Fake attacks
November 2017 - Racial slurs - U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School
In late September, five black cadet candidates found racial slurs scrawled on message boards on their doors at the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School. One candidate found the words “go home n‑‑‑‑‑‑” written outside his room, his mother posted on social media, according to the Air Force Times.
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But on Tuesday, the school made a jolting announcement. The person responsible for the racist messages, the academy said, was, in fact, one of the cadet candidates who reported being targeted by them.[1]
November 2017 - Racist graffiti - Riley County
A man who defaced his own car with racist graffiti and filed a false police report to Riley County Police Department will not face charges because “having done so would not be in the best interests of the citizens who comprise the Manhattan community.”
Dauntarius Williams, 21, of Manhattan, “was genuinely remorseful and expressed sincere regret” of the negative media attention received as a result of his actions, Riley County Police Department said in a Nov. 6 release. [2]
August 2012 - Charlie Rogers - Homophobia - Omaha
Three masked men allegedly bound Rogers and carved homophobic slurs into her skin Sunday, Lincoln police said. The incident has been classified as a hate crime because derogatory terms for lesbians were used, said Officer Katie Flood, a spokeswoman for the Lincoln Police Department.[3]
But the Lincoln Police Department said Tuesday that "the physical evidence conflicted with Charlie Rogers' version of events" and that "extensive investigation revealed numerous inconsistencies."
Rogers was arrested Tuesday, police said.
Her attorney, Brett McArthur, told CNN Tuesday night that Rogers had agreed as part of an arrangement to turn herself in, in exchange for a personal recognizance bond. [4]
References
- ↑ A black student wrote those racist messages that shook the Air Force Academy, school says - The Washington Post
- ↑ [https://www.kansas.com/news/state/article183090886.html Kansas man said he defaced his own car with racist slurs] - The Wichita Eagle
- ↑ Woman who had gay slurs carved in her body speaks out - CNN
- ↑ Lesbian who reported 'hate crime' attack staged incident, Nebraska police say - CNN