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ByMelindaDeslatte The Associated Press BATON ROUGE, LA. The threat of violence by people inspired by foreign extrem- ists invokes fear in a ma- jority of young Americans across racial groups. But for young people of color, particularly African-Amer- icans, that fear is matched or surpassed by worries about violence from white extremists. A new GenForward poll of Americans age 18-30 shows widespread anxi- ety among young people about attacks from both in- side and outside the United States. Sixty-two percent of young African-Americans and 55 percent of Hispan- ics surveyed said they were very concerned about the threat of violence commit- ted by white extremists, compared to one-third of whites and 41 percent of Asian-Americans. GenForward is a survey by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago with the Associated Press- NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll is designed to pay special attention to the voices of young adults of color, high- lighting how race and eth- nicity shape the opinions of a new generation. Gregg Higgins, 27, was one of the whites who said he was very worried about violence by extremists in his own race. In fact, he said he was more concerned about "the homegrown white ex- tremists" than the threat of violence from people out- side the United States or people inspired by foreign extremists. A social worker in Pitts- burgh, Higgins said the growing political tension during the current election cycle has "shown a really ugly part of our past com- ing through and being more heard." He described it as "white males who are angry and who aren't now afraid to show that anger." "That fear of loss of con- trol and loss of privilege is what's inspiring this vitriol and this hate," Higgins said. Worry about attacks from people currently liv- ing in the U.S. who are mo- tivated by foreign extrem- ists spreads more evenly across racial groups, with at least half of whites, blacks, Asians and Hispanics de- scribing themselves as very concerned about that threat. Violence committed by people from outside the country also caused un- ease, especially among His- panic young adults. Fifty- six percent of Hispanics polled said they were very concerned, compared to 49 percent of African-Ameri- cans, 40 percent of Asian- Americans and 41 percent of whites. The angst comes after a spate of mass shootings. Nine black people were shot and killed last year at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, by a white man who officials say talked of starting a race war. In June, a gunman born in the U.S. to Afghan immigrants opened fire in a crowded gay dance club in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. An autopsy report identified him as a white male. Last month, five police of- ficers in Dallas were killed by a black gunman dur- ing a protest against police shootings of black men, and three law enforcement offi- cers in Baton Rouge were shot and killed by a black man who authorities said appeared to be targeting people wearing a badge. Darsi Vazquez, a 25-year- old Hispanic college stu- dent from Huntsville, Ala- bama, described herself as very concerned about the threat of violence from for- eign and domestic extrem- ists alike, but she thinks the fear is exacerbated by news coverage of mass shootings around the country and the types of overt racism that appear in social media. "A few years back tech- nology wasn't where it's at it now, so you couldn't see things like this happen- ing like you see it now," Vazquez said. "I don't know if it's necessarily getting worse, but we're seeing it more now. We don't just see what's happening out- side our window, we also see what's going on outside other people's window." Most young adults in the poll labeled as hate crimes both the shooting deaths at the Charleston church and the Orlando night club, against African-Americans and against LGBT people, respectively. But the poll shows people view the Orlando shooting differently, depending on their race. Among young whites, most also described the Or- lando shooting as a terror- ist attack. Fifty-eight per- cent of whites considered it that, compared to only 32 percent of African-Amer- icans, 40 percent of His- panics and 44 percent of Asian-Americans. Gunman Omar Mateen pledged alle- giance to the Islamic State group during a call with police dispatchers during a standoff before he was shot and killed. A third or less of young people of each racial and ethnic group called the Charleston attack terrorism. Terrorism concerns have young Americans across ra- cial groups largely in agree- ment that some rights and freedoms should be sacri- ficed in efforts to prevent an attack. Eleven percent of all young adults polled said they believe such sac- rifices are always neces- sary, while 54 percent said they're at least sometimes necessary. But most young peo- ple said Republican presi- dential candidate Donald Trump's calls to temporar- ily ban Muslims from com- ing to the U.S. goes too far. More than two-thirds of those surveyed said they oppose a temporary prohi- bition on any Muslim who isn't a U.S. citizen from en- tering the country: 64 per- cent of whites, 66 percent of Hispanics and 79 per- cent of African-Americans and Asian-Americans. The poll of 1,940 adults age 18-30 was conducted July 9-20 using a sam- ple drawn from the prob- ability-based GenForward panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. young adult popula- tion. The margin of sam- pling error for all respon- dents is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points. PERCEPTIONS Poll: Young people's fear of white extremism varies by race VIRGINIAMAYO—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE Police and Belgian Army soldiers patrol during a court hearing for suspect Mohamed Abrini, a suspect in the Paris and Brussels attacks, at the Court of Appeals in Brussels. DAVID STRICKLAND ‑ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Caleb Thomas Schwab died Sunday while riding the Verruckt, a water slide that's billed as the world's largest, at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kan. By Jim Suhr The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, MO. Inves- tigators were treating the death of a 10-year-old boy on the world's tallest wa- terslide as a "civil matter" rather than a criminal in- cident, a police spokesman said Monday, as the park and Kansas authorities pressed to sort out what caused the tragedy. Few details have been released about the death Sunday of Caleb Thomas Schwab, the son of a Kan- sas state legislator. The 168-foot-tall Verruckt is one of the top attractions of Schlitterbahn Water- park in Kansas City, Kan- sas. The park was closed Monday amid the investi- gation. The Wyandotte County coroner's office began a post-mortem examina- tion on Monday. Marga- ret Studyvin, an adminis- trative assistant with the department, said it wasn't clear when or if autopsy re- sults would be made pub- lic. Kansas City police spokesman Officer Cam- eron Morgan said no police report was available of the incident and deferred ad- ditional questions to the park. In an email Monday, Winter Prosapio, spokes- woman for Schlitterbahn, said the park would not be "participating in any fur- ther media interviews at this time." A day earlier, she told reporters that Ca- leb had been at the park with family members, adding "We honestly don't know what's happened." Riders go down the slide in multi-person rafts. Each rider must be at least 54 inches tall and the weight of the group is limited to a total of 400 to 550 pounds. Because of heavy demand, rides are scheduled by res- ervation at the time the park opens each day. The park's website touts the ride as the "ultimate in water slide thrills," sub- jecting "adventure seek- ers" with a "jaw drop- ping" 17-story drop, "only to be blasted back up a sec- ond massive hill and then sent down yet another gut wrenching 50 foot drop." Verruckt, which means "insane" in German, was certified as the world's tall- est waterslide by Guinness World Records. State Rep. Scott Schwab, an Olathe Republican, and his wife, Michele, released a statement asking for pri- vacy as the family grieves. "Since the day he was born, he brought abundant joy to our family and all those he came in contact with," the statement said. Authorities initially said the victim was 12 years old, but Clint Sprague, a pastor acting as the fami- ly's spokesman, said Caleb was 10 and is one of the couple's four sons. House Speaker Ray Mer- rick told the Kansas City Star that Schwab's fam- ily was "the center of his world." Verruckt's 2014 open- ing was repeatedly de- layed, though the opera- tors didn't explain why. Two media sneak preview days in 2014 were canceled because of problems with a conveyor system that hauls 100-pound rafts to the top of the slide. Police: Nothing criminal suspected in boy's death WATERSLIDE By Suzan Fraser The Associated Press ANKARA, TURKEY Turkish authorities have detained at least 10 foreign nationals suspected of ties to a U.S.- based cleric whom Turkey accuses of masterminding the July 15 failed coup, a se- nior official said Monday. At least four of them had been formally arrested pending trial while a fifth person had been released, Deputy Prime Minister Nu- man Kurtulmus told report- ers after a Cabinet meeting. One of the suspects was de- tained on Saturday after entering Turkey illegally from Syria, the deputy pre- mier said. Kurtulmus said at least one wanted foreign national was on the run. He didn't provide de- tails on their nationalities, but said the number of for- eigners detained could in- crease as the investigation deepens. Turkey's government launched a sweeping crack- down targeting followers of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is ac- cused of behind the coup at- tempt by renegade soldiers within the military. Gulen, who lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, has denied involvement. Nearly 18,000 people have been detained or ar- rested in the crackdown, mostly from the military. Tens of thousands of peo- ple have been suspended or dismissed from jobs in the judiciary, media, education, health care, military and lo- cal government. The scope of the crack- down has alarmed Euro- pean countries and rights groups, who have urged re- straint, triggering criticism by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who has angrily complained of a lack of sup- port from Turkey's allies. The government is de- manding Gulen's extradi- tion from the U.S. Washing- ton has said it would need evidence of the cleric's in- volvement, and says the ex- tradition process must be allowed to take its course. On Sunday, Turkey held a mass rally in Istanbul to de- nounce the attempted coup, which two main opposition party leaders attended in a show of unity. Kurtulmus, citing po- lice figures, said as many as 5 million people had at- tended the rally, which he described as a strong ex- pression by the Turkish people of their demand that Gulen be returned to Tur- key to face trial. Turkey also is pressing for the extradi- tion of other U.S.-based Gu- len supporters. "I have no doubt that U.S. officials will review their stance (on Gulen)," Kurtul- mus said. "Either they will continue to protect three or five bandits, or they will act in a way that will allow them to win the hearts of a nation of 79 million people." Kurtulmus said the gov- ernment doesn't believe Gu- len's movement would be capable of staging another military coup, but didn't rule out possible acts of sab- otage by his followers, in- cluding cyberattacks. Kur- tulmus said, however, that Turkey was taking mea- sures to counter any possi- ble threat. "I can confidently say that there is no longer a threat of (another) coup," Kurtulmus said. "But this organization will continue ... to take action to harm Turkey." The deputy premier re- iterated that 216 military personnel — including nine generals — suspected of tak- ing part in the coup were at large. 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