Cypress Ranch High School in Houston, Texas had their senior students picture taken the other day and according to local news station KPRC, things got very disturbing and strange, very quickly.
In an email to KPRC Channel 2, a student who witnessed the incident but asked to remain anonymous said students were shouting "Heil Hitler" and "Heil Trump. The student also said it was at least 70 or so people and, "It was pretty terrifying."
The photos were taken on Tuesday, picture day for the senior class. One photo was supposed to be serious, the second was supposed to be funny.
So far the general consensus is that the kids were making a bad joke (comedy is tragedy plus timing I guess) but according to this Twitter account, there were girls putting up black power signs (as a joke?), prompting the white boys to throw up their Nazi salute idea of a joke.
The school’s principal sent a letter home striking what seems to be as good attempt at remedying a bad situation.
“This letter is to make you aware of a situation that occurred on our campus today while our senior class was taking a large group panoramic picture. Several of our students made the poor choice of displaying inappropriate gestures during this time. Unfortunately, many of these images have been shared on social media. This is extremely disappointing as this is not an accurate representation of our student body.
"We are currently conducting an investigation and those implicated will be punished according to the Student Code of Conduct.
"We ask that you talk to your students regarding the posting and sharing of negative social media as this perpetuates a false image of Cy Ranch HS.
"We appreciate your partnership and support.”
You can watch a very short video of the students making their Nazi salute joke here. Below that you can watch when mass murderer Anders Breivik made the Nazi salute in court after murdering 77 people. Pretty hilarious, right?