The racist doorbell video recorded outside an Ole Miss apartment is now drawing attention from a civil rights group.

The ACLU of Mississippi says people have filed complaints about the incident. "We have received complaints about this incident and are looking into them, as we do with all such complaints," said Candi Richardson, who leads communications along with community relations for the group.

Richardson noted that federal civil rights law requires schools to act when racial harassment makes campus a hostile place for students.

What the law says

A school that knows about racial harassment yet fails to take reasonable steps to stop it could be breaking federal law, she said.

She also pointed to the university's own rules banning racial discrimination. In her view the incident may run afoul of those policies too.

The group has not yet decided if any laws were actually broken.

The video

On Friday a Ring camera caught three white female students passing an apartment that three Black students share.

In the clip a pair of the women seem to make ape-like sounds plus gestures toward the door. The third kept walking without joining in.

Jakiyra Metcalf, who lives in the apartment, shared the clip on TikTok. She later said the women live in the unit above hers.

University officials have condemned what happened and say an investigation is underway. The school says it has also contacted the students who were targeted to offer them support.