SAVANNAH, Ga. ( WSAV ) — The day after Election Day, Black Americans across nearly a dozen states started receiving text messages telling them they had been selected to become a slave.
The racist messages, sent anonymously, raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies
The messages have been reported in several states, including Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Nexstar’s WSAV acquired one of the text messages from a viewer in Savannah, Georgia, informing a 16-year-old that she would “be picked up in a white van with Trump Representative from your area.”
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Karin Freeman said she was at home with her kids on Wednesday when she got a text message from a number she didn’t recognize.