NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - The president of Connecticut school board found a message written on an envelope delivered to her home with a hateful and racist message, sparking public anger and outrage in response.
Regina Mosley, of New London, posted a photo of an envelope that had been left at her home by a courier that had a racist insult and “Die” scrawled on it, The Day reported on Thursday.
“I didn’t need the reminder that there are racists in my city but thanks for putting me on notice,” she wrote in the post, adding that friends had reminded her to watch out for her safety as an elected official.
Mosely reported the message to the police, the newspaper reported.
Attendees at an Board of Education meeting on Thursday expressed outrage at the racist message and support for Mosely, whom they called a leader in the community, the newspaper reported.
“To those who felt the need to attack the Board President, know this, when you threaten one of us, you threaten all of us,” the school board said in a statement that denounced any attempt to intimidate its members.
Police are investigating who may have written the message and said that they could potential face hate crime charges, the newspaper reported. Mosely, who told the newspaper she is a Black woman with Eastern Pequot ancestry, said she did not have any answer for who might have targeted her specifically but said she has faced racist discrimination throughout her life.
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