‘We should never allow this to become normal’: School leaders tell of armed guards and threats
We have security everywhere – it’s a secure environment. How this magnificent house of worship had its doors wide open, and people from all walks of life were able to just walk off the street with a knapsack on their back and come inside and pray and feel like nothing would go wrong,” Wolff said.“Would that ever be a possibility [at my synagogue]? Where there would be no armed guards, no bollards, no ongoing security screenings for every single person to be able to walk through?”Wolff said the threat began with words, and ended with violence.
- ▪We have security everywhere – it’s a secure environment.
- ▪How this magnificent house of worship had its doors wide open, and people from all walks of life were able to just walk off the street with a knapsack on their back and come inside and pray and feel like nothing would go wrong,” Wolff said.
- ▪Where there would be no armed guards, no bollards, no ongoing security screenings for every single person to be able to walk through?”Wolff said the threat began with words, and ended with violence.
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