Update: Kean Graduate Arrested For Making Racist Threats
Update: 12/1/2015 8:50pm
Kayla Sloan-McKelvey, a Kean University graduate, was arrested for making death threats to Black students at the school last month. It was revealed that McKelvey participated in a Nov. 17 rally about racial issues and then she took a break to make threats against students on a campus computer. After writing the tweets, McKelvey joined back up with her fellow activists to rally against the threats on campus.
Kean released a statement on the situation, "As a diverse academic community, we wholeheartedly respect and support activism, however, no cause or issue gives anyone the right to threaten the safety of others. We hope this information will begin to bring a sense of relief and security to the campus community."
Source: CBS New York
For the past couple of weeks, Black students across the country have been subjected to death threats by several racist individuals on social media. Many of them have began protests to point out the issues they face while on their respective campuses, and as one was taking place at Kean University last night, another unidentified suspect made threats to "shoot any Black person" they see at the New Jersey college.
The Twitter account @keanuagainstblk sent out a barrage of tweets threatening to "kill every Black male and female at Kean University." Several students immediately began alerting authorities, who have since released the following statement:
To the Kean University Community:
The safety of our Kean Community is of utmost concern. Last night, during a peaceful rally on campus to raise awareness of racial unrest on college campuses across the country, specific violent threats were made anonymously on Twitter against Kean's black community as well as to the campus at large. Campus police took immediate action to pursue the identity of the individual(s) responsible for the threatening tweets, notifying the Department of Homeland Security, state, county and local municipalities, and providing heightened security on campus. Security will remain at heightened levels today and throughout the rest of the week.
The statement went on to say despite the bomb and death threats, the campus will remain open today. "Although we have taken appropriate precautions to ensure the safety of our community, we respect your right to use your own best judgment in deciding whether or not to come to campus," it reads.
View the threatening tweets and K.U.'s response to the matter in the gallery.
Source: NJ.com
Kayla Sloan-McKelvey, a Kean University graduate, was arrested for making death threats to Black students at the school last month. It was revealed that McKelvey participated in a Nov. 17 rally about racial issues and then she took a break to make threats against students on a campus computer. After writing the tweets, McKelvey joined back up with her fellow activists to rally against the threats on campus.
Kean released a statement on the situation, "As a diverse academic community, we wholeheartedly respect and support activism, however, no cause or issue gives anyone the right to threaten the safety of others. We hope this information will begin to bring a sense of relief and security to the campus community."
Source: CBS New York
For the past couple of weeks, Black students across the country have been subjected to death threats by several racist individuals on social media. Many of them have began protests to point out the issues they face while on their respective campuses, and as one was taking place at Kean University last night, another unidentified suspect made threats to "shoot any Black person" they see at the New Jersey college.
The Twitter account @keanuagainstblk sent out a barrage of tweets threatening to "kill every Black male and female at Kean University." Several students immediately began alerting authorities, who have since released the following statement:
To the Kean University Community:
The safety of our Kean Community is of utmost concern. Last night, during a peaceful rally on campus to raise awareness of racial unrest on college campuses across the country, specific violent threats were made anonymously on Twitter against Kean's black community as well as to the campus at large. Campus police took immediate action to pursue the identity of the individual(s) responsible for the threatening tweets, notifying the Department of Homeland Security, state, county and local municipalities, and providing heightened security on campus. Security will remain at heightened levels today and throughout the rest of the week.
The statement went on to say despite the bomb and death threats, the campus will remain open today. "Although we have taken appropriate precautions to ensure the safety of our community, we respect your right to use your own best judgment in deciding whether or not to come to campus," it reads.
View the threatening tweets and K.U.'s response to the matter in the gallery.
Source: NJ.com
