Backlash after middle school principal seemingly tweets image of student project featuring noose

Bates Middle School in Sumter is receiving backlash after its principal seemingly tweeted out a picture of a school project showing a figure with a noose around its neck.

“It didn’t trigger me, but other people, it may have triggered them,” Sumter resident Lateshia Thames explained. “We could be just outside looking in, but from the outside, it looks bad. It looks really bad on Bates.”