Outrage over social media challenge mocking death of George Floyd

People are outraged after seeing photos and videos circulating on social media mocking the death of George Floyd.

In these posts, people are seen smiling and kneeling on the necks of their friends.

The caption on the posts calls it the "George Floyd Challenge."

"If we were still living withinthe schooldistrict, we would seriously bethinking about moving out of theschool district."THOSE GRADUATES OFLIBERTY HIGH SCHOOLSHOW DISAPPOINTMENTWITH THE WAY THEDISTRICT HANDLED ANINAPPROPRIATE SOCIALMEDIA POST BY ASTUDENT.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER MCKENZIENELSON EXPLAINS THETROUBLING NEW"CHALLENGE" NATIONWIDEIN THE WAKE OF GEORGEFLOYD'S DEATH.MCKENZIE NELSON - REPORTINGPEOPLE ARE OUTRAGEDAFTER SEEING PHOTOSAND VIDEOS CIRCULATINGON SOCIAL MEDIAMOCKING THE DEATH OFGEORGE FLOYD.KEVIN ROTERT - LIBERTY HIGHSCHOOL GRADUATE"Seeing these on social mediais just super disrespectful forone and two, a lot of peoplejust kind of missed the point ofwhy people are protesting tobegin with."IN THESES POSTS -PEOPLE ARE SEEN SMILINGAND KNEELING ON THENECKS OF THIER FRIENDS.THE CAPTION BEING USED- CALLS IT THE GEORGEFLOYD CHALLENGE.RACHEL ROTERT - LIBERTY HIGHSCHOOL GRADUATE"It's just really sickening anditwas really triggering, it seemlike, I mean it was triggeringalready as parents of a blacchild to just be reminded overand over again this week thatin 10 years or so, he might nobe safe."POSTS LIKE THESE HAVEBEEN SEEN AROUND THECOUNTRY - AND NOW INTHE METRO.A SPOKESPERSON FORTHE LIBERTY SCHOOLDISTRICT SAID A HIGHSCHOOL STUDENT WASINVOLVED IN CREATING ANINAPPROPRIATE ANDINSENSITIVE SOCIAL MEDIAPOST.IN A LETTER SENT TOFAMILIES - LIBERTY HIGHSCHOOL PRINCIPAL APRILADAMS SAID THE ISSUE ISBEING HANDLED BYDISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.KEVIN ROTERT"I definitely think that theyswept it under the rug in theirresponse and the fact thatthey didn't address whatexactly the posts were andobviously you don't want tre-trigger trauma withinpeople, but at the same time,they should be more direct intheir response as far as whathappened and what's beingdone about it."IN A STATEMENT, THESUPERINTENDENT OFSCHOOLS SAID ANINVESTIGATION WILL BECONDUCTED TODETERMINE IF SCHOOLPOLICY WAS VIOLATED ANDAPPROPRIATEDISCIPLINARY ACTIONSWOULD BE TAKEN.PARENTS AND GRADUATESOF LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOLSAY THE DISTRICT NEEDSTO BE MORETRANSPARENT.KEVIN ROTERT"Without giving specific actionsteps that they're going to betaking and just offering avague explanation of what'sbeen done and what occurred,and very minimal of that, thatdoesn't address the culturalissue within the schooldistrict."KEVIN AND RACHELROTERT - BOTHGRADUATES OF LIBERTYHIGH SAY IF THEY STILLLIVED IN THE DISTRICT -THEY WOULD MOVE FROMIT.RACHEL ROTERT"If their parents had beentalking to them, if the schoolhad been talking to thabout why this sort of thingwould never be acceptable, Ifeel like it wouldn't havehappened."MCKENZIE NELSON -REPORTINGIN THE LETTER THESUPERINTENDENT SENT TOFAMILIES - HE PROVIDEDLINKS TO RESOURCES TOHELP FAMILIES TALKABOUT INJUSTICES ANDRACISM IN SOCIETY TODAY.MCKENZIE NELSON, 41