OLE MISS STUDENT GETS DEATH THREATS OVER RACIST VIDEO
The family of former University of Mississippi student Alaina Kunes is receiving death threats after she was caught on camera making racist gestures outside an apartment. The threats against the 18-year-old and her family include a voicemail from a woman promising to hang her if she returns to campus.
The caller, who claimed to live in Mississippi and attend the university, left the message for Kunes’s father, Scott Kunes. According to TMZ, the woman said she planned to “take one for the team” to get rid of Alaina.
A spokesperson for Kunes said the family has faced intense harassment and threats of violence throughout the week. Unnamed sources told TMZ the family has received hundreds of texts and emails containing sexually charged remarks and threats to hunt them down.
The harassment follows a viral doorbell-camera video from November 6. The footage showed students making monkey noises and gestures outside the off-campus apartment of three Black students.
Kunes apologized for her actions in a public statement, claiming she did not know the residents or their race before the incident. She then withdrew from the university, which her attorney’s spokesperson confirmed to WREG.
The University of Mississippi is investigating the students’ behavior. University officials said student privacy laws limited what they could disclose about potential discipline, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.
“Alaina hopes that the hate and hostility will cease and that the Ole Miss community can begin to heal and move forward in unity and peace,” her spokesperson said. The representative also noted the family is troubled by fake online fundraising campaigns and the hostility directed at Jakiyra, Victoria and Kaiyden.
Kunes added in her statement that she is grateful to authorities for working to ensure her family’s safety, as reported by FOX6 Milwaukee. Another student involved in the video, identified by TMZ as Lauren Mayfield, has not apologized.
