When children are being encouraged to view assassination as a legitimate form of resistance, we’ve entered into some very, very dangerous territory.’

‘The blatant encouragement of assassination as a tactic of resistance to oppression is how this image needs to be understood,’ he added.

Images like this, he said, are ‘paving the way to more widespread violence in society,’ adding that ‘there are very, very powerful forces that want to see America break out into some very significant violence.’