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A student at Clemson University has been arrested and charged after threatening student protestors on social media, according to campus police.An arrest warrant revealed that Jamie Moore used the social media app Yik Yak to make racial threats on the fifth day of a sit-in protest in front of Sikes Hall on campus.Clemson University police said the first comments were posted to the app on April 17, just after 10 p.m.According to the warrant, Moore posted the following statement, "What time is the lynch mob tomorrow? I got a couple hundred feet of rope."The warrant revealed that Moore later sent another message shortly after 11 p.m. that said, "Let's do to the Clemson protesters what Ohio did to the Kent State students 40 years ago."The warrant indicated that Moore sent another message minutes later that said, "Drive by at Sikes?"Police said the messages were received by a victim who was at Sikes Hall.Police also received screenshots of posts that said, "Slave auction tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. at Sikes Hall. Lots of good protest workers. Get them while they're mad."According to police, Moore admitted to sending the messages. He told officers he "wanted to make people mad and that he was giving them something to talk about."Moore was charged with unlawful use of a telephone.John Gouch, a university spokesman, said Moore is still enrolled at the university. Gouch said these kinds of cases are typically referred to the Office of Community and Ethical Standards for further evaluation.Gouch said social media sites will work with law enforcement agencies that are investigating intimidating or harassing postings. The investigations may lead to criminal charges.The university has no further comment, according to Gouch.A WYFF News 4 crew saw a police officer stationed outside of Sikes Hall Wednesday afternoon as students continued in the eighth day of protest.