Springfield mayor Rob Rue says the order will allow city officials to ‘acquire resources to address potential threats’
The mayor of Springfield, Ohio, has issued an emergency proclamation following the continued rise in public safety threats over false rightwing rumors about the city’s migrant communities.
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According to a city statement, the proclamation allows Rue and other city officials to “swiftly acquire resources needed to address potential threats” and will “enable departments to respond more efficiently to emerging risks, including civil unrest, cyber threats and potential acts of violence”.
In recent days, following Donald Trump, JD Vance and other rightwing politicians publicly repeating falsehoods about the city’s Haitian immigrants eating other locals’ pets, the city has received more than 30 bomb threats against its schools, government buildings and city officials’ homes.
Whether or not you agree that the government should allow these media companies to spread the lies directly causing this unrest in some twisted-beyond-recognition-version of our free speech laws? You can’t deny the fallout is expensive… in the huge cost of government resources and the loss of human life. Not just murder either… This hatespeech has destroyed the quality of living