Students Wear Confederate Flag, Tweet Racial Slurs: Report

SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA — Extra school resource officers were brought into Riverbend High School Thursday after social media posts depicted students wearing clothing bearing the Confederate flag and using racial slurs to describe fellow students, according to reports.

In a statement provided to the Free Lance-Star, Spotsylvania school officials said they were aware of “recent social media posts involving students making inappropriate gestures and derogatory statements while wearing clothing that depicted the Confederate flag.”

As the school celebrates spirit week before Homecoming, the students were allegedly dressed in a "country" theme, some posts said. The posts in question were shared on Twitter and included photos of students dressed in camouflage, the Confederate flag and screenshots of conversations in which other students were called the N-word.

School officials said no physical violence was reported as a result of the posts.