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Shocked? Political Violence Ain’t Nothing New

September 10, 2025 Crime, Culture and Society, Politics 0

Photograph of Secret Service Agents Rushing President Gerald Ford towards the California State Capitol following the Assassination Attempt on the President by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, in Sacramento, California, Sept. 5, 1975. Photo from the National Archives and Records Adminstration via Wikimedia Commons

This is a violent country, in a violent world, and leaders, hopefuls and rabble-rousers alike have to know they might be the next target.