CHICAGO _ A Naperville Central High School freshman appeared in DuPage County juvenile court Wednesday on charges that he posted a photo of an African American student with the caption "Slave for sale" on Craigslist.
The 14-year-old, who is white, is charged with two counts of committing a hate crime and one count of disorderly conduct. The Chicago Tribune is not naming the youth because he has been charged as a juvenile. He appeared with his parents.
The incident began Thursday in the school lunchroom, Assistant State's Attorney Lee Roupas told Judge Anthony Coco. The youth is alleged to have taken a photo of the student, also a 14-year-old freshman, as they sat at the same lunch table. The youth then posted the photo on the Craigslist site with the "for sale" caption along with other offensive language, Roupas said.
The youth is due back in court in December. The judge ordered that the youth and the alleged victim have no offensive contact while both are at school and no contact outside the classroom. The boy's mother told the judge that she had confiscated her son's phone.
