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Violent Threats Against US Judges Are Skyrocketing Online. Threatening social media posts targeting US judges have increased by more than 300 percent since last year, a new report shows.
Threatening social media posts targeting US judges have increased by more than 300 percent since last year, a new report shows.
Violent threats and calls for impeachment on social media platforms against US judges have skyrocketed by 327 percent since last year, according to new research from the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE). “Trump and other extreme influencers’ threatening and mean-spirited posts and public comments has moved the once unthinkable to commonplace, online, in our communities, and in our political discourse, without thought to the very real dangers of regularly demonizing those that oppose you.” “I think it’s broadly a reflection of how some of those that occupy the highest political positions in the country are comfortable with openly threatening judges, giving ordinary social media users a chance to pass on the message.”
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