Simi Kadirgamar

Simi Kadirgamar is a freelance writer, researcher and fact-checker based in New York City. She has written about South Asia and the far right.

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PAST AND PRESENT

He Trains Cops. His Jiu-Jitsu Family Has Far-Right Ties.

Hundreds of police depts. take Gracie Survival Tactics, a defense program utilizing jiu-jitsu. But the family of its architect has ties to the far right dating back to the 1930s.

Simi Kadirgamar