Multiple companies investigating racist texts despatched to random Black Americans in a number of states

The FBI, FCC, and Justice Department together with state and native companies are all probing a collection of racist textual content messages with virtually similar language that have been despatched to Black Americans throughout a number of states. CBS News Confirmed government editor Rhona Tarrant has extra.

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