February 1, 2022 – In Breaking News – USA TODAY
More than a dozen historically Black colleges and universities reported bomb threats Tuesday, marking the second consecutive day of threats at HBCUs nationwide and prompting calls for federal law enforcement to investigate amid campus lockdowns.
David Wilson, president of Morgan State University in Baltimore, which closed its campus Tuesday after a bomb threat was reported, called for the FBI to “aggressively” investigate the threats made to its campus and other HBCUs.
“Our history has been one where we have endured all kinds of challenges and disruptions, but we have always emerged stronger,” Wilson said.
(More than a dozen bomb threats were made to historic Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) over two days. Courtesy of USA TODAY and YouTube. Posted on Feb 2, 2022.)
In a statement to USA TODAY, the FBI said it was investigating.
“The FBI is aware of the series of bomb threats around the country and we are working with our law enforcement partners to address any potential threats,” the statement said. “As always, we would like to remind members of the public that if they observe anything suspicious to report it to law enforcement immediately.”
(Bomb threats have been made against six historically Black colleges and universities across the US. Courtesy of BBC News and YouTube. Posted on Feb 2, 2022.)
White House press secretary Jen Psaki called the bomb threats “disturbing” and said homeland security officials are providing regular updates to Biden and senior staff members.
The administration is working closely with law enforcement to assess the origin of the threats and the motivation behind them.
“We don’t have an assessment of that quite yet,” Psaki said Tuesday, but “we take these threats seriously.”
Psaki said the administration wants students and the leaders of the colleges know “that we are standing with them as they face these threats,” Psaki said.
“It is scary, it is horrifying, it is terrible that these students, these faculty, these institutions are feeling under threat,” she said.
(A nationwide concern is brewing over a number of bomb threats being made at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Courtesy of WJZ and YouTube. Posted on Feb 1, 2022.)
Among the other campuses to report new threats Tuesday were Kentucky State University in Frankfort; Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans; Edward Waters University in Jacksonville, Florida; Fort Valley State University in Georgia; Spelman College, in Atlanta; Coppin State University in Baltimore; Alcorn State University in Lorman, Mississippi; Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, Mississippi; the University of the District of Columbia; Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas; and Jackson State University in Mississippi.
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