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Armed members of the Not Fucking Around Coalition (NFAC) have demonstrated in separate protests across the US, making their first appearance on May 12. [23] On July 4, 100 to 200 NFAC members marched through Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta, Georgia, calling for the removal of the Confederate monument. [24]
In late May to June 2020, the high-profile murders of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, along with the shooting of Breonna Taylor, led to a racial reckoning that greatly increased sentiment regarding systemic racism in the United States, with changes occurring in public opinion, government, industry, education and sports.
Story at a glance Fifty-seven percent of Americans say they’ve seen posts online calling for physical violence based on an individual’s race, gender or sexuality. Even when threats aren’t ...
Gottesman, Ronald, ed. Violence in America: An Encyclopedia (3 vol 1999) vol 2 online, comprehensive guide by experts; Graham, Hugh D. and Ted R Gurr, eds. The History of Violence in America: Historical and Comparative Perspectives (1969) (A Report Submitted to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence) online
Racially motivated violence against African Americans (7 C, 315 P) Antisemitic attacks and incidents in the United States (2 C, 43 P) Racially motivated violence against Asian Americans (5 C, 33 P)
Several incidents of political violence occurred before, during, and after the 2024 United States presidential election.The years surrounding the 2016, 2020, and 2024 elections have seen political violence as the United States, due to the rise rise of extremist groups such as the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and Antifa, has entered an era of political violence unseen since the Civil Rights Era or ...
In 2022, 1,096 people were killed by police shootings according to The Washington Post, [2] while according to the "Mapping Police Violence" (MPV) project, 1,176 people were killed by police in total. [3] [4] MPV documented 1,213 killings by police for 2023. [5] A lack of reliable data has made conclusions about race and policing difficult.
In the United States, the relationship between race and crime has been a topic of public controversy and scholarly debate for more than a century. [1] Crime rates vary significantly between racial groups; however, academic research indicates that the over-representation of some racial minorities in the criminal justice system can in part be explained by socioeconomic factors, [2] [3] such as ...