Women's March Madness team faced racial threats

Investigators are searching for those responsible for making racial threats against members of the Utah women's basketball team. NBC News' Dana Griffin reports.
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#WomensBasketball #MarchMadness #Utah

[@OverflowRadio1]

1:07 the FBI building is named after J Edgar Hoover? The Irony of this is insane.

[@garydare2238]

This round should NEVER have been scheduled in a small metro unable to accommodate all teams!

[@samuraisaxon6800]

Why give vehicle description but not physical suspect description? The media is odd with criminals

[@micclay]

There is no description of the trucks orher than their colors, which the 911 caller descibed as being white, black, and souped up.

[@samuraisaxon6800]

@micclay It’s amazing how verbal words make the news but violent racist attacks don’t 🤔🙄

[@thecoach11]

Protection for the complexion I will say it

[@robertmarley8852]

I used to live in Washington state as a sailor ......hate is real.

[@BethClark-ik7oy]

It may not be what the one resident wants, but it is all about what N. Idaho and Spokane area are all about. And proud of it.

[@micclay]

Are we expected to believe this?

[@suzanne9150]

Are you saying the cops are lying?

[@fnln3011]

I mean, it's mormon country. There's still people there that believe that PoC are lamenites cursed by god with dark skin.

[@micclay]

​@@suzanne9150yes

[@manny.3248]

​@@micclayIt's funny how people are always supposedly lying when data and videos don't back that up.

[@micclay]

@@manny.3248 plese watch the body cam footage of the chaperone who's statement this entire story is based on. Decide for yourself if he's credible. Its on the site that's owned by the same guy that owns an electric car company.

[@rodster811]

Receipts?

[@gytcymbalz]

That’s skinhead headquarters nearby

[@lbjordan5082]

So sad!😢😢😢😢😢😢 Shouldn’t have happened! 🤢😡🤬

[@micclay]

It didn't.

[@blackphoenix123]

Racism towards men, whatever but these young women shouldn’t have to deal with this

[@LawandOrder-fi5xk]

Who wants to bet that they are trying to pull a Jussie Smollett.

[@sharoncarrington1474]

Ok NCAA, no more games there or don’t stay in a Sundown town for crying out loud! Do you homework and don’t put Anyone at risk!

[@micclay]

They should be arrested for false information. This farcical tale would be hilarious if not for the wasted resources.

[@manny.3248]

How come everything is farcical? Was the Buffalo supermarket and Jacksonville Dollar General General incidents farcical? Or how about the one incident in Rankin County Mississippi where 6 officers were sentenced from 17 1/2 to 40 years after doing what they did just because 2 ⚫️ people were staying with a ⚪️ woman? Just because Jussie Smollet faked his incident, it doesn't mean that is always the case because most of the time, the incidents being reported are credible.

[@robertmarley8852]

You will not replace us 👀

[@brucegelman5582]

Thats Trumpland for ya!

[@medmuscle]

uh huh. And game developers/consultation groups are sending out threats too, but you don't say anything about that because the colors don't match up the way you want them to. No one is fooled.

[@pinkchaos.]

Imagine claiming to dislike a certain type or person, but spending hours of your day thinking about them, and them controlling you 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@melanatedone4894]

No place for Hate in America .

[@thecoach11]

Amerikkka what’s new

[@sanchezrubwe1151]

I wish such reactions against racism were also done in Spain. My boy Vinicius Jr is suffering

[@gosportsbetnet]

Most racist state I've ever been to is Idaho, second is Utah

[@medmuscle]

Many people don't know what "racism" means, making most claims suspect to begin with. It's falsely applied constantly.

[@rodster811]

😂😂😂... Oh you're serious