Video showed Lopez walking across the stage at a graduation ceremony at Asheboro High School in North Carolina last Thursday wearing the flag over his blue graduation gown.

Lopez said the school’s principal, Penny Crooks, had withheld his diploma and told him on stage that the flag was a distraction, while Asheboro City Schools defended the move and said the “the wearing of a flag of any kind is a violation of the dress code.”

The decision sparked an immediate backlash, with more than 100,000 people signing a petition demanding Lopez receive his diploma. In a statement issued on Monday afternoon, the school said Lopez has now collected his diploma.

Amid the furor, multiple threats were sent to school employees including the principal, including an email threatening to shoot up the school if Lopez didn’t get his diploma, WFMY reported.

According to the station, police stepped up patrols around the school and in the principal’s neighborhood as a result. Asheboro Police Department has been contacted for comment.

On Monday, Lopez emerged from a meeting with Crooks with his diploma, and condemned the threats made against the school and principal.

“That’s just straight stupid, like, it shouldn’t have been done because we don’t do that,” he told ABC News. “And all we do here is love and support, you know, and to all those who did that, it’s just shame. Shame is bad, you know, they shouldn’t have done it.”

Lopez said he was the first in his immediate family to graduate high school and wore the flag to honor his roots and parents, who are Mexican immigrants.

He said Crooks had been open to the idea of changing the graduation dress code, but it wasn’t clear if she had apologized to Lopez.

Lopez’s mother, Margarita, said she and her husband would demand an apology from the principal as well at a news conference outside the school prior to the meeting with Crooks.

“We are here today to try to get to the bottom of this and find a solution to be able to make change,” she said, in Spanish. “What happened on Thursday isn’t just about my son, it’s about our entire Latino community.”

In a brief statement on Monday, Asheboro City Schools said Lopez had picked up his diploma.

“As with all graduates, we wish him well and we will continue to serve our community in ways that help all young people meet their full potential,” it added.

Lopez and Asheboro school officials have been contacted for further comment.