DALLAS — Increased threats of violence directed at public libraries and their workers across the country must be investigated, leaders of the American Library Association wrote in a letter to the FBI this week.
Multiple bombing or shooting threats in the past two weeks have forced temporary closures of libraries in Fort Worth, Denver, Nashville, Salt Lake City and Hawaii, according to the association’s Sept. 27 letter.
Last week, libraries in Fort Worth were closed after police received what they said at the time was a credible bomb threat at multiple facilities. Other North Texas cities close to Fort Worth also received threatening emails, according to the police department.
