The discussion was supposed to be about Hamilton County Schools’ reopening plans and what the district is doing to support working parents, schools and teachers.
Instead, Tuesday’s virtual Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce meeting was disrupted by an intruder using racial slurs and displaying pornographic images.
Sybil Topel, the chamber’s vice president of marketing and communications, confirmed the incident Wednesday for the Times Free Press. It happened during the chamber’s monthly Lunch and Learn, during which community members give an update on what’s happening in their respective organizations.
Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Bryan Johnson was the event’s guest speaker.
During the Q&A session, several people asked questions via call-in. At one point, participants said, a caller identified as Todd Williams repeatedly screamed racial slurs and at one point was able to get into Johnson’s shared screen to draw a pornographic image.