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A teenager who attends school in Fairfield was arrested after an alleged racist post circulated on social media, according to police.
Officials said a 16-year-old boy allegedly posted a photo on Snapchat which included a racial slur directed towards a Black male classmate, who was also in the photo. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Fairfield Warde High School administrators and police are investigating the incident and the teen was arrested on charges including ridicule on account of creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race, as well as second degree breach of peace, officials said.
A 16-year-old high school student in Fairfield, Conn., was arrested last week over a racist Snapchat post allegedly directed at another student. School officials and police are still investigating the incident, and the principal of the school has announced the creation of a new organization to address racism and other forms of discrimination amid the incident.
Like the Challenger disaster?: Greenwich schools grapple with inauguration tinged with threat of violence
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GREENWICH At the historic moment that Joseph R. Biden is sworn in as the 46th president on Wednesday, most of the students in the Greenwich Public Schools will not be viewing the inauguration ceremonies live in their classrooms.
Citing the violence in the Jan. 6 attempted insurrection at the Capitol by white supremacists and loyalists of outgoing President Donald J. Trump, Superintendent of Schools Toni Jones has banned the live broadcast of the inauguration at least in prekindergarten through eighth-grade classrooms in the district.