Texas A&M-Corpus Christi student finds racial slurs tagged in apartment

An African-American female student at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi returned from spring break to find racial slurs scrawled on the walls of her apartment minutes from the college campus. The slurs showed an image of people being hanged with phrases such as "let's hang a (racial slur)" and "Die (racial slur.) Where is your protector? White power," according to Corpus Christi news stations KRIS 6 News and KIII 3 News. less An African-American female student at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi returned from spring break to find racial slurs scrawled on the walls of her apartment minutes from the college campus. The slurs ... more Photo: Screenshot Via Twitter Photo: Screenshot Via Twitter Image 1 of / 54 Caption Close Texas A&M-Corpus Christi student finds racial slurs tagged in apartment 1 / 54 Back to Gallery

A black female student at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi returned from Spring Break to find racial slurs scrawled on the walls of her apartment minutes from the college campus.

The slurs showed an image of people being hanged with phrases such as "let's hang a (racial slur)" and "Die (racial slur.) Where is your protector? White power," according to Corpus Christi news stations KRIS 6 News and KIII 3 News.

A photo shared by Twitter user @johnnyheathcorp shows another that says, "Whites only...where (sic) coming for you."

Corpus Christi Police Chief Floyd Simpson said in a Monday news conference that officers are investigating the case, KRIS 6 reported.

"I think the community ought to be hurt by this. I think that we all ought to take it very seriously," Simpson said.

Simpson suggested that officers already have suspects — who would be charged with burglary, criminal mischief and making terroristic threats, according to KRIS 6.

"Quite frankly, we think we have a bead on some people who may be involved in this. The best thing they can do is come forward, and have a discussion about this, and let us bring this to a logical conclusion," Simpson said.

The female student was relocated to a nearby apartment complex, KRIS 6 reported.

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