A 4chan user reportedly threatened to carry out an 'ethnic cleansing' at Charlottesville High School in Virginia.
A mural of Heather Heyer who was killed when a white supremacist plowed his car into a group of peaceful protesters in 2017 in Charlottesville.
The Charlottesville Police Department on Wednesday received an email from a concerned citizen about a possible threat made against Charlottesville High School. The racist threat was targeted at specific ethnic groups at the school, police All city schools were closed for two days as a precautionary measure, keeping more than 4,300 students out of classrooms.
"We would like to acknowledge and condemn the fact that this threat was racially charged. We do not tolerate hate or racism," Atkins said.
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