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Racist violence threat keeps Charlottesville schools closed

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    Diet_Coke
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    Breaking: Charlottesville police arrest teen in connection with racist 4chan threats against high school...

    Breaking: Charlottesville police arrest teen in connection with racist 4chan threats against high school

    https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/nexgkz/charlottesville-police-arrest-teen-in-connection-with-racist-4chan-threats-against-high-school

    3 votes
    1. alyaza
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      oh, fun. glad to see that a) there was another, not related threat going on here too which probably prompted the decision and that b) there's a 4chan connection to the one threatening ethnic...

      oh, fun. glad to see that a) there was another, not related threat going on here too which probably prompted the decision and that b) there's a 4chan connection to the one threatening ethnic cleansing, because of course there fucking is. both of those feel like they should be more shocking... but they're kinda not.

      5 votes
  2. Nivlak
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    It was always going to come to this point. People have been making threats online for years. Only recently have people started actually paying attention.

    It was always going to come to this point. People have been making threats online for years. Only recently have people started actually paying attention.