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Online Chatter about the Election Contains Warning Signs For Violence [1]
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Date: 2024-10-28 21:20:35+00:00
This week, Jeffrey Michael Kelly was arrested for shooting at the DNC office in Tempe, Arizona and charged with terroristic activity among others. He was found to have 120 guns, 250,000 rounds of ammunition, body armor, and a grenade launcher at his house, and law enforcement believed he may have been planning to commit a “mass casualty event.” Kelly also placed several anti-Democratic Party signs lined with razor blades and attached bags with white powder labeled “Biohazard.”
Kelly’s attack continues this year’s onslaught of political violence, including two assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump and arrests made for violent threats against Vice President Kamala Harris. This past weekend, a Texas man was arrested after punching a 69-year-old poll worker who asked him to remove his pro-Turmp merchandise while voting, a longstanding rule to ensure neutrality at polling stations. In another incident that went viral, a woman went on a crude tirade targeting a poll worker who asked her to remove her MAGA shirt. Police in Arizona, Oregon, and Washington are investigating ballot box fires started by incendiary devices. In Vancouver, Washington, hundreds of ballots were burned and 20 were damaged in Phoenix. According to a poll by Axios, Americans are already anticipating violence post-election, with 62 percent believing that violence is either “somewhat” or “very likely.”
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