Multiple HBCUs Receive Campus Threats In One Day | EUROtoday

Multiple Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, say they obtained critical threats on Thursday, a day after right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk was shot lifeless on a university campus in Utah.

The colleges that obtained threats, along with some HBCU campuses appearing out of an abundance of warning, have ceased campus exercise indirectly.

Alabama State University, positioned in Montgomery, mentioned it had obtained “a terroristic threat” directed on the campus and had shut down amenities for the rest of the day, together with lessons, rehearsals and another scheduled occasions. The faculty has police clearing all buildings on campus.

Hampton, Virginia’s Hampton University additionally introduced it had “received notice of a potential threat” and canceled all campus actions for each Thursday and Friday. The college inspired all college students who dwell on campus to “minimize their movement” within the space and requested that everybody stay “vigilant” and report any suspicious exercise.

Virginia State University, positioned in Ettrick, mentioned it’s gone into lockdown “out of an abundance of caution” after receiving a risk, too.

After Clark Atlanta University obtained a risk, a number of Atlanta-area HBCUs additionally enacted lockdowns, together with Morris Brown, Morehouse and Spelman faculties, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, have additionally introduced threats.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) mentioned her “heart aches for the constant trauma” college students face with the specter of gun violence.

“HBCU campuses have been safehavens since their creation,” she posted on social media. “I’m not sure why or how they have become a target today, but it is not ok.”

Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.) referred to as for the federal authorities to “utilize every available resource to identify, apprehend, and prosecute those responsible” for the threats, saying they can’t be minimized.

“HBCUs are pillars of excellence, resilience, and progress,” he mentioned in a press release. “They have nurtured leaders, broken down barriers, and carried forward the torch of justice and equality in America. Any threat against them is a threat against us all.”

The threats come a day after Kirk was shot and killed whereas talking throughout a campus occasion at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.