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   A racist pro-Trump message found at a Tennessee college is the latest   
   example of a fraudster seeking to stoke fear by perpetrating a fake hate   
   crime.   
      
   Rhodes College in Memphis said the culprit admitted carrying out and   
   reporting the vandalism, with the intention of blaming someone else. The   
   school didn’t release the perpetrator’s name.   
      
   “Thanks to the tireless efforts of our Campus Safety officers and the   
   Memphis Police Department, the investigation into the hate crime that   
   occurred recently on our campus has ended with the identification of the   
   perpetrator and the conclusion this incident was fabricated,” the college   
   said in a Wednesday statement to news outlets. “This individual has   
   admitted responsibility.”   
      
   The message discovered last month at the National Pan-Hellenic Council   
   Plaza, which honors historically Black fraternities and sororities, was   
   spelled out on 13 sheets of paper saying: “Trump Rules/F—- N———.”   
      
   The handwritten screed prompted the college to launch an investigation and   
   hold a Dec. 10 open meeting on campus culture.   
      
   Last week, dozens of students held a silent anti-racism protest at the   
   library, wearing black and holding signs with messages such as “hold   
   racists accountable” and “hate speech will not be tolerated,” as reported   
   by Action News 5 in Memphis.   
      
   The update met with eye-rolling Thursday on social media by conservative   
   accounts such as Libs of TikTok, which said, “Another FAKE race hoax.”   
      
   “This matter has caused enormous pain to our community, and we are taking   
   the appropriate steps to hold this individual accountable, including all   
   legal avenues that may be available to us,” the college said.   
      
   Cases of falsified hate crimes have ballooned in the past decade,   
   prompting Kentucky State University professor Wilfred Reilly to write the   
   book “Hate Crime Hoax: How the Left Is Selling a Fake Race War” (Regnery,   
   2019).   
      
   The most notorious example came when “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who   
   is Black, claimed he was beaten up in Chicago by two White men shouting   
   “This is MAGA country.” He was found guilty of disorderly conduct and   
   falsifying a police report in 2021 and sentenced to 150 days in prison.   
      
   Last month, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned his conviction, finding   
   that the special prosecutor was wrong to charge Mr. Smollett after he   
   reached a deal with the Cook County district attorney that included   
   dropping the charges.   
      
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   Two Nigerian American brothers who worked on the set of “Empire” said he   
   paid them $3,500 to help him stage the attack. Mr. Smollett has long   
   maintained his innocence.   
      
   • Valerie Richardson can be reached at vrichardson@washingtontimes.com.   
      
   https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/20/racist-pro-trump-   
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