The sister of a federal officer allegedly shot and killed by a member of a domestic extremist movement is suing Facebook, charging that the platform’s recommendation system played a part in the radicalization of those accused of carrying out the shooting.
Both Carrillo and Justus have pleaded not guilty and are awaiting trial.his client had suffered a traumatic brain injury before the shootings and suffered personal family loss.
Carrillo telegraphed his attack in Boogaloo Facebook groups, which were allowed on the platform until a month after the attacks, and in private messages to Justus, according to a federal complaint. The lawsuit, filed by the law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll on behalf of Underwood Jacobs, is asking for $25,000 in damages.
The lawsuit alleges Carrillo was part of a wide array of connected Boogaloo Facebook groups committed to violence against the federal government, loosely known as the “Boojie Bastards.” The lawsuit states this included three separate Facebook groups.
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