Scenario: A 17-year-old male, minority race student has twitter and TikTok handles that include “Groyper” and “88” in his usernames. His bio line describes being Catholic (his family is not religious), America First, and proudly anti-woke. In his photos, he is wearing t-shirts from online retailers (below). In old Halloween photos, last year the teen was dressed as a skeleton with a skull face mask. The prior year, he was a soldier wearing a black trench coat and WWII-style helmet. His family is affluent and when it was his turn to pick the vacation location last summer, they visited Christchurch, New Zealand.

He also has photos on social media with a male teen who is wearing women’s lingerie. This teen lives in a neighboring school district and his parents are immigrants. There are other photos where the second teen is dressed in a cat costume while locked inside a pet crate. Based on interviews with classmates, it appears the student who is being investigated is having an intimate relationship with the other male teen.

The student’s family is involved in shooting sports, hunting, and he is proficient with firearms. His mother has posted social media pictures of the student with a rifle that he received as a Christmas gift and there are multiple legally-owned firearms stored in the student’s home. None of the social media posts make a direct or indirect threat of violence. Other students who were interviewed say the 17-year-old has a Discord account but the servers he uses are encrypted and the groups are invite only.