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Political violence has increased in the United States since 2016, with shootings, disputes and even plots to kidnap and kill governors and congressmen.
Attempted assassination of former president and current candidate Donald Trump Shocked United States, It provoked an immediate reaction from the entire political class and brought out all the ghosts. The last assassination attempt on a president, or a presidential hopeful, that had real consequences was in 1981 when J.John Hinckley Jr., A bored man is obsessed with an actress Jodie Foster, Then a teenager who just acted taxi driver, Shots were fired at point-blank range to the President’s tour music Hilton the hotel Washington.
Hinckley Jr., who wanted to get Foster’s attention, managed to get a hit Reagan, A police officer and a Secret Service agent were also injured, leaving White House press secretary James Brady in a wheelchair. His name is forever associated with assassins or would-be assassins, as well as the most famous in history: Lee Harvey Oswald, who killed John F. Kennedy, and John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s assassins.
Unfortunately, the country’s history is filled with high-level political violence. He was the first president to briefly flee Andrew Jackson In 1830. Four died in office: Lincoln in 1865; James A. Garfield Exactly 16 years later in 1881. William McKinley In 1901, already in the 20th century. and JFK, whose death is still the subject of controversy, intrigue, investigation and publication. Besides them, two were wounded, the aforementioned Reagan and Teddy Roosevelt In 1912.
Additionally, recent years have been dangerous. In May last year, Sai Varshit Kandula, From a 19 year old Missouri, The arrest was made after a truck crashed into the front of the White House. He was nowhere near the president, but said his intention was to kill him.
Three years ago, in 2020, The FBI The conspiracy of the far-right and extremists who planned the abduction and murder was thwarted Gretchen Whitmer, Its governor Michigan And now one of the prominent names Democratic party As a potential future candidate. If in 2028 or even this 2024 Joe Biden Had to resign under public pressure.
“One whose family has been a victim of political violence, I myself know that political violence of any kind has no place in our society. I thank God that former President Trump is safe. As we learn more details about this horrific incident, let us pray that those who attended the former president’s rally come out unscathed. Former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said And a leader of the Democratic Party, whose husband was attacked by David DePep, a man who broke into their home looking for her and attacked her with a hammer.
“Political violence is terrifying. I know it well. My heart goes out to former President Trump and all those affected by today’s unspeakable violence. Political violence is un-American and never acceptable… Arizona Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords tweeted From 2007 to 2012, who survived an assassination attempt in 2011, at Casas Adobe, where six people died, including a federal judge.
The Reuters The organization estimates that between the Capitol attacks in 2021 and 2023, there will be at least 213 incidents of political violence in the United States. There have been incidents of significant importance, ranging from the attack on one of the symbols of sovereignty, which resulted in the death of five people. Only one was shot by police, but others were later implicated, according to the official investigation.
The Reuters The report says we are currently experiencing the most tense and violent period since the 1970s, with neighbors killing each other over political beliefs or radicals shooting at protests, as happened in 2022. portland, As a result, one person died and four others were injured. Or 10 African Americans who died at the hands of a supremacist Buffalo, New York, same year
Political violence increased for about a decade beginning in the late 1960s; According to academics, in 1970 alone, there were more than 450 cases. Since the 1980s, it has declined despite Reagan assassination attempts. The 1990s saw some peaks, notably the brutal bombing of a federal building Oklahoma City In 1995, which killed 168 people, the country’s worst act of domestic terrorism. Political violence started to rise again in 2016, experts suggested Reuters, and “We don’t seem to have reached the crest of the wave yet.”
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