“N–gerville” post by West Monroe student, prompts school lockdown

McCoy calls for calm in the wake of  “N–gerville” comment threats by West Monroe Cheerleader. “If they go low, you go high,” said McCoy, the only Black member of the parish school board.

A social media post by a student leader at West Monroe High School describing a neighborhood as “Niggerville” has gone viral on social media, as the district’s only black school board member urges calm.

A Facebook and TikTok video reportedly posted by Josie Barton, a West Monroe High School cheerleader, in which Barton is depicted pul…

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