In America, sometimes people use violence. This means they hurt others for political reasons. It has been a part of the country's story for a long time. [13, 20, 28, 37]
Now, this violence is on the rise. This means more attacks are happening. An attack is when someone tries to hurt another person. [6, 8, 19, 22, 33, 34, 36, 39, 42, 45]
For example, a bad attack happened in Minnesota. Someone was killed. This event was very serious. [4, 48]
It is often hard to know why these attacks happen. People struggle to understand the reasons.