RALEIGH, N.C. — At a news conference Sunday, Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields called those behind this weekend’s attack on two substations in his rural county “cowards.” But many want authorities to go further and label the perpetrators something else: domestic terrorists.
On social media, commenters categorized the attack as terrorism, with several viral TikTok and Twitter posts reiterating the unsubstantiated claim that the destruction of the substations with firearms was in protest of a nearby drag show performance Saturday.
Talk of terrorism has also been present in Moore County, around 60 miles southwest of Raleigh, where more than 30,000 remain without power. On Monday, a sign outside a coffee shop in the county seat of Carthage read: “Closed due to domestic terrorism,” while a local law firm had a similar message taped to its dark storefront.
