Rangers Prospect K’Andre Miller Faces Racial Abuse in a Team Video Chat

“We held an online video chat with fans and New York Rangers prospect K’Andre Miller, during which a vile individual hijacked the chat to post racial slurs, which we disabled as soon as possible,’’ the Rangers said on Twitter. “We were incredibly appalled by this behavior, which has no place online, on the ice, or anywhere.”

U.S.A. Hockey also tweeted in support of Miller, calling him “an incredible leader, teammate, friend person. Racial derogatory slurs have absolutely no place in the game or society.” And at least three Rangers — Jacob Trouba, Ryan Strome and Tony DeAngelo — expressed similar sentiments online.

“I look forward to having you as a teammate,” Trouba wrote.

Communication via Zoom and other teleconferencing methods — which have replaced face-to-face contact amid the coronavirus surge — has led to many other incidents of abusive hacking that are garnering attention from the F.B.I.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/sports/hockey/03rangers-racism-kandre-miller.html