Foreign terrorist organizations could target Pride month events: FBI, DHS
Source: ABC News
May 13, 2024, 2:07 PM
Foreign terrorist organizations may seek to exploit "LGBTQIA+-related events and venues," including events during 2024 Pride month -- celebrated in June, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security warned in a recent public service announcement.
"Organizations like ISIS may seek to exploit increased gatherings associated with the upcoming June 2024 Pride Month," according to the announcement, which the agencies issued last week. The announcement added that the threat is "compounded" by the "current heightened threat environment" in the United States. The threats could come online, in person or in the mail, according to the FBI and DHS.
Last February, ISIS "called for followers to conduct attacks on unidentified soft targets, although the attacks and targets were not specific to LGBTQIA+ venues," the agencies wrote in the public service announcement.
Nearly eight years ago, ISIS applauded the June 12, 2016, shooting at Pulse nightclub -- when a gunman killed 49 and wounded 53 at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/foreign-terrorist-organizations-target-pride-month-events-fbi/story?id=110178875
Link to FBI & DHS PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT - Foreign Terrorist Organizations and their Supporters Likely Heighten Threat Environment during 2024 Pride Month
IronLionZion
(45,780 posts)but we can't call them terrorists for some white reason.
Ontheboundry
(128 posts)Muslim? I can't remember exactly but seems like he was
IronLionZion
(45,780 posts)orange jar
(121 posts)hope the police are ready to protect parade goers from these bigoted fucks. have a feeling that many are probably colluding with these terrorists though
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,619 posts)That's ludicrous.
Welcome to DU.
PSPS
(13,667 posts)Here are a couple of stories about this:
U.S. police trainers with far-right ties are teaching hundreds of cops
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-police-extremism/
Elected Officials, Police Chiefs on Leaked List of Far-Right Extremist Group Members
https://news.wttw.com/2022/09/08/elected-officials-police-chiefs-leaked-list-far-right-extremist-group-members
GP6971
(31,344 posts)Or is it just your "feeling"?
Welcome to DU I guess.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,619 posts)colluded with a foreign terrorist org.?
orange jar
(121 posts)yes, I kind of grouped domestic terrorists in with the foreign ones. sorry for late reply, I have the time limit right now.
was thinking along the lines of this:
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/prevalence-white-supremacists-law-enforcement-demands-drastic-change-2022-05-12/
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/hidden-plain-sight-racism-white-supremacy-and-far-right-militancy-law
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,619 posts)electric_blue68
(15,152 posts)🙄😬😬😬