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A Michigan school district has opened an investigation after a middle school student allegedly made racist threats against his Black peers, per ABC7.
According to parents and students at Marysville Middle School, the student threatened to have his “KKK family members hang and kill" all of his Black classmates while using racial slurs. Parents said the student also specifically listed his targets by name.
"It was very scary. I was in tears like do I send him to school," parent Holly Szymanski said. "We talked about pulling him out and doing online schooling, going to a different school district. It’s not fair though. It’s where his friends are. He’s always been in Marysville."
Shortly after the threats were made, a parent of the student in question allegedly showed up at the school armed with a gun.
"I’m tired of my son coming home or getting in my car after school upset because of something that’s out of his control as simple as skin color, for the way he looks, his hair, for the way he dresses, the music he listens to. They’re not seeing the good kid, the good student, the kid who never gets in trouble," Szymanski said.
Syzmanski said her son has been called the N-word by white students almost every day for the past two years. She claimed no disciplinary action has been taken against students who engaged in racist behavior.
Another student said she was suspended for 10 days after getting into a physical altercation with a student that threatened her.
“I don’t feel safe. School's a place where I should be learning, not fearing for my safety,” the student said. ”I wake up. I dread going to school because of it. Middle school is already hard enough. This just makes it 100 times harder.”
In a statement, Superintendent Shawn Wightman said the district has launched an investigation into the situation. Local law enforcement is also looking into the claim that a parent showed up to the school armed.
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