School officials plead with Biden, FBI to protect against threats from ‘angry mobs’

An organization representing tens of thousands of school officials across the United States has called on the federal government to help protect school personnel under “immediate threat.” In a letter sent Wednesday, National School Boards Association President Viola Garcia and Acting Executive Director and CEO Chip Slaven appealed directly to President Joe Biden, asking him to intervene amid mounting threats against officials in the school because of the right-wing fury surrounding the mask mandates and critical race theory. “As these malicious acts, violence and threats against public school officials have increased, the classification of these heinous actions could amount to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes,” the letter said.

He then details several recent incidents of “threats or actual acts of violence” against school officials, including “angry mobs” derailing school board meetings and at least one case of alleged aggravated assault and battery during school boarding. a meeting. The group is asking for help from the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service to assess and monitor threats against school officials, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service to help filter threat letters targeting members of the staff, board members and students.