Indiana political scientist foresees continued political violence after Charlie Kirk assassination

INDIANAPOLIS — The assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk marks just another moment amid a rising threat of political violence.

Mike Jensen, a researcher at the University of Maryland, tells 13News there have been 150 politically motivated attacks in the U.S. in the first six months of the year. That’s nearly twice as many over the same period last year. He said the rise in violence is coming from across the political spectrum.

“It is an indication of growing civil unrest,” he wrote in an email to 13News.

In the last 14 months, we’ve seen two assassination attempts on President Donald Trump, two Minnesota lawmakers shot in their homes, a fire set at the Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence, gunfire sprayed at the CDC headquarters and two Israeli embassy employees killed in D