Six eighth grade students in Massachusetts were charged Thursday with threats to commit a crime after their social media conversation came to light and was deemed racist by local authorities.
A chat on Snapchat involving the Southwick Regional School students turned “hateful” and “racist online” on Feb. 8, according to the Hampden District Attorney’s Office. The six involved began a conversation targeted against two others that involved threats, racial slurs, derogatory images and videos, and a reference to a mock slave auction.
The next day, the chat was brought to the attention of school authorities, who suspended the involved students the following Monday, Feb. 12. Additional students were suspended later that week, with two receiving a 25-day suspension and one student receiving a 45-day suspension.
Since the involved students are underage, details about their identities have been
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