California Elementary School Receives Bomb Threat With ‘Racial Undertones’ After Libs of TikTok Post
A California elementary school was evacuated Tuesday morning after receiving a bomb threat with “racial undertones,” according to police. The threat, which was emailed to the principal Chabot Elementary School in Oakland, came a day after notorious right-wing Twitter account Libs Of TikTok tweeted about the school holding a playdate for children of color.
The threat was received at 7.30 a.m., Captain Lisa Ausmus of the Oakland Police Department said, according to local outlet the Oaklandside. About 30 children were at school at the time, Cpt. Ausmus said, all of whom were evacuated. Other parents and children were turned away by police while the school was searched.
The bomb threat came only a day after a tweet by Libs Of TikTok, a controversial Twitter account run by far-right activist Chaya Raichik, about a playdate for “Black, Brown or API” students and family organized by the school’s equity and inclusion committee.