The messages were sent during a protest last November about racism on the campus.

NJ reports.

Kean U. grad gets 90 days in jail over threatening tweets

ELIZABETH — A Superior Court judge Friday sentenced a Kean University graduate to 90 days in jail and five years probation for posting Twitter messages threatening to kill black students on the campus.

However, Judge Robert Mega expressed his disagreement with the plea-agreement and sentence for the defendant, Kayla McKelvey, an African American woman, who admitted writing the messages because she wanted to bring attention to racism on campus.

In her statement to the judge, McKelvey apologized for sending the messages, which said black students would be shot. She admitted the tweets were wrong but said her intent to raise awareness about racial issues was correct.