violence
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"When companies reduce oversight in areas like violence, hate, and harassment, it should not be any surprise to see those harms increase," John Curtis, a Republican senator from Utah, said in a statement to CCDH.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
State Governor Kathy Hochul described the attack as "an act of horrific violence."
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Essex Police told this investigation "tackling violence against women and girls is a key focus for us and we take allegations of this nature very seriously".
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
“It just feels like there’s violence in the humidity in the South,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
If we truly want to end violence in our communities, we must come to understand, as discussed in the final chapter, the ways in which mass incarceration increases—not decreases—violence and multiplies its harms.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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