Knot Sterling

Knot Sterling
Why do so many of these hate crimes turn out to be hoaxs?

A firefighter who reported finding a knotted rope and a threatening note with a drawing of a noose in an East Baltimore station house last month had placed the items there himself, city officials said yesterday.

The man was suspended last week for performance-related issues and will likely face additional punishment, fire officials said. Sterling Clifford, a spokesman for the Police Department and for Mayor Sheila Dixon, said the man admitted to the hoax and will not face criminal charges.

(Isn't there enough real hate in the world?)

Such acts are designed to draw attention to festering problems (the cheating scandal where the proctor fell asleep and many firefighters went to the bathroom to get answers) by inflaming racial emotions of the NAACP and other black politicians, which is a very old game and still potent.