Urine big trouble.
Police in Lawrence Township, N.J., near Trenton, have arrested two teenagers following an alleged bias incident at a football game on Friday.
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The unidentified 17-year-olds β who police say are of βIndian descentβ β face charges of harassment, bias intimidation and lewdness NJ.com reports.
The incident first came to light on social media with a parent reporting that someone urinated on her daughter and used the n-word during the football game.
Krystal Knapp of Planet Princeton reported: βOne student allegedly pulled his penis out and urinated on an eighth-grade girl who is black, according to a parent and statements made to the police.β
βSome students allegedly targeted younger black students ...calling [them] the n-word, taunting them, and screaming that they hate black people,β she wrote.
Oh my.
The racist incident was legitimized when Lawrence Township Mayor Christopher Bobbitt, who has a black wife and children, took to social media on Saturday morning denouncing bigotry.
βAs I have said publicly before, hate has no home in Lawrence Township,β he wrote. βAs someone that has felt its sting, I know that bigotry exists and sadly will continue to exist but that doesnβt mean that I give up. Instead I look to find allies that will help me fight the cancer of bigotry.β
Later that day, police opened an investigation.
βAs a police department, we take these incidents very seriously and we will continue to investigate until all of the facts are uncovered,β the Lawrence Township Police Department said in a statement. βThis type of behavior will not be condoned in our community.β
Trenton city councilman and Rutgers University professor Jerell Blakeley, an outspoken advocate against bigotry, said he was βextremely disturbedβ by the parentβs account on social media.
βMy brother and sister graduated from Lawrence High and I can remember the racial incidents that they had to endure while students there,β Blakeley wrote on Facebook.
Last night, the councilman shared Lawrence Township Policeβs arrest notice on Instagram.
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