PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Authorities are investigating a report by four black students who say a white teenager made a racist remark toward them and brandished a knife.
Police say the incident involving the Casco Bay High School students happened around 1:45 p.m. Friday as they waited for a bus.
The students say three teens were walking past them when one made a racial comment. A verbal confrontation followed and they say one of the youths assaulted two of the students and pulled out a knife before fleeing.
Police are seeking a white male about 17 years old with thin patchy facial hair. He was wearing a black hat with red trim after the hip hop group Insane Clown Posse and had a large camouflage backpack.
Portland police and the school department are working to identify the suspect.
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