The Jewish Community Center of Metro Detroit in West Bloomfield is among more than 20 such U.S. sites receiving bomb threats Wednesday. In all, there have been dozens of similar threats this month.
The center on West Maple Road was evacuated in the morning and police found no bomb, reports Josh Landon of Fox 2.
Andy Campbell of Huffington Post reports on the threats around the nation:
The centers reported at least three kinds of calls ― those that include human voices, those that include disguised voices, and robocalls ― said Elise Jarvis, director of law enforcement outreach for the Anti-Defamation League. She confirmed that federal authorities have been briefed on the threats, but said they aren’t credible.
“Typically, these kinds of threats are a tactic used to scare the community, to disrupt operations and terrify,” Jarvis told HuffPost. “It is an intense climate right now, between a spike in hate incidents post-election and a series of bomb threats targeting the Jewish community over the past couple weeks. ... These threats are not credible, but it’s important to take each one seriously.”
