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Feds Charge Oath Keepers Leader With Seditious Conspiracy

What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: Terrorism charges for mass shooters? Experts are divided. The 15-year-old student accused of fatally shooting his classmates at Michigan’s Oxford High School in November is inching toward a trial to determine…

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Police Cleared About Half of All Murders in 2020

What To Know Today Police solved more murders than ever in 2020 — but even more went unsolved amid a homicide spike. That’s according to an analysis of the most recently available FBI data, which shows that 2020 continued a…

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An Immediate Plan for Tackling Urban Violence

What To Know Today Multidisciplinary working group offers a 10-point plan for how cities can beat back the pandemic violence spike. In July, the Council on Criminal Justice, a think tank, convened a Violent Crime Working Group of 16…

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The Broad Toll of Indirect Exposure to Violence

What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: How a Newark program is pushing police and community members to heal old wounds together. In a handful of cities, interactions between police and communities have grown so tense that municipal leaders…

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Prosecutorial Reform Is Already Dividing NYC Leadership

What To Know Today NYPD leader blasts prosecutor’s reform guidance. Last Monday, new Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sent a memo to prosecutors in his office advising them to seek jail and prison time in only…

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Gun Deaths Eclipsed 45,000 for the First Time in 2020

What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: Gun deaths eclipsed 45,000 for the first time in 2020. The pandemic homicide spike pushed gun deaths to rise to 45,222, a 14 percent increase over 2019 and the largest one-year jump…

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How Did Armed Protest Change Last Year?

What To Know Today 2021 saw fewer armed demonstrations — but where they did happen tells an interesting story. There were 610 armed demonstrations from the start of 2020 through November 2021, according to an updated…

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Americans Bought 18.9M Guns in 2021, the Second Most on Record

What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: Biden’s administration struggles to fulfill gun reform pledges. The president’s record after a year in office pales in comparison to the expansive agenda he ran on in 2020, and advocates say they…

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The ‘Hyper-Concentrated’ Gun Violence Crisis

What To Know Today In Chicago, as shootings worsened in areas already facing elevated violence, many safe neighborhoods got safer. That’s according to an analysis of 2021 data by The Chicago Sun-Times and University of Chicago…

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Amid a Year of Record Violence, Some Good News

What To Know Today Gun Violence Archive resets for a new year. In the first three days of 2022, there have been at least nine mass shootings nationwide that left 10 people dead and 29 others injured,…

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The Most Memorable Gun Violence Journalism of 2021

What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: The most memorable gun violence journalism of 2021. This year, our fellow journalists at other news outlets broke new ground on the issue, investigating topics like armed militias and vigilantism, policing, community…

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Philadelphia May Get a New Police Unit Targeting Nonfatal Shootings

What To Know Today Philadelphia may get a new police unit targeting nonfatal shootings. While nothing has been announced, local CBS Eyewitness News reports that the Police Department is readying the launch of a new unit…

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Since 2019, Millions More Americans Live in Homes With Guns

What To Know Today Between 2019 and 2021, 17 million Americans — including 5 million children — were newly exposed to guns in homes. The estimate comes from a new firearms survey by Northeastern University professor…

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Manchin’s ‘No’ Vote Puts $5B in Community-Violence Prevention Funding at Risk

What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: It’s hard to talk about gun violence with young people. This artist uses murals to start the conversation. Warren Montoya, 39, grew up on the Tamaya Indian Reservation in New Mexico. As…

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Senators Look to Reauthorize Violence Against Women Act

What To Know Today Senators pledge to introduce Violence Against Women Act reauthorization. Earlier this year, the House of Representatives voted to renew the lapsed legislation that had created sweeping protections for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. At…