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Suburban school district responds to boy, 13, facing charges for social media posts

nbcchicago.com · 6hShare

A suburban school district shared a statement after two students were targeted on social media by a 13-year-old boy who is now facing felony charges, including hate crime. A boy from Oswego is facing one felony charge of hate crime, one felony charge of disorderly conduct, and one misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct after he allegedly shared racist and threatening messages on social media about two other 13-year-old boys over the weekend, authorities said. The two boys who the posts were about are students at Oswego Community Unit School District 308, according to a statement from Dr. Andalib Khelghati, superintendent of schools for the district. “The lives of the students who were targeted, our broader community, and even the student who made the terrible decision to write, post, and share this content are forever changed,” Khelghati said in the statement. Khelghati condemned the hateful posts in the message and said the incident should serve as a “catalyst for change” — suggesti

First report: 13-year-old boy facing hate crime charge over social media messages: Oswego police — abc7chicago.com, 1d