- Two campuses of a school in Los Angeles were closed on Friday after a disturbing image was posted the Instagram account of former NFL player Jonathan Martin.
- Martin was at the center of the NFL bullying scandal when he was a member of the Miami Dolphins.
- The Instagram image read,
- The post tagged the school, former NFL teammates accused of bullying Martin, and former students of the school.
- Martin has been taken into custody by the LAPD.
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California school closed due to a threat linked to a former NFL player's Instagram post
Former NFL lineman Jonathan Martin was at the center of the NFL's bullying scandal and his Instagram account appeared to threaten former teammates.
After the Instagram post, two Los Angeles campuses of Harvard-Westlake School were closed due to a security threat, as reported by the Los Angeles Daily News and the Los Angeles Times. Both reports linked the closings to the post on Martin's account.
According to Matt Stone of ABC News, Martin has been taken into custody by the LAPD.
Incognito and Pouncey were accused of bullying and harassing Martin during his tenure with Miami Dolphins, treatment which eventually prompted Martin to leave the Dolphins abruptly during the middle of the 2013 season. Incognito's treatment was said to be particularly vicious, as he reportedly threatened Martin and his family and used racial slurs towards Martin.
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The Daily News also reports that no direct threat was made to the school or its students, and that the school was closed as a precautionary measure. Matt Yam, a student at the school, is quoted by the L.A. Times as saying, "
The Instagram post and the school shutdown comes amid heightened sensitivity towards the issues of gun violence and violence in school's following last week's school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida which took 17 lives.
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