Some of the recipients said they were told to join a reeducation camp or were selected for deportation, according to the FBI.
Nathaniel Smith was having dinner with his 24-year-old niece when her phone buzzed with a text message.“She said, ‘Look what I got,’ and showed it to me,” said Smith, the founder and CEO of the Partnership for Southern Equity, an Atlanta nonprofit.
The text messages have since continued, according to the FBI. The agency said Friday that the recipients have expanded to include high school students, as well as Latino and LGBTQ+ communities. Some of these recipients said they were told to join a reeducation camp or were selected for deportation, according to the Friday news release.
NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said the alarming text messages are the result of “electing a president who, historically has embraced and at times encouraged hate.
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