Breaking Down the Door: Horror and Black Radical Fiction

Abstract

The FBI assesses it is very likely that Black Identity Extremist (BIE) perceptions of police brutality against African Americans spurred an increase in premeditated, retaliatory lethal violence against law enforcement and will likely serve as justification for such violence. —Federal Bureau of Investigation Counterterrorism Division, “Black Identity Extremists Likely Motivated to Target Law Enforcement Officers”