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Three Maryland middle schoolers are charged with a hate crime for social media threats aimed at Black students
CNN
Three Maryland middle schoolers have been charged as juveniles with a hate crime after threatening Middletown Middle School's Black students, a spokesperson for the Frederick County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) told CNN Thursday.
FCSO deputies and school resource officers responded to the school Wednesday after social media threats posted on Instagram and Snapchat targeting Black students at the school were posted, according to FCSO spokesperson Todd Wivell in an interview with CNN.
According to Wivell, all three of the students who were charged are White, and in addition to the hate crime charge, one of the three was also charged as a juvenile with possession of a firearm by a minor.
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