Alisha Brand: Mom-of-3 claims critics threatened to ‘curb stomp’ and ‘murder’ her for speaking against Loudoun school district LGBTQ+ policy
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA: Alisha Brand, a mother-of-three from Virginia, claimed that critics threatened to “curb stomp” and “murder” her for voicing out her concerns against the Loudoun school district’s LGBTQ+ policy. “They targeted me in a Facebook Group [Loudoun Love Warriors], and they said that they wanted to curb stomp me,” Brand told Fox and Friends on Friday, May 12, 2023.
Brand alleged that the threats came as her group Army of Parents made online activists “very angry” by fighting for school safety and parental rights, Fox News reported. Several other parents who went against Loudoun school district’s LGBT+ policy also made similar claims after speaking out at a recent school board meeting.
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Who is Alisha Brand?
Brand is a mother-of-three from Loudoun County, Virginia, and the co-founder of Army of Parents. She described her group as a 501(c) (4) organization that advocates for “excellence in education, school safety and parental rights.” Brand recently made news after claiming that she allegedly received “threats of death” and was threatened to get “curb stomped” for speaking against Loudoun school district’s LGBTQ+ policy.
The mother appeared on Fox and Friends to open up about the alleged threats. She explained that curb stomping is the act of “grabbing somebody by the back of the head, forcing their mouth open, pushing them down to the ground with their face on the cement, their mouth around the curb, and then somebody else stomping on the back of their head.”
She further mentioned that such threats can be considered as a felony offense. “This is murder, it’s a felony, and this is what I was threatened with by these activists who are tied to our political candidates,” Brand said. “These are real threats. These are threats of death,” she added. In addition to seeking apology from the parents and people who have threatened her, Brand also asked for help from Ohio Republican Representative Jim Jordan, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee.
The mother said she is hoping Jordan and his team will investigate the threats. She also expressed her wish to see the House Judiciary Committee enacting legislation to protect parents who speak out in public forums. “This is a First Amendment right,” Brand noted.
‘It shocked me’
Similar to Brand, several other parents also opened up about being threatened for their opinion. One parent said critics even “referred me to the FBI, IRS, and DHS all because they don’t like my opinion,” WJLA-TV reported. They alleged that the critics also threatened to find the parent’s employer and get them fired. “They're probably going to sit back and celebrate the fact that I'm unemployed,” Loudoun parent Scott Mineo told the publication. “I'm having a hard time finding a job. And who knows what's next with the IRS and the FBI? I don't know. But they've done more than just put me out of a job. It's impacting my family, my kids,” he added.
Another parent called Mark Winn claimed he was attacked after saying “[LGBT] behaviors should never have been promoted, taught, or encouraged in the schools that you oversee” at a December 2022 meeting. He alleged that he received messages in the Facebook group that read, “Let's make him unemployable by love or by force” and “Wish I had footage of every person who clapped for him and give them the same ousting that Winn is about to,” the outlet reported. “It shocked me,” Winn shared.
Authorities responded to threat allegations
Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj addressed the situation and issued a statement for the school district. “Violent threats are never acceptable and at times can be criminal,” he said. “I personally condemn all violent language and my office will be investigating whether a crime was committed. Due to the possibility of a criminal investigation, I can not comment further at this time,” Biberaj added.
The Loudoun Love Warriors Facebook group, which has reportedly been taken down, was allegedly associated with Biberaj, County Supervisor Juli Briskman, School Board Chair Ian Serotkin, school board member Brenda Sheridan, school board member Atoosa Reaser, school board member Erika Ogedegbe, school board candidate Anne Donohue, sheriff candidate Craig Buckley, and Chair Phyllis Randall. However, none of them have been accused of making the threats.
Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears also said the group was “nothing but hate.” “From what I'm understanding, if the reports are true, and I don’t react to it as lieutenant governor, I react to it as a normal, sane human being, when you hear what this group is trying to do, they're trying to destroy lives,” she told WJLA-TV. “They're going to make sure you definitely have loss of employment, you will possibly lose your life because they're talking about [disassemble] you, and they're also possibly going to shoot you,” she added.
“Now remember, this is the kind of group that says they're against guns, except I guess when they're the ones with the guns,” Earle-Sears mentioned. “So, folks, we've got to get a grip. We're destroying America from the inside. This is what our enemies do to us. This is not we what we do to ourselves,” she stated.