The main message of the protesters was that they want to see accountability. NAUGATUCK, Conn. — Naugatuck High School students marched from the school to the town green Wednesday afternoon, in response to racist Snapchat messages that surfaced last week. The messages were allegedly sent by police chief Steven Hunt and associate principal at Naugatuck High School Johnna Hunt’s daughter. The messages referenced police shootings against Black people. “The hurt I felt seeing those messages, seeing them broadcast. Minutes later they were on everybody’s Snapchat stories,” said Atlanta Atkinson, a junior at Naugatuck High School. The messages were sent two years ago. The parents say it was when their daughter was 13. However, people at the protest said to them, it did not take away from the gravity of the words that were shared. “When I was 13, I heard things like that said to me. When I was 13 I felt the impact of those words. It doesn’t matter if it was two years ago it doesn’t matter if she was 13 when I was 8 people were saying racially insensitive comments to me,” said Atkinson. “I had to explain to my six and seven-year old kids what racism…
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Naugatuck High School students lead protest in response to racist Snapchat messages
