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  • After Capitol riot, desperate families turn to groups that ‘deprogram' extremists

    Paulina Villegas Hannah Knowles

    February 05, 2021 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    Groups like Parents for Peace and Life After Hate use former radicals to counsel people in the grip of right-wing extremism. Bombarded by pleas for help by families since the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, these groups use a series of meetings to help people examine the roots of their ideology, with an aim of helping them discover for themselves the irrationality of their hatred and other beliefs. While one researcher says the methods show signs of effectiveness, success is defined mainly in individual stories of change, in a hard-to-measure process of "personal and idiosyncratic" introspection.

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  • As Violence Soared in Mexico, This Town Bucked the Trend

    Paulina Villegas

    September 01, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Morelia, Michoacan

    One police commander in Morelia is trying to change the rampant mistrust Mexicans have of the police. The new commander implemented a set of new policies that shifted the focus of the police to low-level neighborhood crimes. “What we can do is deal with the issues that regular folks face every day.” Community meetings, allowing people to file complaints on the spot, and creating victim centers, are just some of the few things he did. And it worked: The number of crimes reported rose by 435, compared to the previous year.

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