A wave of racist textual content messages summoning Black folks to report for slavery confirmed up on telephones throughout the USA, prompting the scrutiny of the F.B.I.
The N.A.A.C.P. stated that messages had been obtained in 9 states, and attorneys common in at the very least 4 different states reported the identical.
The F.B.I. stated in a press release on Thursday that it was “aware of the offensive and racist text messages” and that it was coordinating with the Justice Division and different federal authorities.
The White Home additionally condemned the racist textual content messages and stated that federal and state officers had been investigating them. Federal and state officers had been making an attempt to find out the origin of the messages, which continued to ship shock waves via the nation on Friday.
“Racism has no place in our country, period,” Robyn Patterson, a White Home spokeswoman, stated in a press release. “We strongly condemn these hateful messages and anyone targeting Americans based on their ethnicity or background.”
The Louisiana lawyer common’s workplace traced the messages to an encrypted digital personal community originating in Poland. However the state’s lawyer common, Liz Murrill, stated in an interview that the community was “masking” the sender, which could possibly be in the USA or “anywhere in the world.”
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