Springfield mayor Rob Rue says the order will allow city officials to ‘acquire resources to address potential threats’

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.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
    11·
    5 hours ago

    The mayor should keeping hammering the point, that Haitians are causing none of the chaos. It’s the unaccepting violent bigots calling in the bomb threats and making Springfield unsafe.

    • Cadeillac@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      5 hours ago

      Except he is an unaccepting violent bigot. He just has all optics on him right now, so he’s having to play the part of a real mayor

  • Optional@lemmy.world
    41·
    5 hours ago

    “False rumors”

    NO! Bad Grauniad! No! Lies.

    Say it with us now, “Lies” - right! Okay. Try that again.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    41·
    6 hours ago

    If Trump does end up going to Springfield and/or Aurora, I predict Charlottesville-type riots by his Nazi followers.

    I really hope I’m wrong.

  • Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world
    2·
    6 hours ago

    Terrorist

    Who should be deported shipped to a small island off the coast?

    The ones here legally and paying taxes or the ones making threats and causing a city to shut down?

  • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    6 hours ago

    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