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Look: White High School Football Player Calls Black Cheerleader of Rival School 'N****r' on Snapchat

Tyler Tackett offered an apology but people are demanding more.
  • A senior at Western High School in Russiaville, Indiana, is under scrutiny after posting a racist photo to Snapchat about a Black cheerleader from a different school

  • As the photo, posted by Tyler Tackett, went viral, Rick Davis, Western's principal took to Twitter to show his disapproval

  • Tackett also posted his own apology to a ghostly Instagram account

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  • However, many are not buying his apology and are demanding the school take swift action against him

  • One Twitter user even posted a retaliation photo that appears to be with the cheerleader targeted in the Snapchat post

    The school has not yet commented on what punishment Tackett will face. 

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