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Who is sending racist text messages to Black Americans 3 days after Trump’s victory? FBI investigation continues

Who is sending racist text messages to Black Americans 3 days after Trump’s victory? FBI investigation continues

A disturbing development took place after Donald Trump’s presidential victory. Wave of racist text messages targeting Black Americans It sparked nationwide concern and led to an FBI investigation.

Authorities are telling people to report messages saying people are being attacked. He was “selected” to pick cotton from the “nearest plantation.”

In other messages, a 15-year-old Native American girl received a message instructing her to prepare for a “search and search when entering the flan.”

The messages started circulating on Wednesday morning after the election results were announced. reported in more than a dozen states.

Who sent the messages?

Despite References to Trump were made in some textsHis campaign vehemently denied any connection to these messages. The campaign’s communications consultant, Brian Hughes, called the allegations “complete nonsense” and stated that they would take legal action if they could trace the source of these messages.

Entertainment broadcaster Monet Miller shows a racist and offensive text message she received on her cell phone.

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Entertainment broadcaster Monet Miller shows a racist and offensive text message she received on her cell phone.Alyssa PointerREUTERS

like that It’s unclear who sent the messages, but some are linked to TextNowA company that specializes in retrieving people’s untraceable phone numbers.

“As soon as we became aware, our trust and safety team took swift action and closed the relevant accounts within an hour,” the company said.

“TextNow is proud to be an inclusive service offering free mobile text and data to millions of Americans. “We do not tolerate or condone the use of our service to send abusive or spam messages and will work with authorities to prevent these individuals from doing so in the future.”

The FBI investigation should reveal who is behind the offensive messages.