The district said the incident involved cyber bullying. Published 13 hours ago Written by Paul Meara A group of students at an Aledo, Texas school pretended to sell their Black classmates via a “slave auction” on social media. Now they’re being disciplined. According to the Star-Telegram, the Aledo Independent School District learned of an incident where the students at the Daniel Ninth Grade Campus cyber bullied and harassed students for being Black. District Superintendent Dr. Susan Bohn claims an investigation has been launched that involved law enforcement. Details surrounding the incident were not provided, except that they learned of it more than two weeks ago. Local activists told the newspaper that a group of students set up the slave auction that involved a Snapchat group with various names and prices they were willing to spend on a peer. A racial slur was also involved.