Shocking video appears to show large transgender student violently pulling a small girl A video of him emerging from a bathroom stall at a high school in upstate New York, dragging his hair and violently punching him has gone viral, leading to a bomb threat against the school.
Arcadia High School in Greece and a middle school in suburban Rochester were closed for several hours after someone sent an anonymous bomb threat Friday and the video was widely published Thursday, apparently motivated by viewing the video. I evacuated.
“The Greek School District has failed to create a safe learning environment for our students,” the email said in part, and included slurs and profanity. “They not only condone, but encourage mentally ill and depraved behavior.”
Greece Central School District Superintendent Kathleen Graupman said the bomb threat was sent to WROC Channel 8 and then forwarded to the district just after 6 a.m.
Graapman said the threats are: Connected to video taken in February went viral on social media after anti-trans news site redux Published on X Thursday.
“To me, that qualifies as a hate crime,” Grapman said. “I would like to work as closely as possible with the authorities to ensure that those responsible are prosecuted to the fullest extent possible.”
Graapman said the school quickly mobilized in response to the threat. Greek police entered the building and cleared it with the help of trained dogs. According to WHAMTV.
“GPD was able to enter the building,” Grapman said. “They assured us there was no threat and that we could resume classes and get our kids back on campus.”
“That fight was important, very upsetting and disturbing,” Grapman said.
“Our district took swift action on this. It was not an event that went unnoticed or swept under the rug. It was a very specific and sensitively handled event.”
Police have not yet determined who reported the bomb threat.
“I think there was a very deliberate effort to cause harm and damage, and it was taking advantage of students and using children as pawns in that,” Grapman said. said. “And it frustrates me and makes me very upset.”
Graapman did not return calls from The Post Saturday.
