High school halftime show goes viral after students point toy guns at cops

Many fans at a show presented at halftime by a Mississippi high school band were outraged during the show, showing students holding a toy pistol and showing it to another student.

Pictures of the performance of a group of high school students from Forest Hill High School during their mid-stream show against Brookhaven High School in Jackson, Mississippi, pissed off many parents and fans, while students disguised as doctors and nurses held the members of the SWAT team under the threat of their weapons. , Reported WLBT.

The show at Brookhaven High School comes just a week after the shooting death of two police officers from Brookhaven, who died last Saturday. Daily Chef reported. According to unofficial information, the scene would be an interpretation of the movie "John Q".

Facebook fans wrote about watching the halftime show and said it was inappropriate. Facebook's user, Jackie Kennedy Malone, said the band's performance of Forest Hill High School came from a John Q film scene and that she was talking about her disgust for the series. The message garnered more than 4,200 shares and more than 2,200 reactions on Facebook.

Forest Hills High School in Jackson, Mississippi. Many parents and fans are outraged by the half-time performance at Brookhaven High School Friday night, which featured students holding toy guns and an apparent shot. Capture / Google Maps

"IS WHAT YOU SEE THAT !!! That's what Forest Hill's Band played at half-time, you come to our town and do this shit !!!", wrote Malone.

Another Facebook user, Susan Mathes May, encouraged parents to write an email to the director of Forest Hill High School.

"At no point is this acceptable," May wrote. "In any school, at any show, in any city."

Newsweek contacted the Jackson Public School District to comment on the part-time performance, but was not aware of the publication.

About 14 students from a California high school were punished as a result of a racist and homophobic joke broadcast on social media in September. Students at Escondido High School in Escondido, California, were punished after photos of students wearing a racist slogan t-shirt and anti-gay insult at a seniors' picnic that appeared on the media social San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

Students in the photo containing the racial expletive, the anti-gay speech and the photographer, were punished for their actions, according to the publication.

The high school issued a statement following the incident on the school's Facebook page, stating that the students who participated in the farce "made a bad decision to participate in an activity that did not fit the culture, values ​​or history of Escondido High School ".