The attack at Christchurch and White Supremacy

(Editorial note, I will not directly quote from the manifesto, or link to it. Reporters will find their way, and I do not need to show the way to people with the potential to get radicalized)

We woke up to news of an attack in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Our media is covering this as an attack from a white supremacist, who left behind a wide-spanning manifesto. The attack came during Friday prayers, which is the equivalent of Sunday Mass. New Zealand is a day ahead in the international date timeline, which is why it was Thursday overnight in the United States. Friday is the day that you will have the most people at this religious service.

We know that the attack left at least 49 people dead. Numbers are probably going to go up since some of the wounded are in critical conditions. We also know that the city was locked down for some time by the authorities. There were fears that the terrorist was not acting alone, and since at least four people were arrested. Also, there was a fear that other attacks may come to other places in the city. This tells us how dangerous this situation was. The city is not large. However, shutting a city down, or parts of a city, like Boston, was after the marathon bombing, is not done in jest.

The reality is that the authorities had a problem since this was a dynamic situation which they had little control off. So they added to the stress that an attack provokes, by essentially shutting the city down. They knew it was very serious. They…