Guess We Can't Just All Get Along!
The names were scrawled on a single tile in a boy's restroom at Malibu High School, all seven of them male African American students. Written next to them was the note, "On April 14th . . . boom."
The vandalism has shaken nerves on the 1,300-student campus, where fewer than three dozen students are black. LA County Sheriff's deputies are now investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.
The tagging was discovered by campus security last week. Principal Mark Kelly recognized the April 14 date as the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination and immediately called authorities, concerned that the message was a threat of violence.
Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said Friday they were investigating the incident as a possible hate crime targeting black students at the school. Details...