United States & Canada
United States: Coding decisions on actors and unique events
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Background
The United States continues to be at a heightened risk of political violence and instability following the contentious 2020 general election. Mass shootings recently hit a record high (BBC, 29 December 2019), violent hate crimes are on the rise (Al Jazeera, 13 November 2019), and police killings continue unabated, at 2.5 times the rate for Black men as for White men (FiveThirtyEight, 1 June 2020; Nature, 19 June 2020).…
United States: Scope and coverage in ACLED data
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About ACLED & Background on US Coverage
What information is captured?
ACLED systematically collects the dates, actors, locations, fatalities, and types of all political violence and demonstration events in the US using a methodology consistent with our global coverage of conflict and disorder around the world.…