Outraged Fort Worth parents are demanding that a Hispanic school board member be fired after she released private information on white parents who sued the district over COVID-19 mask mandates, and left profanity-laden voicemails for one mother.
Fort Worth Independent School District's Racial Equity Committee Norma Garcia-Lopez admitted that she released the information on social media and swore at a mother in a vulgar voicemail - but has defended her actions.
She was also been backed by the school board at a news conference last Thursday after she allegedly received dozens of threatening and racist phone and social media messages, calling for her removal in November.
'Some people consider my actions doxxing,' Garcia-Lopez said in a statement to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 'It's not doxxing when you expose someone who filed a public motion in a public court of law that impacts public school children.'
Norma Garcia-Lopez (pictured) is the co-chair of the Fort Worth independent school district board's Racial Equity Committee. She defended herself last week after doxxing personal information of parents online and leaving a profanity-laced voicemail attacking a mother who sued the school district over a COVID-19 mask mandate
Pictured: A quote tweet from Garcia -Lopez revealing the names of families against the school district's COVID-19 mask mandate
Pictured: A Facebook screenshot of a post from Norma Garcia-Lopez, sharing details of the parents who appealed against the school district's mask mandate. Later in the comments, Garcia-Lopez says that the parent 'definitely need to be called out'.
The threatening and racist messages came after Garcia-Lopez doxxed parents who filed a lawsuit against the Fort Worth Independent School District (ISD) over its mask mandate, securing a temporary injunction in August.
Doxxing means to search for and publish private or identifying information about a particular individual on the internet, typically with malicious intent.
'It's astounding what the "White Privilege" power from Tanglewood has vs a whole diverse community that cares for the well being of others,' Garcia-Lopez wrote on her Twitter account, which no longer exists. 'These are their names: Jennifer Treger, Todd Daniel, Kerri Rehmeyer and a coward Jane Doe. Internet do your thang.'
Garcia-Lopez then revealed the phone numbers as well as the addresses of the four families, along with Rehmeyer's employer and work email address, under a Facebook post. She later commented, under the same post, that the parents 'definitely need to be called out' after someone thanked her for sharing the information.
Fort Worth Independent School District has so far not taken any action against Garcia-Lopez
Kerri Rehmeyer, a real estate agent, said that the death threats Garcia-Lopez has so far received are 'totally uncalled-for' despite receiving a vulgar voicemail from the co-chair
Garcia-Lopez also defended her move to leave a voicemail full of swearing on Kerri Rehmeyer's phone, using a blocked number to call her. The call was made after the parents, who had sued FWISD for a mask mandate, won the lawsuit and before Garcia-Lopez was made co-chair of the Racial Equity Committee.
'F**** you, you stupid b****. F**** you with your white privilege, not caring about the well-being of others, f*** you,' Garcia-Lopez said in the voicemail, according to a recording found by Dailymail.com.
'My message contained harsh language — no threats,' Garcia-Lopez said in her statement. 'Some people find my choice of words in that message offensive. But what's really offensive is that four white parents could hold so much power.'
In a video showing her making a speech in front of the school district, Garcia-Lopez emphasizes that supporting
