BREAKING NEWS | Two teens are charged with making threats toward an African American baseball player at Bishop Snyder, according to arrest reports from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
The teens, who News4JAX is not naming because of their age, each face one count of making written threats to kill or do bodily injury — a second-degree felony.that alleged racist comments had surfaced, along with threats on social media, against the only African American student on Bishop Snyder’s baseball team.
There was a discussion in the group about using the N-word and another discussion about threatening to break the African American baseball player’s elbow.The African American baseball player’s family posted images of the chat on social media. The Sheriff’s Office spoke with two other students who were aware of the Snapchat threats, according to the arrest reports obtained Tuesday by News4JAX. They each told police they were unaware of any plan by the two suspects to harm the African American baseball player, the reports show.
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