GOP attorney generals for 17 states write to Biden and Merrick Garland demanding that parents be allowed to freely voice their concerns during school board meetings amid plans to set the FBI on them

[buh buh biden]

The 17 attorney generals wrote a letter to Biden and Garland on Monday
They expressed concern about government plans to set the FBI on parents
who protest at school board meetings
On September 29 the National School Boards Association asked the Biden
administration to look into threats made against members of school boards
On October 4 Merrick Garland, the attorney general, said the FBI should
take the lead on the requested investigation
The state attorney generals, all Republicans, urged Biden and Garland to
be sure to protect the parents' right to free speech

Republican attorney generals representing 17 states have signed a letter
to President Joe Biden and Merrick Garland demanding that parents be
guaranteed the freedom to speak their minds at school board meetings.

On Monday attorney generals pushed back, urging Secretary of State Garland
to guarantee the freedom of speech.

The letter was coordinated by Todd Rokita, the attorney general of
Indiana.

'Concerned parents passionate about their kids' education are not
terrorists,' he said.

'The Biden administration and its special-interest allies need to dial
down the rhetoric and respect the rights of parents to be heard.'

Rokita's letter drew the support of the attorney generals of Texas, South
Carolina, Utah, Oklahoma, Arizona, Alabama, Arkansas and Georgia, among
others.

He said he was determined that 'Hoosiers' - people from Indiana - should
be allowed to express themselves freely.

'Hoosier parents have a First Amendment right to speak their minds to
teachers, administrators and school board members,' he said.

'That's why I'm demanding that the Biden administration immediately stop
attempting to shut down parental participation through scare tactics and
intimidation.'

In the letter, the 17 attorney generals said that any attempt to limit
parental interaction at the board meetings violates 'First Amendment
rights of parents to address school administrators, board members,
teachers, and staff on educational matters by seeking to criminalize
lawful dissent and intimidate parents into silence.'

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They said that the National School Boards Association had gone too far,
and was stifling legitimate debate.

'To be sure, anyone who attacks or threatens violence against school
administrators, board members, teachers, or staff should be prosecuted,'
they wrote.

'However, in its letter demanding action, the NSBA fails to document a
single legitimate instance of violence.

'And even if it did, there are sufficient criminal and civil remedies
already available in all 50 states and territories.'

They concluded that 'the NSBA seems more concerned about suppressing
speech with which it disagrees than real threats of violence' and that a
'physical assault on a school administrator, board member, teacher, or
staff is just that, a criminal assault and will be addressed under state
law.'

The usually mundane school board meetings have become extremely heated in
some areas in recent months, amid parental fury at mask policies and the
curriculum - in particular the teaching of critical race theory and
policies aimed at including transgender students.

Police have been called and arrests made, and in some schools the
situation is so intense that parents are now barred from board meetings.

The National School Boards Association (NSBA) on September 29 asked the
Biden administration to do an interagency investigation of threats of
violence against school board members, and said the threats 'could be the
equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes.'

Garland, the attorney general, issued an October 4 memo calling for the
FBI to take the lead on a task force to address threats against officials.

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[Siri Cruise]

In article <XnsADC918A...@0.0.0.1>,

buh buh biden <dro...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On September 29 the National School Boards Association asked the Biden
> administration to look into threats made against members of school boards

We saw on 6 January how peaceful and lawful these wingnuts are.

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[Yak]

On 10/20/21 7:17 AM, Siri Cruise wrote:
> In article <XnsADC918A...@0.0.0.1>,
> buh buh biden <dro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On September 29 the National School Boards Association asked the Biden
>> administration to look into threats made against members of school boards
>
> We saw on 6 January how peaceful and lawful these wingnuts are.

And October 14.