Police in Charlottesville, Va., say they have arrested a 17-year-old male in connection with a threat that « contained vile, racially charged language
Police in Charlottesville, Va., say they have arrested a 17-year-old male in connection with a threat that « contained vile, racially charged language targeted African-American and Hispanic students » at an area high school.
At a news conference on Friday, police Chief RaShall Brackney said the suspect was believed to have made « threats to commit serious bodily harm to persons on school property » and to have carried out « harassment by computer. »
School Superintendent Dr. Rosa Atkins confirmed that the person charged was not a student at the school in question, Charlottesville High School.
« Hate…violence…intolerance is not welcomed in Charlottesville, » Brackney said.
« And in Charlottesville and around the globe we stand firmly in stating there are not ‘very fine people’ standing on both sides of this issue, » she added, in an apparent reference to remarks made by President Trump in the wake of violence sparked by a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville in August 2017.
