On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security warned of domestic violence potential in the months ahead due to “several prominent events.”
This bulletin is issued as the Supreme Court seems poised to repeal women’s abortion rights and less than two years after protestors tried to overturn valid election results, a highly charged midterm election takes place.
According to a Homeland Security statement, “The United States remains under a heightened risk environment, as noted previously in the Bulletin” and “Several recent attacks have highlighted that the dynamic and complex nature the threat environment.”
“We expect the threat environment will become more dynamic in the coming months as several high-profile incidents could be used to justify violence against a variety of targets.”
According to the agency, violent extremists can target places such as public gatherings and faith institutions, schools and religious minorities, government buildings, workers, infrastructure, and anyone considered to be an ideological enemy.
“Threat actors have recently mobilized to violence due to factors such as personal grievances, reactions to current events, and adherence to violent extremist ideologies, including racially or ethnically motivated or anti-government/anti-authority violent extremism,” it explained.
The agency stated that foreign adversaries could include terrorist organizations and sanctioned government troops.
The Tuesday bulletin expires November 30.
According to the agency, recent mass shootings in Buffalo (New York) and Uvalde (Texas) are “key features of the evolving threat landscape.”
