ROCHESTER, Minn. — Four teenagers have been linked to a racial slur posted prominently on a pedestrian viaduct over East Circle Drive near Century High School in April. Police have recommended criinal mcharges to the county prosecutor. Police didn’t release the names, but sources said ther are 17- and 16-year-old students, all white, at Century. The slur had been created with paper cups inserted to form a word in the cyclone fencing on the bridge.
Offensive and hurtful. The slur, made of paper cups, was unplugged one cup at a time soon after being discovered at dawn.