Federal authorities have launched an investigation into a series of racist text messages targeting Black Americans across 10 states. These vile messages, many sent to students, invoke slavery –– a blatant attempt to spread fear. Accountability is needed for this display of HATE! pic.twitter.com/Ey09MJmRL9
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) November 8, 2024
Wait, so it’s a federal crime to send text messages to black people?
What does that even mean?
AP:
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.
The text messages invoking slavery were sent to Black men, women and children, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other law enforcement departments.
The anonymously sent messages were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Tennessee. The FBI said it has communicated with the Justice Department about the messages, and the Federal Communications Commission said it is investigating alongside federal and state law enforcement.
“These messages are unacceptable,” said a statement from FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel. She said the agency takes “this type of targeting very seriously.”
Rosenworcel, huh? I wonder if she’s…
Just kidding. I didn’t wonder.
Good plastic surgery though.
By the way: Wikipedia seems to be culling Jews’ “early life” sections and forcing you to scroll down to the bottom to see if people are Jewish. This needs to be investigated further.
While the texts varied somewhat, they all instructed recipients to “board a bus” that would transport them to a “plantation” to work as slaves, officials said. They said the messages were sent to school-aged children and college students, causing significant distress.
Whoever sent the messages used a VPN to obscure their origin, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said Thursday morning.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said his office is fielding multiple reports of racist text messages being sent to Black residents, including children. Officials said the messages appear to be part of a nationwide campaign targeting Black people in the wake of the election.
“These messages are horrific, unacceptable, and will not be tolerated,” Brown said in a statement.
But what does it mean that they “won’t be tolerated”?
This isn’t illegal. You’re allowed to call black people “nigger” and tell them to go pick cotton.
There is no possible way to construe this as being against the law.
What are we even talking about here?
Probably, the feds are simply looking for some excuse to dox the people who sent the messages. It’s also possible, however, that we will have another Ricky Vaughn situation, where the government will invent some new law against jokes and try to put someone in prison for a funny joke.