Chabot elementary in Oakland received racist and threatening emails, forcing 50 students and staff to vacate the premises
received the threat over email before school started on Tuesday, forcing roughly 50 students and staff members to evacuate, authorities said. Police found no explosives after searching the school using dogs from the bomb detection team.Lisa Ausmus, a captain with the Oakland police, toldThe incident unfolded after the school faced a surge in online harassment over a playdate event organized over the weekend for the school’s Black, brown, and Asian and Pacific Islander families.
“They’re trying to be more welcoming to families of color at the school,” Sam Davis, the district one representative for Oakland unified school district, toldA sign supporting teachers is shown on a fence outside of Chabot elementary school in Oakland, California.But a flier for the event was soon posted on Reddit, KRON4 reported, and the far-right extremist handle Libs of TikTok reposted it on Twitter.
Libs of TikTok has been linked to waves of harassment as well as threats at schools, libraries and hospitals across the US. Earlier this week, a library in Davis, California, received a bomb threat for the third time. The library became a