A coalition of 17 state attorneys general is demanding that the Department of Justice (DOJ) immediately rescind a recent memo they say would “chill lawful dissent by parents voiced during local school board meetings.”
The DOJ memo, which has been the center of much criticism since its Oct. 4 release, directs the FBI to work with state and local governments to address an alleged “disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence” against teachers and school leaders. It came shortly after the National School Boards Association (NSBA) urged the Biden administration to invoke counter-terrorism laws to handle “angry mobs” of parents seeking to hold school officials accountable for the teaching of the Marxist critical race theory and for imposing COVID-19 restrictions on their children.
