noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a round of violence
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What has prompted the latest round of violence?
a wave of violence/attacks/bombings
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The incident triggered a wave of violence.
an act of violence/aggression
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Incidents of sexual harassment and acts of violence against women were on the increase.
an explosion of violence
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The army had to cope with the explosion of violence that followed the elections.
commit an act of violence/terrorism/aggression etc
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Anyone committing an act of terrorism will be severely punished.
domestic violence/abuse (= in a family, especially by a husband towards his wife )
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The organization supports women who are victims of domestic violence.
ethnic violence/conflict (= fighting or trouble between different ethnic groups )
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Hundreds were killed and injured in the country’s worst outbreak of ethnic violence.
football violence (= between fans at football games )
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The government is considering measures to combat football violence.
gang violence
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Residents say that gang violence is common.
gratuitous violence
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children’s books which include gratuitous violence
indiscriminate attacks/killing/violence/bombing etc
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terrorists responsible for indiscriminate killing
physical abuse/violence
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He had suffered physical abuse at the hands of his parents.
provoke violence
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It was a small incident but it provoked weeks of violence.
quell the violence/disturbance/riot etc
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Police used live ammunition to quell the disturbances.
racial violence
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We can't rest until there is no more racial violence.
random violence
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The family were caught up in the random violence that haunts a neighbourhood ruled by gangs.
resort to violence
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Officials fear that extremists may resort to violence .
street crime/violence (= when people are attacked in the street )
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Young men are most likely to be victims of street crime.
terrorist violence
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Al-Qaeda began waging a campaign of terrorist violence against the West.
violence/fighting spreads
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There is no indication that the violence is likely to spread.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
domestic
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Stop the suffering ... two million pounds to help victims of domestic violence .
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The offer included a $ 250 fine, community service and domestic violence counseling.
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Violence victims face homelessness Social workers need more training in housing legislation to protect victims of domestic violence being made homeless.
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The league also has concerns about domestic violence . according to Tagliabue.
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Infact, Phillips says, most adults desire marriage and don't experience domestic violence .
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There is definitely a link between domestic violence and child abuse.
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We have helped raise millions of dollars for education and awareness to all sort of issues, including domestic violence .
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Social scientists who study domestic violence and daily witness such evil do not seriously consider evil as a factor in family violence.
ethnic
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The rioting came two weeks after Britain's worst ethnic violence in 15 years, across the Pennines in Oldham last month.
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Why then the recent ethnic violence ?
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Differences of interpretation emerged within days of the signing of the Sarajevo agreement as ethnic violence continued to escalate.
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Inter-#ethnic violence has flared sporadically since independence.
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More than 4,000 people have died there in the past four years in a catalogue of political, ethnic and sectarian violence .
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The decision came as ethnic and religious violence in the southeast spread.
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The rise of ethnic violence throughout the Eastern bloc is unfortunately the other side of the coin to self-determination.
gratuitous
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Some performance art does contain gratuitous violence .
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Football, with its litany of gratuitous violence , is the culprit.
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There were many stories afterwards of what appeared to be gratuitous police violence .
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Within a short period of time, gratuitous violence has become commonplace.
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That marks the public's revulsion at acts of gratuitous violence against innocent victims.
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Largely the element of gratuitous violence is also missing.
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He was well-known for his unsolicited and gratuitous violence .
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Student demonstrations developed an ugly edge of gratuitous violence .
male
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None the less to equate female and male violence is misleading.
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The popular notion that words do not hurt you is by no means endorsed among women survivors of male violence .
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The causes of male violence intersect in complex ways with inequalities of class, ethnicity, race, and age.
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Female nurturing is presented as the solution to male violence - as though women haven't been doing that for centuries.
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The divine has long been made an intimate participant in male experiences of violence , in war and in political martyrdom.
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Other essays examine subjects such as white supremacy, Black homophobia feminist politicization and male violence .
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Summary 1 Official statistics understate the amount of male violence against women both in public places and in the home.
physical
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Victims who suffered physical violence were also threatened in 43.4 percent. of cases.
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Yelling and calling each other names can quickiy become physical violence .
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Some women are afraid of physical violence or abuse from their partners, if they try to make changes in their relationship.
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Some even met physical violence from anti-Methodistsyet they endured.
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These men are accustomed to physical violence and intimidation.
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And a growing number of right-wing groups had decided to shore up their opposition with physical violence .
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Their mythology has no instances of human physical violence .
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More often than threats or acts of physical violence , careers are jeopardized or destroyed.
political
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At least 36 people died in black political violence around the country.
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Throughout 1983, political violence continued erupting in south Florida.
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Vendettas and clan warfare are part of the culture in Corsica, where political and criminal violence often interact.
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While there is political violence , it has not descended to political assassination.
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Hojatolislam Hosseinian and a group of conservatives around him have been demonised by reformers for an alleged connection to political violence .
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With Aristide prevented by the constitution from standing again in 1996, the country was swamped by criminal and political violence .
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Despite the reports of political violence and killing, there has been plenty of genuine electioneering.
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The second is internal war, which comprises armed attacks, deaths from political violence , and political assassinations.
racial
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But now there is a new kind of racial violence in schools - girls attacking girls.
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The fear of racial violence was provoked by Conservative politician Enoch Powell.
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A police spokeswoman said the outbreak was not connected to racial violence in nearby Oldham last month.
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The year of the Hodges decision, 1906, was punctuated with racial violence .
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The question of sexuality further complicates racialized encounters, such as racial harassment and violence .
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Black people have always known racial violence to be a criminal offence and Black people always reported incidents to the police.
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The federal army in the South, in keeping with the 1877 Compromise, largely ignored instances of racial violence .
sectarian
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The ferry was packed with refugees fleeing sectarian violence in the Moluccas.
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Military governance has not ended sectarian violence or brought a return of foreign investment.
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Tyrone on Aug. 5 and in Lisburn on Aug. 24, were also believed to be victims of the sectarian violence .
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The sectarian violence of Northern Ireland is a different matter altogether.
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Southern states, usually less prone to sectarian violence , were also hit, with many deaths reported from Karnataka and Kerala.
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More than 4,000 people have died there in the past four years in a catalogue of political, ethnic and sectarian violence .
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And sectarian politics will continue to breed sectarian violence .
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end
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The accord, which sought to end political violence , was agreed by 31 parties, including religious and business groups.
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Those highly visible operations, which featured heavily armed government forces using aggressive pressure tactics, ended in deadly violence .
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Military governance has not ended sectarian violence or brought a return of foreign investment.
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But there were times when an ended affair produced violence in her.
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More than 150 officers battled to end the violence at a remand centre in Reading, Berks.
erupt
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A march against globalisation erupted into violence in Barcelona.
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San Francisco uses Community Boards, with voluntary mediators, to resolve the kinds of everyday conflicts that often erupt into violence .
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Some of these areas were constantly erupting into violence , and on one occasion in El Salvador, a brother was kidnapped.
involve
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Thus, with certain limited exceptions, rape remains essentially a crime involving violence or the threat of it.
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This is the second time Canseco was involved in domestic violence .
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A number of generals directly involved in the May violence in Bangkok were shifted to inactive posts.
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Only groups involved in violence in Northern Ireland have been prohibited.
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Since only a small minority was involved in violence , why give so much attention to the riot?
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In a 1974 study of eighty families, sociologist Richard Gelles found more nonreligious than religious homes involved in expressions of violence .
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One thing I hate now is seeing telly programmes involving violence or mental pain.
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A full 43 % of these crimes involved some form of violence .
lead
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But for every Lendu-#led massacre there is a tale of Hema-led violence to match.
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They may even lead to violence and to death.
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Addiction led to theft and violence .
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When it is corrupted, people lose faith in what they hear, and that leads to violence .
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Picketing led to violence and one company dismissed the union workers on strike.
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Many disputes that could lead to violence are peacefully resolved in our courts.
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Confronting him and getting her money back leads to violence and tragedy.
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The agenda becomes one of identifying the cues, prompts, or button-pushing events that lead to violence .
provoke
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It is true that poverty sometimes provokes bitterness and violence , but the poor do not start wars.
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Such policies either ameliorate the worst conditions that might provoke violence or provide certain classes with advantages over classes below them.
resort
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How can we deal with bullying without resorting to violence ourselves?
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Socrates finds satisfying, gut-wrenching answers to these and other universal questions without resorting to violence or to 911.
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There was evidence that passers-by were annoyed, and were on the verge of resorting to violence when the police intervened.
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Officials fear extremists on both sides may resort to violence to try to derail the redeployment.
stop
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Police have not tried to stop the violence .
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The assumption is that if the woman had changed her behavior, the batterer would have stopped his violence .
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But I can't say stop the violence , because there's always going to be violence.
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Their goal: To stop the violence contamination at the source.
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A motion from the Selly Oak constituency says reform is needed to curb health risks and to stop growing violence .
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But it did not stop the township violence - 36 blacks were killed just hours before.
threaten
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No one should be subjected to verbal harassment, just as no one should be threatened with physical violence .
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In general, elite settlements stem from long periods of conflict and crises that threaten to rekindle widespread violence .
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Unlawful violence A person who threatens lawful violence can not be convicted under this section.
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Several vessels have already travelled to the area to help people threatened by the violence .
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Once Jonadab had threatened physical violence , the son realised that he was more than a match for his ageing parent.
use
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The government has repeatedly used violence to suppress opposition demands that President Mobutu Sese Seko's powers be curtailed.
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People have become used to employing violence as a means of resolving conflict or asserting power over others.
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None has used or advocated violence .
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That is, only the state has the right to use violence to enforce the laws and decisions of the society.
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To use violence against them was an offence of extreme gravity.
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Those groups, in turn, used violence and state power to protect their position.
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They then used violence to force her supporters out of party headquarters.
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Others say Gwinn has used domestic violence to advance his career.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sectarian violence/conflict/murder etc
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Church leaders hold crisis talks on wave of sectarian murders - see page 6.
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Military governance has not ended sectarian violence or brought a return of foreign investment.
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Nevertheless, the moves towards positive change are being frustrated both by threats from right-wing activists, and by sectarian conflicts.
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Southern states, usually less prone to sectarian violence, were also hit, with many deaths reported from Karnataka and Kerala.
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The sectarian violence of Northern Ireland is a different matter altogether.
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The ferry was packed with refugees fleeing sectarian violence in the Moluccas.
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They may reduce the risk of attack, but they can not prevent random sectarian murders.
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Tyrone on Aug. 5 and in Lisburn on Aug. 24, were also believed to be victims of the sectarian violence.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Leave me alone," she hissed with sudden violence .
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complaints about sex and violence on TV
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In some parts of the city, teachers have to deal with violence in the classroom.
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Police said violence in the city was continuing into the night.
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The statistics show that male violence against women is widespread.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A second possibility is that the use of violence itself amounts to threatening behaviour.
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But there was also an exhilaration in the atmosphere of conspiracy and violence which characterised the last years of his childhood.
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It was a march against racist policing and racist violence .
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Such federally-funded research into gun violence could be ended by a bill the House is expected to consider this week.
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The courts served as a safety-valve, acting as an alternative to violence when emotions ran high.