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A grieving Mississippi community is outraged after a visiting high school team\u2019s halftime show portrayed students holding a SWAT team at gunpoint. It comes a week after two police officers in the town were killed while on duty.<\/p>\n
The shockingly insensitive skit occurred when Forest Hill High School visited Brookhaven High School for a game on Friday night in the US state of Mississippi.<\/p>\n
Images from the show surfacing on social media portray members of Forest Hill\u2019s band dressed up as doctors and nurses while several of them are armed with toy guns.<\/p>\n
Other students, dressed as police officers, lie on the ground facing their armed bandmates with their hands up.<\/p>\n
While discussions in the US around guns in high schools and many shootings are polarizing topics at the best of times, residents of Brookhaven were especially outraged as the skit comes just days after the funerals of two police officers recently killed in the line of duty.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:\u00a0Battleground school: Israeli company makes bulletproof backpacks for US market (VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Photos from the halftime show have been shared thousands of times on social media sites like Facebook, with thousands more expressing their shock and disgust at the stunt without any apparent desire for context.<\/p>\n Every Student Needs To Be EXPELLED & The Band Director & Any Teachers Involved Should Be FIRED! THIS IS BEYOND DISGUSTING & CAN’T BE TOLERATED EVER!!!!!!! \u2014 Milt Harris (@Harris9Milt) October 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n ‼️‼️‼️😡😡😡 Absolutely disgusting!! Everyone involved should be immediately FIRED! 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 https:\/\/t.co\/AatYgugPvl<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 M Oli (@mom2gbd) October 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Other, more level-headed observers have noted that the gaffe was probably more of an insensitive coincidence rather than an intentional mocking of a community.<\/p>\n Very poor taste. However the show like most shows performed by schools on the state have been put in place since summer. Schools don’t do a different show every week. They do the same show throughout trying to get ready for band competitions. The band director should have left<\/p>\n \u2014 the white denzel (@statefan5024) October 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Community outraged over Forest Hill\u2019s \u201cinsensitive\u201d band performance at Brookhaven High School https:\/\/t.co\/z4pmwSZV5F<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
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