Second Mizzou Student Arrested For Racist Death Threats

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A second University of Missouri student has been arrested for making death threats toward African-American students. He made the threats online, and seemed fairly forthcoming about it to police. Ana Kasparian (The Point) and John Iadarola (Think Tank), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

“Two men were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of posting social media threats against black students at the University of Missouri, but both were far from the Columbia campus when taken into custody.

Black students were deeply disturbed by the anonymous messages, including one that said, “I’m going to stand my ground tomorrow and shoot every black person I see.”

University of Missouri police said in a Wednesday morning statement that Hunter Park, 19, had posted threats to the anonymous posting service Yik Yak and other social media but was not on or near campus “at the time of the threat.”

Another message on Yik Yak said, “Some of you are alright. Don’t go to campus tomorrow.”

Park, who is white and from Lake St. Louis, was arrested on suspicion of making terrorist threats and was being held on $4,500 bail, according to records from the Boone County jail.”*

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