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'Once you engage in political violence, it becomes easier to do it again' – an expert on political violence reflects on events at the Capitol

  • Written by Naomi Schalit, Senior Editor, Politics + Society, The Conversation US
'Once you engage in political violence, it becomes easier to do it again' – an expert on political violence reflects on events at the CapitolProtesters forcing their way into the Capitol.Win McNamee/Getty Images News via Getty Images

Editor’s note: Ore Koren is a scholar of civil conflict and political violence. Before the November 2020 election, he wrote a story for The Conversation about the likelihood of election-related violence in the U.S. So we went back to him on Wednesday,...

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