Before Minnesota shootings, Florida moved to shield public officials’ home addresses

Attack in MN comes amid rising threats against public officials

This weekend’s attack targeting two Minnesota state lawmakers marks a deadly escalation of political violence in the United States and comes during a period of elevated threats against public officials at all levels of government. At the federal level, U.S. Capitol Police have documented a spike in threats against members of Congress, with 2024 seeing the highest number of incidents since 2021. Federal judges have reported an “unprecedented” num…

Before Minnesota shootings, Florida moved to shield public officials’ home addresses

Florida elected officials have received harrowing threats well before the weekend assassination of a Minnesota state representative and her husband, and the shooting of a state senator and his wife. The threats have prompted a move to shield officials' home addresses. Broward senator says there is more than enough reason to shield the information “from these people who are quite frankly lunatics."