Fulton schools investigate racist, threatening TikTok posts
Law enforcement authorities are investigating whether a Fulton County student made racially charged and threatening social media posts targeting Black students in other schools.
Fulton County Schools police are investigating posts made on the video-sharing service TikTok, said schools spokesman Brian Noyes. He told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution he couldn’t provide details because it’s a potentially criminal investigation.
Sean Thompson, public information officer for Roswell police, said the department took a report in the case, which originated from Elkins Pointe Middle School, and the GBI and U.S. Department of Homeland Security were involved in the investigation.
In an email to the AJC, GBI Public Affairs Director Nelly Miles said the Georgia Information Sharing Analysis Center at the agency assisted with tip information at the start of the investigation and is no longer involved.
The TikTok posts, at least seven messages sent from one account, name three students the writer says attend another school. One post starts out “My fellow white people” and uses a racial epithet in describing the students. In another post the writer disparages Black people and says he wants to “hang them all" and "burn there (sic) skin.”
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Adrianne Murchison covers local government in north Fulton County for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
