What to know
- Elected lawmakers gathered Tuesday morning in Brooklyn to discuss threatening graffiti calling for the deaths of local politicians.
- This is another incident in a growing list of attacks, both verbal and physical, against lawmakers and their families across the country.
- The graffiti, which reads “killing elected lawmakers,” has raised concern in Bushwick as it comes in the wake of the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband days ago.
NEW YORK – Elected lawmakers gathered Tuesday morning in Brooklyn to discuss threatening graffiti calling for the deaths of local politicians.
This is another incident in a growing list of attacks, both verbal and physical, against lawmakers and their families across the country.
The graffiti, which reads “killing elected lawmakers,” has raised concern in Bushwick as it comes in the wake of the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband days ago.
Graffiti appeared on the facade of a building over the weekend. Additionally, several cars were vandalized on Saturday with windows breaking overnight.
While no one was injured in these incidents, neighbors and community leaders believe the events are a combination of two problems: Local bars and nightclubs allow patrons to get out of hand, a problem that is intertwined with threats from seniors against politicians.
“We need to analyze and evaluate the climate that has been created in this country so that people think they can take actions such as entering Nancy Pelosi’s house to kill her,” said US MP Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) during the press conference on Tuesday. .
State Assembly Representative Maritza Davila (D-Brooklyn), also present at the press conference held in Willoughby Avenue y Via Wyckoff, they shared similar sentiments, while stressing that officials will not live in fear.
“We have to be careful. Yes, we understand that, but we can’t always live in fear. We have to stand up. There is nothing to fear but fear itself. And we have to call it that. This is national, this is rhetoric”, Dávila said.
No arrests have been made while investigations continue.
