by jpitney | Jul 16, 2024 | Congress, House of Representatives, Violence
Lots of conspiracy theories flying around about the assassination attempt. Here’s what I’ve learned in the last 24 hours: pic.twitter.com/YVBmU1DWmW — Rep. Jeff Jackson (@JeffJacksonNC) July 15, 2024
by jpitney | Jul 14, 2024 | Reagan, Religion, Violence
Tuesday, March 31, 1981 Getting shot hurts. Still my fear was growing because no matter how hard I tried to breathe it seemed I was getting less & less air. I focused on that tiled ceiling and prayed. But I realized I couldn’t ask for Gods help while at the...
by jpitney | Jun 1, 2024 | Public Service, Terrorism, Violence
From the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point: Rising Threats to Public Officials: A Review of 10 Years of Federal Data, by PETE SIMI, GINA LIGON, SEAMUS HUGHES, NATALIE STANDRIDGE: Abstract: A review of federal charges for the past decade highlights that the...
by jpitney | May 28, 2024 | Public Service, Terrorism, Violence
Graig Graziosi at The Independent: Four secretaries of state said they’ve received death threats for doing their jobs — namely overseeing elections — since Donald Trump left office in 2021. During an interview on Meet the Press on Sunday, Arizona Secretary of...
by jpitney | Jan 9, 2024 | Public Service, State Government, Violence
Sarah Ellison, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Patrick Marley at WP: On Wednesday, bomb threats forced evacuations, closures or stepped-up security measures at more than a dozen state capitols,in...
