The Daily Populous Sunday September 15th, 2024 morning edition
Authored by salon.com and submitted by DeathClawdVanDamn

Two hospitals in Springfield, Ohio went into lockdown on Saturday morning, as bomb threats plagued the town for a third day.

Officials at Kettering Health Springfield and Mercy Health’s Springfield Regional Medical Center placed the two healthcare facilities on lockdown after they became aware of bomb threats made early on Saturday morning, prompting a search of the premises before they could re-open.

Bomb threats shuttered schools and government buildings, including City Hall and DMV offices, on Thursday and Friday, with evacuations and closures disrupting town life.

The threats come amid an onslaught of racist smears against a community of Haitian immigrants in Springfield, promoted by Trump, his running mate JD Vance and other far-right figures. Haitian Americans across the country have warned that the rhetoric is leading to threats of violence against their community, an assertion Trump shook off on Friday.

Representatives for at least one of the hospitals, Kettering, confirmed that they were able to re-open later on Saturday.

The Springfield Police Department issued a statement on Saturday, alerting residents to the continued threats and promising safety as threats against the Haitian community accelerate.

“We recognize that the past few days have been particularly challenging for everyone in our community. Please know that we remain fully committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of each and every person,” the statement read. “We take any and all threats to our community’s safety very seriously and continue to work diligently to address them.”

TripleJess on September 14th, 2024 at 19:36 UTC »

It's hard to wrap my mind about people getting so angry at immigrants making life hard for small town natives that they send threats and shut down the hospitals, making things far worse for people who they felt were getting victimized in the first place.

This is 'shoot the hostage' type action.

sgskyview94 on September 14th, 2024 at 19:17 UTC »

The government better be going after these domestic terrorists!

deviousmajik on September 14th, 2024 at 19:05 UTC »

Why do we hear about bomb and death threats much much more often than we hear about arrests and convictions for making bomb and death threats?

It's 2024, law enforcement should be able to track down and prosecute a significant percentage of these. This is terrorism.