Itβs the Tuesday after a long weekend, and some idiots apparently decided to use their time to hang a black doll by a noose from a building at Wakefield High School in Raleigh, N.C., next to a sign that read βMake Wakefield TRIPP again #smartlunch.β
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According to ABC 11, the schoolβs principal confirmed that someone hung the dollβwhich also had a bottle of alcohol in its handβby its neck from the school building overnight or early Tuesday, adding that the school was working with the Wake County Public School System to investigate the incident.
The doll was quickly removed, but several students and staff members saw it, and a photo started circulating on social media.
βLet me be clear: This was an offensive act that has no place in our school. The imagery is deeply offensive and everyone in our school community should be appalled,β Principal Malik Bazzell told the news station.
According to the report, the schoolβs stadium and baseball field were also vandalized.
βVandalism is a crime and we will seek criminal charges,β Bazzell continued in a message on the schoolβs website.
According to the news station, students said that the sign was a reference to bringing back their former principal, who is white, although Bazzell has been leading the school since 2015.
Read more at ABC 11.
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