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Aurora, Nebraska – Aurora Public Schools (APS) has referred three students—at least two of them White—to the police over a social media post featuring a swastika flag. Still not satisfied, district officials say they’re continuing to search for additional “accomplices.”
On April 3, APS administrators became aware of a social media photo showing two White students holding a swastika flag in what was later identified as an Aurora High School locker room.
The image triggered outrage from some local parents, who demanded harsh punishment and even public shaming of the students’ families. Others warned that their non-White children might not stay calm around peers perceived as racist.
At least two students were disciplined, and a third was identified as the photographer. All three were reported to law enforcement.
One local Hispanic woman reposted the image with the students’ faces cropped out. In her caption, she claimed her own child had recently been called a racial slur and exploited the moment to publicly shame the students’ families.
“Stop hiding behind your children and make it known that you are [a Nazi] too!” wrote Cheyenne Lopez in a since-deleted Facebook post.
In response to Lopez’s post, another woman identifying as a Mexican mother of an AHS senior urged nonviolence but ominously asked, “…at what point do you turn the other way?”
APS Superintendent Jody Phillips, citing privacy policies, offered few details—only saying that the investigation found violations of the student code of conduct and that disciplinary action was taken.
“I reviewed the relevant sections of the code of conduct and board policy related to the situation,” Phillips told 1011 News in Lincoln. “From there, the appropriate consequences and student discipline were issued as outlined.”
Although police are involved, Nebraska does not appear to have any law specifically prohibiting the display of swastikas.
Aurora is a small city in Central Nebraska, located about 15 miles east of Grand Island and 50 miles west of Lincoln. The U.S. Census estimates its population at roughly 4,600—with White residents making up over 90% of the population.
APS isn’t known for making politically charged statements—even in 2016, when a gay student reported being cyberbullied by classmates over his ‘sexual identity’ and anti-White politics.
The story drew local media coverage, but the school limited its response to internal discipline. The student later pleaded with administrators to involve the Office of Civil Rights, to no avail.
However, during the current swastika controversy, APS made a point to remind the media that Aurora High offers a Holocaust elective.
In the United States, efforts to combat “hate” or racism are often used to target White people rather than protect them.
Last month, a video of a 12-year-old White boy being beaten by Black youths in Essex, Maryland went viral, amplified by conservative commentators including Elon Musk.
Although the victim’s race was explicitly referenced during the assault, no hate crime charges were filed. In fact, three of the eight suspects avoided charges entirely due to Maryland’s age-based immunity laws.
In another case last fall, three White construction workers were charged with felony assault and kidnapping after restraining a drunk, off-duty Black police officer who allegedly attacked them at a work site.
The officer’s full name was withheld, while racial activists demanded hate crime enhancements against the workers. All three were held on six-figure, cash-only bonds—an approach their attorney called “overly zealous.”
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