@? DHS terror threat bulletin re online forums / copycat

[NewOrleans]

I debated putting this in the thread about the Uvalde shooting, but the article is more about profiling these terrorists and the challenges of what’s actually dangerous or determining specific / credible threats.  


The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a terror threat bulletin Tuesday warning that online forums harboring domestic violent extremist content and conspiracy theories have encouraged copycat attacks in the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

Analysts from DHS' Office of Intelligence & Analysis assess that these online platforms have also "seized on the event to attempt to spread disinformation and incite grievances, including claims it was a government-staged event meant to advance gun control measures."


www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/dhs-terror-threat-bulletin-online-forums-copycat-uvalde-attacks/

[formerlyak]

I was wondering if copycat threats were why there has been such a police presence at my kids' schools this week. My second grader said there have been, at times 5-7 uniformed police officers on campus in the past week. Our local police substation actually shares a parking lot with the high school, so there is always a police presence there.