A Hispanic school board member who released private information of white Forth Worth parents who sued the district over Covid-19 mask mandates and left profanity-laden voicemails for one mother has resigned, blaming 'relentless attacks' on her by 'white supremacists'.
Norma Garcia-Lopez, the Fort Worth Independent School District's Racial Equity Committee Co-Chair, had admitted that she released the information on social media and swore at a mother in a vulgar email - but defended the decision.
Now, Garcia-Lopez has resigned from her position and said she could not allow the 'vile and relentless attacks on me by white supremacists to distract from the pursuit of equity in the Fort Worth Independent School District', reports Fox News.
Garcia-Lopez had been backed by the schoolboard 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.
The alleged threatening messages came after Garcia-Lopez posted private information about parents who had filed a lawsuit against the Fort Worth Independent School District (ISD) over its mask mandate, securing a temporary injunction in August.
In one instance, Garcia-Lopez accused the parents - who are all white - of 'white power' and revealed in a Facebook post the phone number and addresses of four families, as well as the name of one's employer and work address.
She also left a foul-mouthed tirade on a voicemail for one of the parents.
'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.
Norma Garcia-Lopez (pictured) is the co-chair of the Fort Worth independent school district board's Racial Equity Committee. She resigned 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'.
Announcing her resignation, in an email seen by Fox News, Garcia-Lopez wrote: 'I am writing to inform [Fort Worth Independent School District] that it has become necessary for me to resign from my volunteer positions with the District, including as member and co-chair of the Racial Equity Committee and as a member of the Redistricting Committee.
'Every student in FWISD deserves equity and respect. That is my passion and reason for serving on those committees,' Garcia-Lopez continued.
'I cannot allow the vile and relentless attacks on me by white supremacists to distract from or overshadow the continued pursuit of equity in FWISD. That work is too vital.
'Please notify the appropriate FWISD staff and committee members of my resignation.'
The resignation came after Garcia doxxed parents who had filed a lawsuit against the school district over its mask mandate.
Doxxing means to search for and publish private or identifying information about a particular individual on the internet, typically with malicious intent.
Before announcing her resignation, Garcia-Lopez defended her decision and said in a statement to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: 'Some people consider my actions doxxing. It's not doxxing when you expose someone who filed a public motion in a public court of law that impacts public school children.'
Earlier, Garcia-Lopez wrote on her Twitter account, which no longer exists: 'It's astounding what the 'White Privilege' power from Tanglewood has vs a whole diverse community that cares for the well being of others.
'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
