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TONIGHT, LOCAL PLACES WILL
BE PLAYING SOME MERLE HAGGARD.
OTHER NEWS FOR YOU NOW.
IN MODESTO STUDENT SAYS THAT A
CLASSMATE MADE A VIOLENT THREAT
AGAINST HIM AND POSTED IT ON
SNAPCHAT WORK AND HE ALERTED
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, THEY DID
NOTHING ABOUT IT.
MARTINEZ IS LIVE AT CENTRAL
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL WHERE
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HATE
CRIME INVESTIGATION.
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Reporter: THE ATTORNEY FOR
THE STUDENT SAYS HIS CLIENT
KNEW THE BOY IN THE VIDEO BUT
OTHERWISE, NO OTHER
INTERACTION.
THERE IS ALSO A SECOND BOY
HEARD OFF-CAMERA THAT SAYS THE
VICTIM'S NAME.
TODAY, THE SCHOOL HAS DONE
NOTHING TO ENSURE HIS SAFETY.
Reporter: THE VIDEO WAS NOT
MEANT TO LAST THIS LONG FOR
VIEWERS.
IT WAS POSTED ON A SOCIAL MEDIA
APP, SOUTH -- SNAPCHAT.
BUT AN AFRICAN AMERICAN SENIOR
AT CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
BUT THIS BOY AS A FELLOW
STUDENT AND SAID SOMEONE OFF-
CAMERA SET HIS NAME HE KNEW TO
SAVE THE VIDEO.
THE VICTIM'S ATTORNEY, CHUCK
WILLIAMS, SAYS IT'S A THREAT
AND A HATE CRIME.
THIS IS AN ISSUE OF SAFETY,
RESPONSIBILITY.
Reporter: THE SENIOR STUDENT
AND HIS MOTHER SHOWED THE VIDEO
TO THE DEAN TWO WEEKS AGO THAT
SAID THE SCHOOL DID NOTHING
ABOUT IT.
HE SAYS MOM, HE IS IN MY
CLASS.
OKAY?
IN MOMENTS LIKE, WHAT DO YOU
MEAN, HE IS IN YOUR CLASS?
AND HE SAID MOM, HE IS AN
OFFICE ASSISTANT IN DELIVERING
A MESSAGE FROM AN OFFICE AND HE
IS IN THERE. THE VIDEO I HAVE
SEEN, INTERESTING.
Reporter: TODAY, THE
SCHOOL'S PRESIDENT SAYS THE
SCHOOL IS INVESTIGATING AND
WORKING WITH MODESTO POLICE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS SECOND-GUESS
YOURSELF ON IMMEDIATE
SITUATION.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE ABSOLUTELY
WANT OUR STUDENTS TO FEEL SAFE.
WE WILL RESPOND AGGRESSIVELY.
Reporter: BUT WILLIAMS SAID
THE SCHOOL SHOULD'VE CONTACTED
THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY AND NOT
TAKING ANY CHANCES WITH THE
STUDENTS LIFE.
IN LIGHT OF THE SITUATIONS
AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH GUN
VIOLENCE INACTIVE TERRORISM,
WITH PEOPLE AT SCHOOL DOING
MASS SHOOTINGS, I DON'T THINK
WE SHOULD TAKE THESE ISSUES
LIGHTLY.
Reporter: THE CENTRAL
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL DECLINED
TO REVEAL IF THE STUDENT IN THE
HIGH SCHOOL -- IN THE VIDEO