DHS preparing for violence following abortion ruling
Source: Axios
The U.S. government is bracing for a potential surge in political violence once the Supreme Court hands down the ruling that's expected to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by Axios.
The big picture: Law enforcement agencies are investigating social-media threats to burn down or storm the Supreme Court building and murder justices and their clerks, as well as attacks targeting places of worship and abortion clinics.
Details: The unclassified May 13 memo by DHS' intelligence arm says threats that followed the leak of a draft opinion targeting Supreme Court Justices, lawmakers and other public officials, as well as clergy and health care providers "are likely to persist and may increase leading up to and following the issuing of the Courts official ruling."...
Read more: https://www.axios.com/2022/05/18/supreme-court-abortion-roe-protests-violence
Because there has already been so much.
Skittles
(153,150 posts)that's just plain terrorism
yaesu
(8,020 posts)that this happens: The disinformation expert hired to run the Department of Homeland Security's newly created disinformation board has resigned after the department paused the board
ananda
(28,858 posts)grrr
MOMFUDSKI
(5,520 posts)is lost. One side has so much power now I don't see a way out. Talk me down.
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)The more they run with crazy the more support we get. America does not buy crazy.
Trump showed us the face of fascism and we turned him out.
peppertree
(21,625 posts)Especially domestic ($$$).
ancianita
(36,037 posts)wnylib
(21,433 posts)among pro choice people. Just ignore the preposterous ruling and set up abortion networks.
I would expect that any violence would come from anti choice people in states that have codified abortion rights.
blm
(113,047 posts)theyve been planning for over a decade.
The worst of the violence and destruction during the Floyd protests was committed by RightWing extremists using the protests as cover, especially while they targeted law enforcement, murdering them outright and burning down precincts knowing BLM would be blamed.
keep_left
(1,783 posts)...during the George Floyd protests? His actions turned out to be crucial in turning the event from a protest into a riot. He also was connected to white supremacist groups.
https://www.startribune.com/police-umbrella-man-was-a-white-supremacist-trying-to-incite-floyd-rioting/571932272/
https://minnesotareformer.com/2021/06/02/whats-up-with-umbrella-man/
blue sky at night
(3,242 posts)we all know which side of the political spectrum is prone to V I O L E N C E....we know it won't be a bunch of Pro-Choice Advocates walking the streets with AR-15's in battle gear looking to convince everyone of their point of view.
dchill
(38,474 posts)...when Clarence, Sam and Boney Carrot re-establish autocratic theocracy in the FSA.
(No, not really.)
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Sounds like they know who to expect.
He Man Woman Haters Club
Warpy
(111,253 posts)This reflects the conventional thinking of conservatives.
If Roe is overturned, the places men hold dearest might be in for trouble, and that's not churches.
(Don't look at me, I"m old and blind and no danger to anyone)
Hekate
(90,660 posts)
and our supporters.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Why dont we just review the crime statistics from womens protests over the past decade and then stop this foolishness.
Women are being gaslit, the real danger to America is the GQP and its larger White Supremacist Christian movement.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)It's not pro-choice people harassing and attacking women trying to enter a clinic.
It's not pro-choice people making plans to imprison and execute women, doctors, and anyone else who helps for abortion.
It's clear where the violence comes from.
Demsrule86
(68,556 posts)women...horrible agency and should never have been created.