Ambushes on police are clustering

Updated: 2025.12.03 3D ago 3 sources
Across July–September 2025, multiple incidents in Texas, Ohio, Utah, Pennsylvania, and Dallas targeted police and ICE/Border Patrol, including rooftop sniping and domestic‑call ambushes. The National Police Association says ambush‑style shootings are rising, tying the uptick to anti‑police sentiment. — If targeted attacks on law enforcement are accelerating, it raises urgent questions for domestic security, political rhetoric, and policing tactics.

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Thousands of leftist protesters clash with thousands of police in a massive action to defend "Our Democracy" against a few hundred AfD members
eugyppius 2025.12.03 80% relevant
The article reports dozens of police injuries, deliberate attempts to break police lines, and organized blockades at transit points — concrete instances of confrontational protest tactics that map onto the existing pattern of targeted attacks and rising risk to officers described in the idea.
Horror in D.C.
Rafael A. Mangual 2025.11.28 90% relevant
The article documents a targeted ambush of National Guard members in Washington, D.C., by an alleged lone attacker—an incident in the same family of attacks described by the existing idea that ambush‑style attacks on security forces are clustering and raising operational and political concerns.
Stop Killing Cops
Thomas Hogan 2025.10.01 100% relevant
Specific attacks listed: Alvarado ICE detention center (July 4), McAllen Border Patrol annex (July 8), Lorain County ambush (July 23), Tremonton domestic call (Aug 17), York County ambush (Sept 17), Dallas ICE office sniping (latest).
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