Avery Severson, a sophomore at White Bear Lake High School near St. Paul, was falsely accused of sending the racist direct messages, prompting outrage and a student walkout.
But school officials said that an FBI investigation revealed that the female student who created the hateful messages wanted 'to raise awareness of social and racial injustice' by staging the stunt. They refused to name the true perpetrator.
'I had an escort walk me to and from class. I just felt unsafe in my community. Adults were even posting the screenshots' of the racist messages she was blamed for, Avery said. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9479613/White-Bear-Lake-student-falsely-accused-sending-racist-messages-speaks-out.html
Avery explained that for about a year, she had been attempting to organize a campus chapter of Turning Point USA, the conservative youth group.
School officials told her she needed to gather at least 20 students before she could start the club.
'And the last couple of weeks, we got close to that number and then these rumors online started going around about me, accusing me of sending racist, terrible, hateful messages to a black student at my school with no evidence pointing to me,' Avery said.
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