Connecticut student arrested in connection to racist Snapchat post

(CNN)A Black teenager in Fairfield, Connecticut, was the target of a racist Snapchat post allegedly made by a classmate earlier this month, according to the teen’s mother and the Fairfield Police Department.Sixteen-year-old Jamar Medor was sitting in his Fairfield Warde High School homeroom on May 7 when a classmate, who is White, allegedly took a Snapchat picture of Medor from behind, circling Medor and writing, “Why is there a n***er in my homeroom?” along with another line that said, “Why is he not in chains?,” according to Medor’s mother, Judith.Jamar didn’t even know about the Snapchat post until a classmate brought it to his attention, his mother told CNN Thursday. After the post was reported to the Fairfield Warde principal, she said Jamar was called into the principal’s office where he called her.”When I saw the post, I was really in a state of shock,” Judith Medor said. “I didn’t know what to say, I didn’t know where to begin.”The Fairfield Police Department arrested the classmate, according to Joseph T. Corradino, State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of Fairfield. The Hartford Courant reported that the 16-year-old student accused of making the Snapchat post was charged with breach of peace, and…
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