Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a warning last Friday, expressing concern about a significant increase in threats against public servants in the United States. He highlighted the ongoing struggle against a surge in violent crime in the country.
Attorney General Merrick Garland addressed leaders from various Justice Department law enforcement components in Washington, D.C. The meeting focused on strategies to combat violent crime and prosecute individuals who pose criminal threats to public servants.
The components included the FBI, ATF, DEA, and U.S. Marshals Service. “Violent crime is not just a threat to people’s physical safety; it is a threat to their ability to go about their daily lives freely.
Violent crime isolates people and communities. It deepens the fractures in our public life, and when it is not addressed, it can undermine people’s trust in the government and each other,” Garland said.
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“This department and our state and local partners will not rest until every community in our country is safe from the scourge of violent crime,” he continued. “At the same time that we are seeing an encouraging downward trend in violent crime, we are also witnessing an alarming spike in threats against those who serve the public.”
Attorney General Merrick Garland highlighted the FBI’s indication of a 6% national decrease in homicides between 2021 and 2022. He mentioned that the Major Cities Chiefs Association of Police Executives reported a double-digit decline in murders across 69 major cities through September 2023 compared to the same period in 2020.
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However, “this is not a time to relax our efforts,” he said. “We have so much more to do.” “In May 2021, we launched a violent crime reduction strategy aimed at addressing the spike in violent crime that has occurred during the pandemic,” Garland told reporters.
“Central to that strategy has been the importance of our partnerships, partnerships among federal law enforcement agencies who are assisting the fight against violent crime, partnerships with state and local law enforcement agencies tasked with protecting their local communities, and partnerships with the local communities themselves.”
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Garland said in the final months of last year, the Justice Department “investigated and charged individuals with making violent threats against FBI agents, federal judges. This includes Supreme Court justices, presidential candidates, members of Congress, members of the military, and election workers.
Last week, several bomb threats were made against courthouses across the country. U.S. Marshals Service, FBI, and state and local partners are aggressively investigating those bomb threats, which constitute serious offenses. Also, law enforcement officers arrested and charged an individual with threatening to kill a member of Congress and his children.
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