Political Violence

Joshua Hersh

VIDEO: Journalists In Jordan Attacked By State Security Forces

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Damascus, Robert Ford, Demonstrations, Jordan, Middle East Protests, Political Violence, Afp, Protests in the Middle East, King Abdullah, Bashar Assad, President Hosni Mubarak, Arab Uprising, Jordan King Abdullah, Arab Spring, Middle East, King Abdullah II, Protest, Hosni Mubarak, Al Jazeera, Hama, Syria, Journalists Attacked, International, Amman, Video, World News

WASHINGTON -- Journalists in Jordan say they were given orange vests by government officials in order to help them safely cover protests there today -...

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On King and Living a Life Beyond Fear

Benjamin Todd Jealous | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Terrorism, Terror, Martin Luther King, Courage, Spokane, Civil Rights, Naacp, Leadership, Jim Crow, Political Violence, Bombing, Politics News
Benjamin Todd Jealous

There is a reason we still take the threat of politically motivated violence seriously. Today, the NAACP is leading more than 40 actions across the country.

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Lucia Graves

Guns In U.S. Politics: 10 Recent Examples

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter King, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, Shooting, 112th Congress, Political Violence, Arizona Shooting, Congressman Peter King, Gun Control, Political Rhetoric, Paul Helmke, Rep. Pete King, Pete King, Sarah Palin, Carolyn McCarthy, Political Threats, Violent Political Rhetoric, Giffords, Joe Miller, Arizona Rep. Giffods, Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, Congresswoman Shot, Gabrielle Giffords, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Congresswoman Giffords, Gun Control Legislation, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Gun Control Reform, Sarah Palin Crosshairs, Slidepollajax, Politics News

In the wake of the Saturday shooting in Tucson, Ariz., Rep. Peter King (D-N.Y) announced he will introduce legislation to make it illegal to bring a g...

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Lucia Graves

Black GOP Official Resigns Citing Arizona Tea Party Threats

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arizona Resignatons, Anthony Miller, Shooting, Roger Dickinson, 112th Congress, Political Violence, Arizona Political Resignations, Arizona Shooting, Political Threats, Giffords, Arizona Rep. Giffods, Congresswoman Shot, Gabrielle Giffords, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Congresswoman Giffords, Jeff Kolb, Politics News

Updated: The sole black Republican Party district chairman in Arizona resigned from his post in the wake of Saturday's shooting, citing threats from t...

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I Never Met Gabe Zimmerman (But I Knew Him)

Mike Larsen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Gabe Zimmerman, Political Violence, Capitol Hill Job, Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona, Democrats, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Jackie Speier, Politics News
Mike Larsen

I never met Gabe Zimmerman, but I knew him. The 30-year-old aide to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who died in the service of his country Saturday ...

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Jason Linkins

Jan Brewer Leads Standing Ovation For Daniel Hernandez

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Governor Jan Brewer, Shooting, 112th Congress, Political Violence, Arizona Shooting, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, Gov. Brewer, Political Threats, Jan Brewer, Giffords, Arizona Rep. Giffods, Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, Congresswoman Shot, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Congresswoman Giffords, Brewer, Politics News

Moments ago, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer spoke out in support of "extraordinary Arizonans who responded with professionalism and saved lives" during this ...

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Bloody Hands From Fighting Words: Those Who've Been Targeted Know

Susie Bright | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Susie Bright, MLK Assasination, Fox News, Hate Speech, Gabrielle Giffords, Tea Party, Political Rhetoric, Shooting, Political Violence, Daniel Hernandez, Jared Loughner, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Susie Bright

Just before the people who tried to kill me picked up their weapon-- (the gun, the knife, the pipe wrench, the suitcase bomb, the broken scissors)-- h...

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Man Arrested After Allegedly Threatening Michael Bennet

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Bennet, Michel Bennet Threatened, John Troy Davis, Bennet Threats, Gabrielle Giffords, Political Violence, Denver News

DENVER — A Colorado man is accused of threatening to set fire around Sen. Michael Bennet's office and shoot members of his staff, prompting auth...

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Lucia Graves

7 Big Events In The Federal Gun Control Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brady Campaign, Sen. Rand Paul, Senator Chris Coons, President Ronald Reagan Shooting, Shooting, Political Violence, Ronald Reagan, Gun Control, Jim Brady, Chris Coons, Giffords, Paul Helmke, Sen. Chris Coons, Arizona Shooting, Political Threats, Gun Control Timeline, Rand Paul, Slidepollajax, 112th Congress, Senator Rand Paul, Gabrielle Giffords, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Congresswoman Shot, Congresswoman Giffords, History of Gun Control, Politics News

The deadly shooting at Rep. Gabrielle Giffords's political event in Tucson, Ariz. on Saturday is re-energizing gun control advocates. But Paul Helmke,...

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For Gabby's Sake, Republicans Should Change the Name of Their Health Care Repeal Bill

Rep. Chellie Pingree | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration, Gabrielle Giffords, Political Violence, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Healthcare, Tucson, Republicans Health Care, Health Care Repeal, Politics News
Rep. Chellie Pingree

Is it really necessary to put the word "killing" in the title of a major piece of legislation? Changing the name would help turn down the temperature on the nation's debate.

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The Gifford Shooting & the Freedom Rides

Bruce Hartford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom Rides, Gabrielle Giffords, Political Violence, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Politics News
Bruce Hartford

As I try to absorb and understand the killings and attempted assassination of a Congresswoman in Arizona, my mind flashes back 50 years to the violent...

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Arizona Is America

Kevin Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Violence, Arizona, Congresswoman Giffords, Tea Party, Politics, Political Violence, Gabrielle Giffords, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, African Americans, Politics News
Kevin Powell

I say this because Arizona is not the problem. We the people are the problem. That is, we Americans who think it is cool to engage in rhetoric, poli...

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Ryan Grim

Grijalva: Palin Needs To Look At Her Own Behavior

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Raul Grijalva, Shooting, Political Violence, Grijalva, Arizona Lawmakers, Palin Shooting, Giffords, Palin, Tea Party Violence, Arizona Shooting, Political Threats, Rep. Grijalva, Arizona Rep. Giffods, Sarah Palin, Rep. Raul Grijalva, 112th Congress, Gabrielle Giffords, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Congresswoman Shot, Congresswoman Giffords, Tea Party, Politics News

Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who represents a district adjacent to Gabrielle Giffords's, said that Saturday's shooting is a consequence of the vitrio...

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Lucia Graves

Giffords, Target Of Previous Political Threats, Known For Magnetic Personality

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Raul Grijalva, Shooting, 112th Congress, Political Violence, Arizona Shooting, Political Threats, Giffords, Rep. Grijalva, Arizona Rep. Giffods, Rep. Raul Grijalva, Congresswoman Shot, Gabrielle Giffords, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Congresswoman Giffords, Gabrielle Giffords Shot, Politics News

Gabrielle Giffords, 40, has represented Arizona's 8th District since 2007 after serving in the Arizona legislature from 2001 to 2005. She took the sea...

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Words Have Consequences

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Targeted Candidates, Shooting, Political Violence, Liberals, Politicians, Dangerous Words, Political Rhetoic, Arizona, Media, Constitution, In the Crosshairs, Gabrielle Gifford, Take Away Our Freedoms, Tea Party, Politics News
Gary Hart

We all know that there are unstable and potentially dangerous people among us. To repeatedly appeal to their basest instincts is to invite and welcome their predictable violence.

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The Murder of Walter Trochez: Political Violence and Impunity in Honduras

Vincent Warren | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Honduras Coup, Honduras, Center for Constitutional Rights, Lgbtq, Political Violence, Walter Trochez, World News
Vincent Warren

Mourning and nation building are inextricably linked. By remembering Walter Trochez we add our voices to the calls of the resistance for a re-founding of Honduras on the basis of human rights, dignity and accountability.

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Eric Cantor Implosion

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe the Nerd, Political Violence, Rick Waugh, Eric Cantor, Politics News
Joe The Nerd Ferraro

I don't know much, but I know this. When a political campaign gets nasty, it is close. If you are running for an office, you head is in the game. Y...

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Pakistani Gangs Riot In Karachi After Senior Politician's U.K. Murder

AP | ASHRAF KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: London, Imran Farooq, Senior Politician Murder, London Stabbing@Y:World, Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Pakistan, Pakistan Riots, Political Violence, Karachi, Arson, World News

KARACHI, Pakistan — Gangs torched vehicles and a shop in Pakistan's largest city on Friday after a senior politician from the local ruling party...

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Franken's Condo Shot With Pellet, Police Investigating

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bullet, Congress, Senate, Minnesota, Political Violence, Crime, Minneapolis, Al Franken, Pellet, Civility, Gunshot, Politics News

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis police are investigating a hole apparently made by a pellet shot in the window of Sen. Al Franken's downtown condomini...

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"Gun Rights" and Political Violence

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Political Violence, Patty Murray, Nancy Pelosi, Violence, Gun Control, Guns, Nra, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

In the NRA's world, we are free only to the extent that our guns allow us to impose our will on others. The rules are made by those who are more powerful than the rest of us because they are armed.

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Desmond Tutu to Consider: Is Violence Ever Justified?

Marina Cantacuzino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Patrick Magee, Violence, Conflict, Desmond Tutu, Brighton-Bombing, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Political Violence, Terrorism, Ireland, Apartheid, Northern Ireland, Rwandan Genocide, Israel, South Africa Apartheid, Combatants for Peace, Ira, World News
Marina Cantacuzino

As a result of a complex discussion of the Brighton bombing, I asked Archbishop Desmond Tutu to deliver The Forgiveness Project's inaugural annual lecture on the subject "Is Violence Ever Justified?"

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Political Violence is Not an American Value

Josh Horwitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Second Amendment, National Rifle Association, Insurrection, Political Violence, Gop, Gun Control, Founding Fathers, U.S. Constitution, Constitution, Republican Party, Politics News
Josh Horwitz

How have we reached the point where violence is promoted as an acceptable response to democratically-enacted legislation? The truth is that political developments over the past three decades have made such violence tragically inevitable.

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Taking Responsibility for Political Violence

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bart Stupak, Dick Armey, Health Care Reofrm, Thmas Beckett, Mitch McConnell, Steve Driehaus, Political Violence, John Boehner, Republican Leadership, Randy Neugebauer, Chamber of Commerce, Glen Beck, Health Insurance Industry, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Right wing talk show hosts and Republican leaders must shoulder the responsibility for the outbreak of threats and violence that has accompanied this week's passage of health insurance reform.

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America's Year of Living Dangerously

Bennet Kelley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Bachmann, Tea Baggers, Political Violence, John Boehner, Health Care Vote, Assassination, President Kennedy, Gabrielle Giffords, Domestic Terrorism, Glenn Beck, Oklahoma City Bombing, Mark Kelly, Politics News
Bennet Kelley

Since President Obama took office, our political debate has deteriorated from rancorous to poisonous with the recent assassination threats on Twitter, protesters hurling bigotry and attacks on the offices of Congressional Democrats.

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Human Rights in Colombia: Rep. Jim McGovern (D)

Aldo Civico | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alvaro Uribe, Human Rights, Colombia, Political Violence, Jim McGovern, Juanes, U.S. Policy in Latin America, Peace Without Borders, Farc, Hugo Chavez, World News
Aldo Civico

According to Jim McGovern, the promotion of a culture and practice of human rights in Colombia is essential for achieving security and laying the foundation for lasting peace.

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