It was a rough night on the campus of the University of Missouri, thanks in large part to Student Body President Payton Head. Head posted on Facebook earlier in the night that the KKK was confirmed on campus and that he was working with “the MUPD, the state trooper and the National Guard.” Here’s a screenshot:
Facebook from Payton Head (@MSAPresident): pic.twitter.com/GcYsd3Klb6
— Alec Lewis (@alec_lewis) November 11, 2015
The only problem with that terrifying statement is it wasn’t true and Head was forced to delete the post and apologize:
Mizzou student body president Payton Head deleted his Facebook post about the KKK being confirmed on campus
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) November 11, 2015
Student body president apologizes for spreading the ‘KKK at Mizzou' rumor pic.twitter.com/A55Ap713o6
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) November 11, 2015
Head then directed students to follow @MUalert — “The online emergency information center for the University of Missouri” — as the “ONLY account with confirmed information”:
.@MUalert is the ONLY account with confirmed information. Please do not share or engage with any rumors. https://t.co/c8zsJWO3o4
— Jennifer Sutterer (@MSAPresident) November 11, 2015
Head later posted that he took “complete blame and fault” for his “actions”:
@_conorlm @kaelnd @MUalert Absolutely. I take complete blame and fault for my actions.
— Jennifer Sutterer (@MSAPresident) November 11, 2015
However, looking at timestamps, @MUalert posted that there was “no immediate threat” 19 minutes before Head’s notice to students:
There is no immediate threat to campus. Please do not spread rumors and follow @MUAlert at https://t.co/6BXzIBsDxU for updates.
— MU Alert (@MUalert) November 11, 2015
The university begged students to stop spreading rumors, too:
In an actual emergency, @MUalert and alert systems would be activated immediately. Please don't spread rumors. https://t.co/2jecKKMTX2
— Mizzou (@Mizzou) November 11, 2015
But the damage was already done.
The hashtag #PrayForMizzzou was trending all night and is still the No. 1 trending national story this morning, thanks to all of the false information that was reported earlier in the night:
Seriously the #SJW #PrayForMizzou people are reporting gunshots, crime and a giant KKK meeting on campus. But zero pics or vids.
— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) November 11, 2015
The progressive left will not be happy until one of their hoaxes claims some lives. #PrayForMizzou #ConcernedStudent1950 @TheDemocrats
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) November 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/KEEMSTARx/status/664386073729085440
And as of this morning, everything seems calm:
https://twitter.com/RyannKRCG13/status/664403041316044800
So … did anything really happen on campus last night?
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