[[Twitter]] refused to remove death threats against the students from its site.<ref>Hall, Alexander (January 24, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/twitter-refuses-to-remove-insane-vicious-death-threats-against-covington-st Twitter refuses to remove insane, vicious death threats against Covington students]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved January 24, 2019.</ref> A Twitter poster using the handle "Uncle Shoes" viciously and profanely called for the deaths of the Covington students and the destruction of their school. "Uncle Shoes" later deleted the death threat tweets after getting criticized for them, but not before they were screencapped and saved by another Twitter poster as evidence against him for the offending tweets.<ref>[https://twitter.com/heckyessica/status/1087409873820794881 Jessica Fletcher: "A grown man has less self control than a high school teen"] at Twitter ('''Warning:''' contains foul language)</ref> Criminals charges against the offending Twitter posters for their online threats were filed by county attorneys in Kenton County, Kentucky.<ref>[https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1088303424217600000 Ryan Saavedra: "Kenton County Prosecutor Rob Sanders says the process is "already underway" in filing criminal charges against people who have made threats against the Covington Catholic students on Twitter"] on Twitter</ref> | [[Twitter]] refused to remove death threats against the students from its site.<ref>Hall, Alexander (January 24, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/twitter-refuses-to-remove-insane-vicious-death-threats-against-covington-st Twitter refuses to remove insane, vicious death threats against Covington students]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved January 24, 2019.</ref> A Twitter poster using the handle "Uncle Shoes" viciously and profanely called for the deaths of the Covington students and the destruction of their school. "Uncle Shoes" later deleted the death threat tweets after getting criticized for them, but not before they were screencapped and saved by another Twitter poster as evidence against him for the offending tweets.<ref>[https://twitter.com/heckyessica/status/1087409873820794881 Jessica Fletcher: "A grown man has less self control than a high school teen"] at Twitter ('''Warning:''' contains foul language)</ref> Criminals charges against the offending Twitter posters for their online threats were filed by county attorneys in Kenton County, Kentucky.<ref>[https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1088303424217600000 Ryan Saavedra: "Kenton County Prosecutor Rob Sanders says the process is "already underway" in filing criminal charges against people who have made threats against the Covington Catholic students on Twitter"] on Twitter</ref> |