Utah Students Shout Racial Slur, Expletive In Cellphone Video

PLEASANT VIEW, UT — School officials are investigating after a video surfaced on social media of several high school students in Pleasant View, Utah, shouting a racial slur and expletive. The 10-second cellphone video was recorded by Weber High School students as they sat in a car, officials said Tuesday.

In the video, the students can be heard shouting the expletive and racial epithet. Three are cheerleaders and all appear to be white.

It seems the girls repeated a nonsensical phrase and then uploaded it to an app that played it backward to produce the offensive words, school district spokesman Lane Findlay said. The video was then posted to social media.

School officials were shocked and are taking the matter seriously, Findlay said. The girls were "extremely apologetic" for what happened, he said. (For more information on the Weber High School incident and other Salt Lake City-area stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

The district is investigating whether the video was made during the school day or on school grounds as they consider disciplinary options.

Readers can watch the graphic cellphone video on Twitter.

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