Florida shooting suspect trained with white nationalist militia, Anti-Defamation League says
PARKLAND, Fla. - The expelled student accused of killing 17 people at his former South Florida high school had previously trained with a white nationalist militia in the state, participating in paramilitary drills in Tallahassee, according to new details that emerged Thursday in the investigation into the deadly shooting.
A representative of the Republic of Florida militia told researchers at the Anti-Defamation League that shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, 19, had been "brought up" into the group by one of its members, the nonprofit said in a blog post.
The Republic of Florida calls itself "a white civil rights organization fighting for white identitarian politics" on its website, adding that its "current short-term goals are to occupy urban areas to recruit suburban young whites" in pursuit of "the ultimate creation of a white ethnostate."
A training video the group posted online shows members
