Racist mass texts being probed by FBI, FCC, and more after horrifying black residents in multiple states
Several federal and state agencies are investigating how racist mass texts were sent to Black people across the country in the wake of the presidential election this week.
FBI, Justice Department investigating racist mass texts sent following the election
The texts instructed recipients to “board a bus” that would transport them to a “plantation” to work as slaves, officials said.
FBI Investigates Racist Texts Sent Across US After the Election
The FBI said it's investigating racist text messages sent around the country, and all the recipients were Black, according to reports.
FBI, Justice Department investigate racist mass texts targeting Black Americans
Federal and state agencies are investigating racist mass text messages targeting Black Americans across multiple states following the recent presidential election.
Racist text messages referencing slavery prompt investigations by FBI, others
Federal Agencies 'Aware' Of Black Americans Receiving Racist Texts Across The Country
The texts told recipients in varying ways that they were selected for slavery and required to pick cotton at a plantation.
‘Selected to be a slave’: Racist texts sent to Black Americans in multiple states
The day after Election Day, Black Americans across nearly a dozen states started receiving text messages telling them they had been selected to become a slave.
Black people told to 'report as slaves' in wave of racist texts after US election
You have been selected to be a house slave’ – read one of the messages Black Americans received following Donald Trump’s victory in the US elections. A wave of racist texts with references to slave catchers’ and ‘picking cotton’ were sent to people,
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