As it turns out, the alleged perpetrator behind the racial threat that caused Kean University to be on “high alert” two weeks ago created the threat in order to garner support for her anti-racism cause.
Authorities have identified Kayla-Simone McKelvey as the woman behind a Twitter threats threatening to shoot black students.
McKelvey is a Kean alumni, the former president of the school’s Pan-African Student Union, and a black anti-racist activist.
NJ.com reports McKelvey left an anti-racist protest on Nov. 17, walked into a computer lab, made the threat on Twitter, and returned back to the protest citing the threat to rally up support for her anti-racist mission.
As a result of the threat to the campus, black ministers called for Kean University President Dawood Farahi to resign.
Farahi broke the news about the identity of the reported perpetrator to students during a “Conversation on Civility & Acceptance” dialogue. Students can be heard groaning when they discovered the identity of the alleged perpetrator:
Farahi also issued a campus notice stating, “The Kean Community is relieved to learn today from Union County prosecutor Grace Park that the individual who sent the abhorrent tweets two weeks ago has been identified and charged.”
However, “We are saddened to learn that the person allegedly responsible was an active participant in the rally that took place on campus on Tuesday, November 17 and is a former student of Kean.”