According to a researcher at the University of Maryland, around 150 politically motivated attacks were carried out in the first six months in the first six months of the year.
This is almost twice as many as in 2024, said Mike Jensen.
“I think we are currently in a very, very dangerous place that could escalate the slightly widespread restless unrest if we don't get it under control,” said Jensen.
“This could serve as a kind of flash point that inspires more of it.”
Jon Lewis, a program of research on extremism at George Washington University, said that “extreme political violence” is becoming increasingly the norm in the United States.
In May, a propalestinian activist murdered two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington.
In June, a Christian nationalist murdered a high -ranking democratic state politician and her husband in Minnesota and wounded a second democrat.
In July, a group of at least 11 militants in black military style attacked an immigration discovery center in Texas.
In August, a shooter, who was obsessed by Covid 19 displacements, sprayed shots in the centers for the control and prevention of diseases and prevention in Atlanta and killed a police officer.
“People hesitate to do violence at first, but they are much more willing to do violence as retaliation,” said Lilliana Mason, professor of political science at John's Hopkins University.
“Nobody wants to be the one who starts, but many people want to be able to end it.”