalize<\/a> individuals or drive them to violence, including feelings of anger and humiliation. In discussing Starer and the January 6 rioters, Stern notes that “the claimed rationale for violent extremism, which is a wish to protect people from some injustice – in this case, the injustice of a stolen election – often masks a deeper sort of pain. For instance, a fear of being outclassed, outnumbered, or humiliated.”<\/p>\n

The full article can be read on the\u00a0Boston Globe<\/em>‘s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Professor Jessica Stern<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>is a Research Professor at Boston University\u2019s Pardee School of Global Studies. She is the co-author of\u00a0<\/span>ISIS: The State of Terror<\/em>\u00a0and the author of\u00a0Denial: A Memoir of Terror,<\/em>\u00a0Terror in the Name of God<\/em>:\u00a0Why Religious Militants Kill,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>as well as\u00a0<\/span>The Ultimate Terrorists<\/em>. \u00a0Learn more about Professor Stern on\u00a0<\/span>her faculty profile<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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