Law enforcement on alert for Election Day threats, new report says
Source: ABC News
November 4, 2024, 9:59 AM
Election workers across the country are being bombarded with threats, and law enforcement agencies nationwide are dedicating substantial resources to ensure public safety during the election, according to a new threat assessment obtained by ABC News.
The document, transmitted Monday by the NYPD Intelligence Bureau, encapsulates the full picture of Election Day threats, including the risk of physical violence and disinformation generated by foreign governments. Potential targets include election personnel and government officials, campaign offices, as well as voting-related sites, infrastructure, and technology, the assessment said.
"Individuals may employ a variety of tactics that could include physical attacks, threats of violence, delivery of suspicious packages, swatting, arson, and property destruction, harassment, as well as cyberattacks and mis/dis/mal-information campaigns," the assessment also said.
The FBI has received more than 2,000 threats to election workers and "opened at least 100 investigations into these unlawful actions" as of April, the assessment said, citing a September report by the U.S. Department of Justice, with more than 20 people charged.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/law-enforcement-alert-election-day-threats-new-report/story?id=115463531
Think. Again.
(18,429 posts)"The FBI has received more than 2,000 threats to election workers and "opened at least 100 investigations into these unlawful actions" as of April, the assessment said, citing a September report by the U.S. Department of Justice, with more than 20 people charged."
Ligyron
(7,904 posts)These people need to be made famous, describing exactly what they're accused of doing along with whatever punishments, if any, they eventually receive.
It shouldn't be possible to threaten thousands of election workers without consequence, many of them just volunteers doing their civic duty by helping everyone to vote no matter who or what for.
Punishments act as a deterrent to bad behavior, witness the 1500 who thought they could raid and destroy the Capitol, beat police, etc.without consequence. Most now wish they never had and there aren't many now, no matter how far down the rabbit hole, who are anxious to try that again.
Think. Again.
(18,429 posts)It also seems that the fbi needs to step up their game a bit if they've only charged 20 people, and only opened 100 investigations after receiving info on over 2000 different threats.
Dennis Donovan
(26,496 posts)So this doesn't put my mind at ease.
Magoo48
(5,431 posts)Just down the scroll, we find Republican states wont allow federal monitoring folks in. WTF. Someone has to take the initiative. Someone must do whats right.
So, decide whats right and fucking do it. Someone take fucking charge.
orangecrush
(21,977 posts)Earning their rubles this year.