Schools, government buildings and elected officials’ homes in Springfield were among the targets of the more than 30 hoax threats made last week, forcing evacuations and closures.
By Patrick Aftoora Orsagos and Michael Rubinkam, Associated PressA mural depicting Hattie Moseley, a Springfield Civil Rights activist who was instrumental in battling the segregation of Fulton Elementary School, is painted on the WesBanco building on East Main Street in Springfield, Ohio, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.
“There’s still a high level of fear due to these unfounded threats and hoaxes that have marred our existence really for going on a week now,” said Robert Hill, chief executive office of the Springfield City School District, appearing at a news conference with DeWine. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaks at a press conference at Springfield City Hall alongside Ohio State Highway Patrol Colonel Charles Jones, left, Director of the Department of Public Safety Andy Wilson, second from right, and Springfield City School Superintendent Robert Hill, right, in Springfield, Ohio, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. ADVERTISEMENT
Rue did not mention Trump or Vance by name, but called on national leaders to “temper their words and speak truth.”Vice President Kamala Harris, answering questions at a forum for Black journalists in Philadelphia on Tuesday, said her heart breaks for Springfield. She said the inflammatory rhetoric about Haitian immigrants is “exhausting and it’s harmful and it’s hateful and and grounded in some age-old stuff that we should not have the tolerance for.
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