In a memorandum, Garland said there has been “a disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff who participate in the vital work of running our nation’s public schools.”
“While spirited debate about policy matters is protected under our Constitution, that protection does not extend to threats of violence or efforts to intimidate individuals based on their views,” he said.from the National School Boards Association. The group, which represents school board members around the country, asked President Joe Biden for federal assistance to investigate and stop threats made over policies including mask mandates, likening the vitriol to a form of domestic terrorism.
The group’s letter documented more than 20 instances of threats, harassment, disruption, and acts of intimidation in California, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, Ohio and other states. It cited the September arrest of an Illinois man for aggravated battery and disorderly conduct for allegedly striking a school official at a meeting. In Michigan, a meeting was disrupted when a man performed a Nazi salute to protest masking.
In making the announcement Garland said the Justice Department would use its authority and resources to discourage the threats and “prosecute them when appropriate. In the coming days, the Department will announce a series of measures designed to address the rise in criminal conduct directed toward school personnel.
I'll bet the Punk got beat up a lot in High School and is now trying to get revenge.
Let the school board allow my kid to get the shot without my notice
All these anti-maskers are incredibly selfish.
I wouldn’t allow Gaven to inject my children if I lived in CA. covid VaccineMandate VaccineSideEffects
Too funny. Puppet Garland. Thank god this guy isn’t a Supreme Court judge & will be gone in 2024.
Threats are one thing. Expressing concerns and protesting shouldn't be considered threatening behavior which in this case it is. Interesting how the FBI admitted that it doesn't investigate for left extremist groups, but it does use our tax payers money to investigate parents.
I don’t see any Black ppl at these school board meetings, what’s up with that?
FBI has so many videos as evidence and the Internet will make these folks all famous too
A lot of the anti mask antivax phenomena is political with red areas experiencing nearly double the vaccine/mask resistance, infection, and death of the current covid surge than blue areas. These people are dangerous to themselves and others. Their attacks on others must end.
Arrest, try, and jail those disrupting, threatening, and attacking school board members or teachers or people just wearing masks.
Let this be a lesson to all, you can lay siege to federal court houses trying to burn them down if you have the right politics but don’t you dare try to stop the woke agenda from indoctrinating your kids
Merrick Garland, the DOJ, and the FBI can stay in their own lane. Local school board meetings have NO place for Fed meddling. We have local law enforcement should any problems arise.
Would be nice to see garland going after trump and his seditious buddies. Tired of waiting for these people to be held accountable!
You'd think the union would realize they aren't working for the betterment of the kids
Serious conflict of interest from garland family profiting from crt literature provided to public schools according to tucker carlson. Doj now controlling families dissatisfaction with education. WOW. Did I just wake up in North Korea.
It's like AI took over the narrative generator and we can no longer stop it. Run!
Fun Fact: literally no one has made any threats. Though if they did, they would be justified
Our local police flat out refused to intervene. No shit.
He needs to start with Fox News and Tucker Carlson who continues to encourage parents who are against masks to harass those who choose to protect their children by wearing masks and agree with school board mandates for their use. The harasser here should be arrested.
But they let people terrorize a politician in the bathroom? All for upholding the law? I always thought that terrorizing and threatening people on Congress was insurrection.
America’s newest enemy YOU
What happens when it's the states attorney general leading those folks causing the problems?
Who woke him up?
Where has the FBI been on AntiFa & BLM thugs violence?
Could this involve Garland's family ties to a company called Panorama Education? This company receives lucrative contracts from school boards. I wonder why there is so much mistrust with the press?
Cindy_52s These people think TFG will storm back and make maga lawlessness somehow legal. No. That is not the way the law works. In fact he has gotten away with too much for too long.
Finally. Caging the animals.
1FreshTake He should be transparent about it too! Let it be known the actions taken.
Perfect
Someday? How long are these violent thugs going to be able to threaten school board members, nurses, doctors, etc, before there are consequences!?
All this shows is that people that leave their kids in those indoctrination camps hate their kids
I don't think these parents have read Kahil Gibran 😉
Welcome to the Fourth Reich.
Now since the FBI can't catch actual terrorists or criminals it is now assigned to harass and arrest parents protesting the indoctrination of their children? Violating people's First Amendment Rights is not right. This is more Biden crap.
Guantanamo would be a good place to detain them while working on their cases
What a fcking joke.
He’s Already way behind in getting domestic terrorists into Guantanamo prison where they belong.
Thank heavens- better late that never.
Kids massacred in schools, parents (who could protest by not letting kids attend) do nothing. Kids being asked to wear masks to protect those surgeries immunodeficiencies, parents threat to show up and murder teachers. It’s almost as if the lack of gun control is a problem.
When is Garland going to address treason & corruption?
VoteBluePA Nazi-Koch-funded terrorism
Merrick Garland?
colbymommy ‘Addressing’… Awesome 🙄
People in America don't understand fascism. MerrickGarland
Politicized Dept of Justice attacks conservative political opponents of corrupt teacher’s unions. TeachersUnion AFTunion
We warned you that the Domestic War on Terror was meant to go after all Middle Americans. Merrick Garland just made it official today SAY BYE BYE TO MIDDLE CLASS
Dear Mr. Garland, address the known domestic terrorist /MAGA right wing terror threat by treating them no different than we do foreign bad actors. -Stop burning day light!!
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If the recipient is a member of any protected class, the attackers should also be charged with a hate crime enhancement.
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