{"id":2366180,"date":"2024-11-08T13:50:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T18:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-investigating-threatening-racist-messages-sent-to-cellphones-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T13:53:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T18:53:12","slug":"authorities-investigating-threatening-racist-messages-sent-to-cellphones-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-investigating-threatening-racist-messages-sent-to-cellphones-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities investigating threatening racist messages sent to cellphones &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fauthorities-investigating-threatening-racist-messages-sent-to-cellphones-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2366180&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Authorities in\u200b several U.S. cities are investigating a series of threatening and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-school-board-members-resign-after-racist-text-messages-emerge\/\" title=\"Boston School Board Members Resign After Racist Text Messages Emerge\">racist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-staff-told-us-he-misspoke-joe-biden-confuses-his-agenda-in-60-minutes-interview-so-his-staff-steps-in-to-correct-the-record-video\/\" title=\"&quot;Biden&#039;s Staff Told Us He Misspoke&quot; - Joe Biden Confuses His Agenda in 60 Minutes Interview so His Staff Steps in to Correct the Record (VIDEO)\">text messages<\/a><\/a> sent \u2062to individuals, urging them to\u200d &#8220;pick cotton&#8221; at \u2063&#8221;plantations.&#8221; This\u2062 investigation has been initiated by state attorneys general, including \u2063Letitia James of New York and Liz\u2062 Murrill of Louisiana, in\u2063 light of these messages surfacing following\u200d the recent election of President-elect Donald Trump. One alarming\u2064 message suggests the recipient prepare for forced labor, detailing a scenario involving \u2062\u201cexecutive slave \u2064catchers\u201d \u2064and instructions to be ready for pickup. NAACP CEO Derrick Johnson has criticized the situation, linking the emergence of such hate-filled\u2063 messages to Trump&#8217;s election and the increase in hate rhetoric associated\u200d with it.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Authorities investigating threatening racist messages sent to cellphones<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1876437\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Authorities across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">country<\/a> are investigating racist text messages sent to cellphones in multiple cities prompting owners to &ldquo;pick cotton&rdquo; at &ldquo;plantations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>State attorneys general, such as New York&rsquo;s Letitia James and Louisiana&rsquo;s Liz Murrill, directed state agencies to investigate the origins of the texts, which occured after President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s win Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>One of the texts,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/07\/us\/racist-text-messages-post-election\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> shown<\/a> by CNN, says, &ldquo;Greetings Talaya J, You have been to pick cotton at the nearest plantation starting 11\/07\/2024. Please Be ready at 8am SHARP! with your belongings. Our executive slave catchers pick you up in a brown van, be prepared to be searched once you&rsquo;ve entered the plantation. You are in Plantation group 7.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>NAACP CEO Derrick Johnson has blamed the texts on the election of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The unfortunate reality of electing a president who, historically, has embraced and at times encouraged hate, is unfolding before our eyes,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/naacp.org\/articles\/naacp-president-condemns-racist-text-messages-sent-black-americans-across-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Johnson<\/a>&nbsp;said. &ldquo;These messages represent an alarming increase in vile and abhorrent rhetoric from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-department-proposal-would-flood-public-schools-with-woke-curricula\/\" title=\"Education Department Proposal Would Flood Public Schools With Woke Curricula\">racist groups<\/a> across the country, who now feel emboldened to spread hate and stoke the flames of fear that many of us are feeling after Tuesday&rsquo;s election results.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told CNN the &ldquo;campaign has absolutely nothing to do with these text messages.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The FBI is also investigating the texts, saying in a statement that they are &ldquo;aware of the offensive and racist text messages sent to individuals around the country and is in contact with the Justice Department and other federal authorities on the matter.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>James said the texts appear to be targeting people of color. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I unequivocally condemn any attempt to intimidate or threaten New Yorkers and their families,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>There have been reports of students receiving the messages in Maryland schools and a photographer in Virginia also received them. 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