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Racist threats found on Salisbury University's campus

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Racist threats found on Salisbury University's campus
Racist threats found on Salisbury University's campus

Salisbury University is closed on Thursday, February 20 after racist vandalism was found on campus.

TODAY AT SALISBURY UNIVERSITY━ AFTER DISTURBING, RACISTMESSAGES WERE FOUND WRITTEN ONCAMPUS.

WMA━2 NEWS ERINMACPHERSON JOINS US FROM THELIVE DESK WITH HOW THEUNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENT ISRESPONDING THIS MORNING.

ERISALISBURY'S PRESIDENT━CHARLES WIGHT━ SAYS THECAMPUS IS BEING ATTACKED BY ACOWARD.

HE WROTE A PRETTYEXTENSIVE RESPONSE TO THEVANDALISM HERE ON THE SCHOOL'SWEBSITE━ STATING AN ATTACK ONSOME MEMBERS IS AN ATTACK ONALL OF US AND WE ALL NEED TORESPOND.

THERE WERE TWOMESSAGES FOUND WRITTEN ON THESCHOOL'S CAMPUS━ ONE ON ADOOR, ANOTHER ON A WALL.

THEMESSAGES INCLUDED THE ━ WORDAND WERE THREATENING TOAFRICAN AMERICANS.

THEMESSAGES WERE REFERING TOBLACK HISTORY MONTH AS AHANGING MONTH.

SOME STUDENTSWHO DID NOT WANT TO BEIDENTIFIED POSTED THESEPICTURES OF THE VANDALISMONLINE.

THOSE WHO POSTED ONFACEBOOK ABOUT THE IMAGES━WROTE HOW THEY WERE SPEECHLESSAND DISGUSTED SOMEONE WOULD DOTHIS.

THE SALISBURY POLICE ISLOOKING INTO IT AND THE THEFBI HAS BEEN CALLED IN TOINVESTIGATE.

TEH FBI ISALREADY INVESTIGATING OTHERSIMILAR INCIDENTS THAT HAVEHAPPENED ON CAMPUS.

THIS ISTHE THIRD TIME IN THE LAST SIXMONTHS RACIST GRAFFITI WASFOUND AT SALISBURY UNIVERSITY.THE SCHOOLS PRESIDENT ASKEDEVERYONE ON CAMPUS TOCOOPERATE WITH THEINVESTIGATION AND ENDED HISSTATEMENT ASKING EVERYONE TOJOIN TOGETHER TO TAKE BACKS━ERIN HAS THERE BEEN ANYANNOUNCEMENT YET ON WHETHERCLASSES WILL BE BACK INSESSION THERE AT SALISBURYTOMORROW?

CLASSES ARE EXPECTEDTO CONTINUE TOMORROW MORNINGAT 8 ━M..

UPDATES WILL BEPOSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE.

THEPRESIDENT DECIDED TO CLOSETODAY JUST GIVE EVERYONE SOMETIME TO PROCESS WHAT HAPPENEBALTIMORE CITY'S MAYOR S

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