article_snippet.sent: The term appears to be a reference to 2013's "The Purge" and The term sequel, last year's "The Purge: Anarchy," about a dystopian future America where on one day each year, all laws are suspended for a 12-hour period and all crimes, including murder, become temporarily legal.
article_snippet.sent: In the movies, set in Los Angeles, people barricade people in people homes at night while gangs of violent "purgers" roam the streets.
article_snippet.sent: The government markets the sanctioned mayhem as a catharsis that reduces crime on the other 364 days of the year -- when in fact it's really a means of population control, mostly against people living in poor urban neighborhoods.
article_snippet.sent: Both "Purge" movies were box-office hits and a third installment,
article_snippet.sent: "The Purge: Vengeance," is planned for 2016.
highlights_snippet.sent: Movies are about a dystopian America where all crime is temporarily legal .