SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) _ Police have announced plans to conduct a follow-up
investigation into a racist video that a Springfield high school student posted
on Snapchat.
The Springfield News-Leader reports that a Kickapoo High School student warned
black classmates to stay out of a locker room and talked about lynching in the
profanity-laden video that was posted Thursday. The Springfield NAACP demanded
that it be investigated as a terroristic threat.
Kickapoo Principal Bill Powers told parents he requested that social media
platforms remove the video and disciplined the student, who is a juvenile.
The video comes after at least one student waved a Confederate battle flag last
month while driving through the school’s parking lot on a day focused on raising
awareness about LGBT bullying. Two posters promoting the event also were torn
down.
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