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FBI ordered to combat wave of right-wing threats against schools over masks and CRT
Justice Department memo directs FBI to help schools report threatening conduct
www.independent.co.uk
The Justice Department is responding to a wave of angry protests at school boards across the country, as education officials and teachers face the wrath of conservative parents opposed to the supposed teaching of “critical race theory” and mask mandates.
A memorandum from Merrick Garland, the US attorney general, on Tuesday directed FBI officials to meet with state and local leaders to address “ harassment, intimidation and threats of violence against school board members, teachers and workers in our nation’s public schools”.
As the agency plans to address the rising threats of violence towards teachers and others in the coming days, the statement adds, the FBI will also train school boards and teachers on the best ways to report credible threats of violence to the appropriate law enforcement agencies.