Six US Middle Schoolers Face ‘Hate’ Charges for Alleged ‘Racist Online Chat’
Six middle-school students in Massachusetts face “hate” charges for participating in an online chat thread that allegedly included discussion of a “mock slave auction.”
The students are between the ages of 13 and 14 and are from Southwick (Massachusetts) Regional School, according to WBTS.
The “hate speech and race-based bullying” allegedly occurred on Feb. 8, Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said during a press conference Thursday.
Gulluni added that his office became aware of the alleged racist online discussion on Snapchat and began its investigation a week later.
With the probe concluded, Gulluni said he is pursuing criminal charges against the teens for engaging in the “hateful,
