All posts tagged "Political Violence"

A survey of higher education faculty in the South found professors are concerned about the political environment around higher education, with some fearing for their physical safety.

The annual survey from the American Association of University Professors included an open-ended question that allowed faculty to detail the problems they’re facing. Compared with previous years, there was a significant spike in faculty scared not only for their careers but also for their physical safety.

“I teach a subject that is now considered ‘controversial,’” a professor in North Carolina wrote. “As a result, I have had a non-student with a gun enter my classroom to intimidate me. I have received an email death threat from a student.”...

Health and Human Services commissioned a new study that links transgender ideology and left-wing violence, The New York Post reported.

The Trump administration funded researchers and independent collaborators to study a correlation between transgender beliefs and political violence. The new study, which was released on Wednesday, was put together by researchers at Rutgers University, the right-leaning Manhattan Institute, and the Network Contagion Research Institute, according to The New York Post.

Respondents in the study were asked about six potential targets of political violence, including Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, wealthy people's property, and the police, The Post reported. ...

Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to directly answer a question during his Fox News Iowa town hall.

Trump, who has had his ups and downs with the conservative network in the past, appeared on Fox News and was asked about a "warning" he has given about the threat of political violence.

"In recent days, you seem to issue a warning that if they didn't treat you fairly, maybe there would be bedlam in the country," one of the moderators said to Trump before playing video of Joe Biden saying Trump refuses to condemn political violence. Trump was then asked if he would do so....

Thailand's army chief warned Thursday that the military may "use force" if political violence escalates in a six-month crisis which has left 28 people dead and hundreds wounded.

Tens of thousands of troops were to be deployed across Bangladesh Thursday in a bid to contain deadly political violence ahead of elections which are being boycotted by the opposition.