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White students at Missouri school flashed a Trump sign during basketball game
Fans also turned backs as black players from opposing team were introduced
Phone footage captured incident between Warrensburg and Center high schools
Warrensburg were forced to apologize after footage went viral on Facebook

Published: 14:29 EST, 14 December 2016 | Updated: 00:30 EST, 15 December 2016

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A number of white students flashed a Donald Trump campaign sign and turned their backs in the stands at a high school basketball game as black players from the opposing team were introduced.

Cellphone footage captured the incident on Monday during a game in Missouri between Warrensburg High School and Kansas City's Center High School.

The majority of fans in the Warrensburg section of the crowd were seen taunting the all-minority Kansas City team by turning their backs as the side was introduced.

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Students flashed a Trump campaign sign and turned their backs in the stands at a Missouri high school basketball game as black players from the opposing team were introduced

One student was also captured waving a Trump election campaign sign.

The students were dressed as farmers as part of a theme night.

Warrensburg officials were forced to apologize on Tuesday after the video was posted online and started to go viral.

Some of the student and parents from Center High said they were offended by the incident and called it racially insensitive.

The school district said on its official Facebook page that it would try to prevent similar incidents happening in the future.

The majority of fans in the Warrensburg section of the crowd were seen taunting the all-minority Kansas City team by turning their backs as the side was introduced on Monday

One student was also captured waving a Trump election campaign sign

Warrensburg superintendent Scott Patrick told the Kansas City Star the back-turning was a longstanding practice but said the school does not condone it.

'I think in this case, (the Trump sign) was really the difference in what took this from something that was unsportsmanlike to something that was insensitive, not necessary and inappropriate,' Patrick said.