PHILADELPHIA _ University of Pennsylvania officials said Saturday that a student from the University of Oklahoma has been suspended _ and more people may be involved _ for targeting black freshmen at Penn with racist hate messages in a cellphone text-messaging app under the group name "Nigger Lynching."
Penn President Amy Gutmann said her counterpart at the University of Oklahoma, David Boren, had called her to report the temporary suspension of the student, who was not identified. The suspension came early in an investigation by the FBI and campus police at both universities.
"Penn Police will continue to work with the FBI and University of Oklahoma Police in completing the investigation, as additional individuals may be involved," Gutmann said.
"The University of Oklahoma has made it clear that we will not tolerate racism or hate speech that constitutes a threat to our campus or others," Bpre said. "It would appear this matter did not originate at the University of Oklahoma, but started elsewhere," he said.
Penn's campus was thrown into an upheaval of shock and disgust Friday when the first racist and violent messages began to appear on student cellphones via the app GroupMe, which popular with college students. The messages came from a person or people using the name "Daddy Trump." "Heil Trump" also was written in the messages by the group, calling itself "MudMen."
Officials said the "MudMen" group appeared to be based in Oklahoma.
