Racist Text Messages Raise Alarms and Prompt Investigations in Multiple States, Including California
Tasha Dunham of Lodi, California, said her 16-year-old daughter showed her one of the messages Wednesday evening before her basketball practice.
Authorities investigate disturbing, racist text messages sent across the US: 'Unacceptable'
Federal and local authorities are investigating a host of racist text messages sent to an unknown number of Black recipients across the country.
FBI investigates racist text messages sent to black people across US
The messages tell recipients they have been selected "to pick cotton" or “chosen to be a slave", authorities say.
Racist Text Messages About Slavery Sent to Black People in Several States
Federal and state officials say they are investigating the messages and urge people to report them
Racist Text Messages Raise Alarms in Multiple States and Prompt Investigations
Fisk University, a historically Black university in Nashville, Tennessee, issued a statement calling the messages that targeted some of its students “deeply unsettling.” It urged calm and assured students that the texts likely were from bots or malicious actors with “no real intentions or credibility.”
States work to tackle racist text messages sent to Black people nationwide
Racist text messages were sent to scores of Black people the day after the election telling them they had been “selected” to pick cotton “at the nearest plantation.”
SoCal officials address racist text messages sent to Black students nationwide
Federal authorities are looking into the source of racist mass text messages sent to Black people – including children – across America this week.
Community members call for state of emergency as LAUSD racist text message investigation continues
Community members continue to call for a state of emergency as the Los Angeles Unified School District investigates racist text messages that were sent to some students. KTLA's Omar Lewis reports on Sunday,
Officials condemn racist text messages sent to Black residents in at least 32 states
The texts were received by people in states including Alabama, Texas, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, South ...
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Text service says it shut down accounts allegedly behind racist messages
A text messaging service announced Friday that it ended the accounts of users allegedly connected to racists texts sent ...
Authorities probing bigoted text messages that spread alarm across US
The messages urged recipients in multiple states to report to a plantation to pick cotton, an offensive reference to past ...
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This iOS 18.1 Feature Keeps Me Sane When My Group Text Messages Get Chaotic
Apple Intelligence launched in its first phase with the arrival of iOS 18.1, bringing with it a wave of new features, such as ...
Law enforcement probing racist text messages to Black people that threaten slavery
The anonymous texts — some referring to the recipients by name — seem to have begun just hours after the election was called ...
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Racist text messages referencing slavery raise alarms in multiple states
WASHINGTON — Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by ...
Ex-youth football boss sent sex messages to 'girl'
A former youth football league boss has been sentenced after admitting sending sexually explicit messages to what he believed ...