In-person classes at the University of California Los Angeles were canceled on Tuesday after a troubling video was posted by a former school lecturer, according to reports.
The video was accompanied by a manifesto by the lecturer and touched on race and a mass shooting, which prompted the university’s philosophy department to cancel its classes out of concern, The Los Angeles Times reported.
The video and manifesto come from a former postdoctoral fellow and lecturer. The Times reported that the lecturer is accused of sending an 800-page manifesto with threats toward people at the school.
The Times reviewed a portion of the email to the philosophy department regarding the email and reported the manifesto referenced race.
The manifesto reportedly read, “da war is comin. forward dis [explitive] to our tha goldhead caucasoid princess.”
The university commented on the situation in a tweet that said the school’s police department is “aware of a concerning email and posting sent to some members of the UCLA community today and actively engaging with out-of-state law enforcement and federal agencies.”
Related
The report from the Times said the video in question was posted on Sunday night and titled “UCLA PHILOSOPHY (MASS SHOOTING).”
In the video, there was footage of the Las Vegas shooting in 2017 and a movie clip that was “loosely based on the Columbine High School mass shooting,” the Times reported.
The school tweeted that law enforcement has confirmed the person who made the threats to the university is under observation and not in California, however, classes will remain remote.
Related
