The great oppressors of history had as their base a society in which people generally supported the oppression they did, got a share of hate profits, and chose not to question. Germany, in the 1960s, chose to try to root this out.

Parisian thugs put a delivery driver in a choke hold, which mortally injured him. Then they lied about what they did.

They offer the excuse that the victim called them "fools". "Disrespectful", they called it. That is no excuse for violence.

Thug unions in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles spend million of dollars a year on lobbying. Much of that lobbying is so that thugs can get away with the occasional murder, lots of lesser crimes, and frequent lies.

*'We can stop the cycle': crime survivors work toward prevention, not policing.*

Mexico is cutting funds for protecting ancient sites from looting.

Such damage is impossible to repair. Artefacts stolen before being scientifically examines lose their context, so that even if scientists have a chance to look at them later, what they can learn is much less.