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2015 crime-solving game
The available reporting indicates that no U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were killed in 2025; coverage from investigative outlets and advocacy groups documents multiple civilian...
Different data compilers report divergent totals for U.S. firearm deaths in 2024: a CDC-based compilation and aggregators that include suicides put the total near 44,400 deaths (USAFacts), while incid...
Available databases and fact-checkers show that only a very small fraction of U.S. mass-shooting incidents have involved people who were reported to identify as transgender or nonbinary: the Gun Viole...
A precise tally of civilians killed during encounters with ICE agents since 2000 cannot be produced from the reporting supplied here; the available sources document individual deadly incidents and nar...
Available reporting and databases show that mass shootings by people known to identify as transgender in 2024 were extremely rare; major trackers and experts report either zero or a single historicall...
Yes — immigration agents under ICE and related DHS components fired their weapons and were involved in shootings during the Obama years, but publicly available reporting does not provide a single, ver...
The homicide picture in Washington, D.C. before, during and after the August 11, 2025 National Guard deployment shows a modest decline that began before the federal action, continued through the initi...
Yes — reporting and government documents show that some anti‑ICE protesters have committed violence, including assaults, vehicular confrontations and threats, and isolated instances that escalated to ...
The available reporting does not provide a single, authoritative tally of how many ICE agents have been injured; federal releases give counts of assaults and vehicular attacks against ICE officers, an...
The most consistent, verifiable finding in recent reporting is that 2025 was the deadliest year for people in ICE custody in two decades, with independent outlets and advocacy groups citing roughly 30...
Statista’s 2024 state ranking lists Mississippi as having the highest gun‑violence rate per 100,000 residents (29.7), followed by Louisiana (28.2); Statista’s summary also lists New Mexico, Alabama an...
Comprehensive public reporting since 2024 shows a marked uptick in high‑profile ICE use‑of‑force incidents during a sustained federal interior enforcement surge, with many of those operations centered...
Available sources show a range of totals for 2024 U.S. firearm deaths (roughly 31,000–45,000 depending on dataset and whether suicides are included) and consistently report that the majority of firear...
Independent watchdog reporting does not offer a single, authoritative tally of ICE use‑of‑force incidents since 2024; available investigative outlets and nonprofits have documented a pattern of repeat...
Public reporting shows far fewer ICE and Border Patrol officers killed in the line of duty than civilians killed in general, while deaths and injuries to civilians and people detained by ICE have surg...
Data from city, federal and independent analysts show violent crime in Washington, D.C., fell sharply through 2024–mid‑2025 (U.S. Attorney: violent crime down 35% in 2024) even as the Trump administra...
In 2024 firearm homicides were concentrated among young men of color — especially Black males aged roughly 15–34, who accounted for a disproportionately large share of victims — while firearm suicides...
Recent reporting shows different age groups lead different forms of U.S. gun deaths: young people (roughly ages 1–19 or 15–34 depending on the measure) account for a large share of firearm homicides a...
Washington’s August 2025 National Guard deployment in D.C. coincided with sharp, short‑term drops in some citywide crime counts — multiple outlets report an ~18% decline in total reported crimes in th...
Conservative-leaning states that consistently appear among the highest in per-capita gun death rates include Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, New Mexico and Alaska; the Violence Policy Center and CDC ...