Sister of murdered officer sues Facebook for radicalizing attackers

Angela Underwood claims Facebook knowingly promoted inflammatory and violent content and connected extremists'

The sister of a security officer who was murdered in Oakland in 2020 is suing Facebook, alleging that the tech company played a part in radicalizing the two men accused of killing him.

David Patrick Underwood was fatally shot and his partner was wounded while guarding a federal building on 29 May 2020, when a large demonstration over the police killing of George Floyd was underway nearby.