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Oakland school board forum 'Zoom-bombed' by white supremacists, organizers say

By KTVU staff
Updated  July 22, 2020 7:05am PDT
Oakland
KTVU FOX 2

Oakland school board forum Zoom bombed

Zach Norris, director of the Ella Baker Center, said an Oakland school board forum was Zoom bombed by white supremacists

OAKLAND, Calif. - In Oakland, police are investigating how a candidate's forum for the Oakland school board was taken over in a "Zoom bomb" attack.

"We have been zoom bombed by some white supremacists," said Zach Norris, executive director of the Ella Baker Center, which hosted the forum over the weekend. 

Two school board candidates, who are both African-American women, were about to take questions when the feed was hacked and taken over. 

Dia Penning and Cherisse Gash were verbally attacked with racial slurs and death threats.

The FBI has joined the investigation.