US probes racist text messages referencing slavery sent to Black men, women

Numerous states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee, reported the anonymous messages. Although their terminology differed, they often utilized a similar tone.

Some didn’t specify a place, while others told the addressee to arrive at a certain address “with your belongings” at a specific time. The next presidential administration was brought up by a few of them.

High school and college students were among the receivers, but the sender’s identity and the recipients’ complete list were still unknown.

The Federal Communications Commission stated that it was looking into the texts “alongside federal and state law enforcement,” while the FBI stated that it was in contact with the Justice Department on the messages. The office of the Ohio Attorney General

t urged calm and assured students that the texts likely were from bots or malicious actors with “no real intentions or credibility.”

Missouri NAACP President Nimrod Chapel said Black students who are members of the organization’s Missouri State University chapter received texts citing Trump’s win and calling them out by name as being “selected to pick cotton” next Tuesday. Chapel said police in the southeastern Missouri city of Springfield, home of the university, have been notified.

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