Parents and students protested outside of Fort Osage High School Wednesday morning after a racial threat was posted on social media.
The threat targeted African-American students and brought up how the writer wanted to come to the school and shoot them.
The woman says her daughter is afraid to go to school because of a racist threat posted to Snapchat at Fort Osage HS @41actionnews pic.twitter.com/L4T0MbJm5M
— Ali Hoxie (@ali_hoxie) April 26, 2017
The Fort Osage School District was notified of the threat Tuesday afternoon.
Parents and a spiritual leader organized a demonstration outside Fort Osage High School to call for an end to racism and violence, after frustrations with the district for how they handled the threat.
"It would seem if a threat was made on social media threatening a whole race of children that that was something that would have caused an automated voice message," said Fort Osage High School parent Angelique Hines.
.@41actionnews protesting includes clergy, parents and students at Fort Osage. Yesterday racial remarks were made on Snapchat and today pic.twitter.com/ixfgUhxzfN
— Nick Kastelan (@nickkastelan) April 26, 2017
A group of students walked out of school to participate in the demonstration. Fort Osage High School the students will not be disciplined for walking out of class.
Students locked arms during the demonstration as a sign of unity.
Pastor encouraging kids to speak with media @41actionnews pic.twitter.com/KwBldjOCTR
— Ali Hoxie (@ali_hoxie) April 26, 2017
Fort Osage School District Superintendent Jason Snodgrass said the two students that made the threat have been disciplined, and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department is determining if charges should be filed.
Snodgrass said the students are not currently in school, but did not say if they were suspended.
"I am going to be honest, I feel if it was the other way around, and these kids were black doing it, I think they would have been kicked out of the school," said Denise Pullman, a Pastor at Eternal Life Ministry.
The school district also confirmed that a fight took place at the high school Wednesday morning. Parents of students believe it was racially motivated, but the district said the students involved in the fight have had trouble in the past.
