2026年6月16日 美国东部时间8:38 / 福克斯新闻
枪手弗洛伊德·李·科金斯二世称，他在网上从南方贫困法律中心的名单上找到了家庭研究理事会这一“反同性恋团体”
作者：彼得·达布罗斯卡 福克斯新闻
一家基督教保守派非营利组织的负责人向福克斯新闻数字频道讲述了那个令人胆寒的日子，他的组织曾遭到一名受南方贫困法律中心（SPLC）启发的疯狂枪手的暴力袭击。
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一名受颇具争议的极左翼非营利组织启发而遭遇暴力袭击的受害者告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，在嫌犯认罪之前，他就知道这名枪击他工作场所的男子的动机与南方贫困法律中心有关。
南方贫困法律中心近期受到了司法部的审查，被指控将数百万美元 funnel 给他们曾告诉捐赠者自己正在打击的极端组织——其中包括资助三K党焚烧十字架以及2017年臭名昭著的夏洛茨维尔“团结右翼”集会等活动。
托尼·珀金斯是家庭研究理事会（FRC）的主席，这是一家总部位于华盛顿特区的保守派非营利组织，该理事会在2010年被SPLC贴上“仇恨团体”的标签，理由是其被指为反LGBTQ+组织。
仅仅两年后的2012年8月15日，灾难降临。
珀金斯当时正在开会，大楼的安保系统被触发。
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“我们楼层的门关上了，我听到一阵骚动，于是跑出去查看情况，被告知楼下发生了枪击事件，”他在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时回忆起这起可怕的事件。
他跑下楼梯到大厅，看到了一片狼藉。
“我到达那里的时候，警察已经到了，我们看到了利奥·约翰逊——我们的大楼经理，他倒在血泊中，”珀金斯说。
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约翰逊被当时28岁的弗洛伊德·李·科金斯二世枪击，枪手进入大楼时从包中掏出了枪支。他谎称自己是来面试实习生职位的，从而通过了安保检查。警方还在科金斯身上发现了两个装满子弹的15发弹匣、一盒9毫米弹药以及15份 Chick-fil-A 鸡肉三明治。
这些三明治是用来涂抹在受害者脸上的，因为科金斯还认为这家基督教旗下的连锁餐厅是反同性恋的。
“那天对我们的员工来说非常震撼，大厅里到处都是玻璃、血迹和弹孔，”同样是牧师和前警官的珀金斯说道。
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他表示，在结束执法生涯后，他从未想过还会遇到这样的事情。
袭击发生后，科金斯立即被联邦警方拘留，并被指控犯有武装恐怖主义行为、蓄意杀人袭击以及跨州运输枪支和弹药罪。
他在2013年对这些指控认罪后，目前正在服刑25年。
在家庭研究理事会后来公布的审讯视频中，调查人员询问科金斯为何将该组织作为袭击目标。
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“是……南方贫困法律中心的名单，上面列着反同性恋团体，”科金斯说，“我在网上找到了他们。我做了一些研究，登录了他们的网站，诸如此类的。”
南方贫困法律中心近期遭到起诉，被指控将400万美元的捐赠资金转入空壳公司，用于资助他们声称正在打击的极端组织。
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珀金斯表示，SPLC最初确实是在打击三K党这样的组织，但在20世纪80年代和90年代，他们发现自己的业务“日渐萎缩”。因此，据珀金斯所说，该组织必须找到一种方法，延续其打击白人至上主义的传统。
“我认为他们开始向左翼人士兜售这一传统……特别是在2010年、2012年左右，当时人们在重新定义婚姻方面做出了巨大努力，”珀金斯说，“他们想利用这一点来帮助左翼阵营，打击那些阻碍其议程的保守派团体，但他们需要保留那些白人至上主义极端组织，以便将保守派和基督教团体与他们绑定在一起。”
珀金斯认为，白人至上主义问题其实并不严重，但SPLC假装存在这一问题在政治上权宜之计。
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“这就像他们在养肥这些组织，让它们活下去，以便将其用于更大的政治目的，也就是通过边缘化和压制保守派团体，帮助左翼推进他们的议程，”他说。
珀金斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，他并不希望联邦政府取缔SPLC，但他希望该组织被迫为其所造成的伤害向受害者支付赔偿。
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自枪击事件发生以来，家庭研究理事会仅为加强安保就自掏腰包支付了800万美元。
“所以没错，他们坐拥7.5亿美元。我希望政府、联邦政府、法院能够追究他们的责任，让他们向受害者支付赔偿。”
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Shooter Floyd Lee Corkins II said he found the Family Research Council on the SPLC’s list of ‘anti-gay groups’ online
By Peter D’Abrosca Fox News
The head of a Christian, conservative nonprofit whose organization was subject to a violent by a crazed gunman inspired by the SPLC describes that harrowing day.
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A victim of violence inspired by a controversial far-left nonprofit told Fox News Digital he knew the man who shot-up his workplace was motivated by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) before the suspect confessed.
The SPLC has recently come under Justice Department scrutiny for allegedly funneling millions to extremist organizations that they told donors they were fighting — including funding events like KKK cross burnings and the infamous Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally in 2017.
Tony Perkins is the president of the Family Research Council (FRC), a conservative nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., that was labeled a “hate group” in 2010 by the SPLC for claims it was an anti-LGBT organization.
Just two years later, on Aug. 15, 2012, disaster struck.
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, speaks on the last day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 21, 2016.(Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
Perkins was in a meeting when the building’s security system was triggered.
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“The doors closed on our floor, and I heard some commotion, and so I ran out to see what it was, and was told that there was a shooting downstairs,” he recalled of the horrific incident in an interview with Fox News Digital.
He ran down the stairs into the lobby, and saw the carnage.
“By the time I got down there, the police had arrived, and so we saw Leo Johnson, who was our building manager, who was in a pool of blood,” said Perkins.
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FBI personnel enter the Family Research Council office after a shooting in Washington on Aug. 15, 2012. A gunman wounded a security guard at the conservative Christian lobbying group’s headquarters, and other guards wrestled the gunman to the ground before he was taken into custody.(Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Johnson had been shot by Floyd Lee Corkins II, then 28, who pulled a gun out of his bag upon entering the building. He got past security by telling them he was interviewing for a position as an intern. Corkins was also found in possession of two fully loaded 15-round magazines, a box of .9mm ammunition and 15 Chick-fil-A chicken sandwiches.
The sandwiches were meant to be smeared on the faces of his victims, as Corkins also believed the Christian-owned restaurant chain was anti-gay.
“It was a shocking day for our staff, especially — there was glass and blood and bullet holes in our lobby,” said Perkins, who is also a pastor and former police officer.
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He said he never expected to see anything like that again after he finished his career in law enforcement.
Corkins was taken into federal custody immediately after the attack and charged with committing an act of terrorism while armed, assault with intent to kill while armed and interstate transportation of a firearm and ammunition.
He is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to the charges in 2013.
Bryan Fair, interim president and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center, speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 2026.(Elizabeth Frantz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In an interrogation video later released by FRC, investigators asked how the group came to be his target.
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“It was, uh — Southern Poverty Law lists, uh anti-gay groups,” Corkins said. “I found them online. I did a little bit of research, went to the website, stuff like that.”
The SPLC was recently indicted for allegedly funneling $4 million donor dollars into shell companies to fund extremist organizations they claimed they were fighting.
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Perkins said the SPLC once legitimately fought groups like the KKK, but that they saw their business “drying up” in the 1980s and 1990s. So, according to Perkins, the group had to find a way to keep its legacy of fighting white supremacy alive.
“I think they began to peddle that legacy to those on the left … in particular, beginning around 2010, 2012, when there was a big effort to redefine marriage,” Perkins said. “They wanted to leverage that to help the left by going after conservative groups that were standing in the way, but they needed to hold on to those white supremacist extremist groups, to pin the conservative and Christian groups next to.”
The Southern Poverty Law Center released its 2022 map showing hate and anti-government groups across the United States.(Southern Poverty Law Center)
Perkins believes that there wasn’t much of a white supremacy problem, but that it was politically expedient for the SPLC to pretend that there was.
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“It was like they were fattening them up, keeping them alive so that they could use them for their bigger political purpose, and that was to be able to help the left advance their agenda by marginalizing and silencing conservative groups,” he said.
Perkins told Fox News Digital he does not want the federal government to shut the SPLC down, but he hopes they’ll be forced to pay restitution for the harm he says they’ve caused.
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FRC has had to pay $8 million out of pocket just for heightened security since the day of the shooting.
“So yes, they’re sitting on $750 million. Part of what I hope the government, the federal government, the courts get to is making them pay restitution to their victims.”
The SPLC did not return Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Peter D’Abrosca is a reporter at Fox News Digital covering politics.
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