Garland says authorities will target school board threats

targeting school board members, teachers and other employees in the nation’s public schools.

To address the rising problem, Garland said the FBI would work with U.S. attorneys and federal, state, local, territorial and tribal authorities in each district to develop strategies against the threats.“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’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.”

Merrick Milquetoast Garland is totally ineffectual. Turns out laws don’t matter if no one enforces them. Who knew? TheJusticeDept hasn’t gone after Trump or the organizers/enablers of the insurrection. Bannon and Flynn are actively planning the next coup On Air and crickets.

Garland should step aside. He's just not up to the mammoth job requirements in his personal strength... He is qualified morally, but we need more then that

Given how lightly some of the insurrectionists have been prosecuted under his direction, I doubt that these measures will have any teeth.

Political police?

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