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University of Missouri President Resigns As Protests Grow over Racism

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Just one day after the resignation of University Of Missouri President Tim Wolfe, Black students were sharing frightening accounts of hate groups threatening to shoot them, chanting racial epithets and terrorizing them on campus.

On Tuesday night, the campus’ Black Culture Center was briefly placed on lockdown after a threat was phoned in during a meeting of the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus.

At the same time, terrified students took to social media to share their accounts of men circling their cars in pickup trucks without license plates, screaming “White Power” and declaring they’ve had enough of the protests.

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One student shared her terrifying encounter on her Twitter page, writing of how she was shaking from fear after being surrounded in Speaker’s Circle on campus.

She Tweeted:

If you are black and on campus GO HOME there is a racist meeting in speaker circle they are threatening us saying don’t come tmmrw

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Meanwhile, on the app YikYak, where users have been posting racist messages since the president’s resignation Monday, the posts took a sinister turn. Multiple users posted threats to the safety of Black students, declaring they would “shoot every Black person” they saw.

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Payton Head, the student body president, initially tweeted that there were confirmed sightings of the KKK on campus, but later retracted his statement and apologized.

Many of the students expressed fear and outrage at members of the faculty and staff who refused to cancel classes or exams, despite the threats.

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The university’s Twitter page said that authorities were investigating the incident, but, in spite of the numerous reports from multiple sources, told students there was “no real threat.”

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This is a developing story. We will keep you updated with the latest information as we receive it.

MORE ON THE MIZZOU PROTESTS:

White Students Air Petty & Out Of Touch Complaints Over Mizzou Protests On Yik Yak

University Of Missouri President Resigns Amid Student Protests

Crisis At #Mizzou: Black Students Fear For Their Lives As Hate Groups Reportedly Terrorize Campus  was originally published on hellobeautiful.com