Last September, some middle school girls in rural Tennessee filmed a TikTok video while waiting to begin cheerleading practice. The video depicts a girl entering the classroom with a cellphone in her hand. She says, “put your hands up.” Classmates then begin flickering the lights while other girls fall and lie motionless. Another student enters the room and acts shocked, while most of the girls giggle. In the video, a line of text reads “to be continued. . . .”
