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The College Fix reports.

Death threats made against HS student who criticized college race protests

A student at Philadelphia’s Central High School became the target of death threats after he penned an op-ed for his school newspaper denouncing the “race justice” demonstrations at the University of Missouri.

In the piece (featured alongside a pro-demonstration article), Michael Moroz referred to Ferguson’s Michael Brown as “a delinquent” who was “at worst, justifiably killed, and at best, a thug,” and said Mizzou student demands were “nonsensical.”

When the article was posted on the paper’s Facebook page near the beginning of the school’s winter break, the threats began.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports:

On social media, there were calls to “deal with” Moroz and “shoot” him, and he was decried as a racist. Fearing for his safety, Moroz did not attend school Monday.

“I definitely felt threatened,” said Moroz, a Northeast Philadelphia resident and the newspaper’s managing editor. “It’s hard not to feel threatened.”

Student editors pulled Moroz’s piece from the newspaper’s website when the online commentary began turning ominous toward Moroz and said in a Facebook message that “if an article comes across as insensitive, and the Central community would rather have it taken down … then the article will be taken down.”

Later, administrators at Central, one of the city’s top schools, backed the students’ decision.

“That,” Moroz said, “just sets a bad precedent.”

He believes his story should not have been pulled, even amid threats.

Initially, only Moroz’s piece was yanked. Later, the pro-demonstrators article was removed as well.

Timothy McKenna, Central’s president — the school’s principal also serves as its president — said Tuesday that in hindsight, both pieces should have been removed simultaneously.

He also said he did not believe Moroz’s article was censored, because with a bit of maneuvering, it still can be found on the newspaper’s website.