The FBI issued a statement on Friday saying that a string of racist and threatening text messages, originally reported in Black communities after the presidential election, have also been seen in Hispanic and LGBTQ+ communities, including high school students.
The investigation has now expanded to include reports of deportation threats and references to re-education camps. According to the FBI, the messages sent via text and email differ in language, but many contain disturbing references to slavery, such as telling recipients they had been "selected to pick cotton on a plantation."
