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Sep 15, 2024 · Political violence becomes America's new norm - but is still shocking. After decades without political violence directed at a presidential candidate from one of the major parties, the US has...
- US crime: Is America seeing a surge in violence? - BBC
According to incomplete data released by the FBI, violent...
- US crime: Is America seeing a surge in violence? - BBC
Mar 6, 2023 · Immigration surged, inspiring intense waves of xenophobia. America was primed for violence—and to Galleani and his followers, destroying the state was the only conceivable path.
Jul 14, 2024 · Sporadic eruptions of violence over the past four years include the January 6 2021 attack on the US Capitol by Trump supporters. But, sadly, Saturday’s events are not an anomaly in the country...
Sep 29, 2021 · September 29, 2021. A historic rise in homicides in 2020—and continued bloodshed in 2021—has incited fears that after years of plummeting crime rates, the U.S. could be headed back to the bad old...
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Jan 17, 2013 · We see war and its dynamics of cruelty and punishment seeping into a whole range of institutions. For instance, we see schools and social services modeled increasingly after prisons. We see police forces being paramilitarized. We see popular culture endlessly celebrating the spectacle of violence.
Oct 24, 2022 · According to incomplete data released by the FBI, violent crime fell by an estimated 1% in 2021 compared with the previous year. However, the number of murders increased by more than 4%. The...
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The United States is an exceptionally violent place—in homicide and gun crime rates, easy access to firearms, police violence and killings, criminal law doctrines (stand your ground), punishments imposed on people convicted of crimes, corporal punishment of children, and even highway safety.