Until it's confirmed that this wasn't just another case of a white supremacist killing another white supremacist over some petty bullshit, I'm not willing to say it's political violence.

No state is a monolith and the complexities of local politics can't really be articulated with a strict binary. Not unlike gender, ironically.

Were their wizard hats traffic cones?

I just want you to know that Kaiju Preservation Society was exactly what I needed the first time I read it and go back to it regularly when I need a laugh. Everyone I've recommended it to had likewise found it outstandingly fun.