The National School Boards Association (NSBA) letter to President Biden suggested that recent “acts of malice, violence, and threats against public school officials,” could be classified as “equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism,” and asked his administration to “examine appropriate enforceable actions” under “the PATRIOT Act.” The NSBA letter, however, documented only two instances of violence at school board meetings.
One of them: “In Virginia, an individual was arrested, another man was ticketed for trespassing, and a third person was hurt during a school board meeting discussion distinguishing current curricula from critical race theory and regarding equity issues.” If you consume social media, you’ve probably seen the video of the arrested man struggling with a police officer. The incident served as the lede for a Washington Post story and was also featured in Politico, USA Today, CNN, NPR, among others.
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