IN THE NEWS: Teen Scrawls "KKK" on Sleeping Black Student

Staten Island, NY – A White teen has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly scrawling the letters “KKK” on a Black classmate, who feel asleep in class.

The Black student woke up to find that “KKK” was written on the back on his sweater and on his pants. The White student, 15 years old, says he scrawled the hateful letters as part of a “prank.” He also claims the Black student was awake, when he did it and knew it was a joke. The White student was charged as a juvenile with second-degree aggravated harassment as a hate crime.