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Not saying it is not happening more often, but how often you see it reported is not a good indicator. It is just how the news works, there is now heightened interest in that sort of thing so it is reported more often. I do remember such cases from before Covid.

Another recent example would be „black person killed by cops“ - even here in Germany the latest case made national news, even though it happened in the US.