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Lunenburg, Massachusetts: Mother Suspected in Fake Racism Hoax?

Posted on | December 4, 2013 | 52 Comments

A supposed hate crime that made big news in Massachusetts now appears to have been a hoax — but still, perhaps, a crime:

The investigation into who spray painted a home with racist graffiti last month has turned toward the woman who lives there.
Police said on Wednesday that Andrea Brazier is now considered a “strong suspect” in the case.
Officers say they executed a search warrant on Tuesday and seized two cans of spray paint and ammunition from the home.
Brazier, who is white, and her husband Anthony Phillips, who is African American live at the home with their 13-year-old son, Isaac. Brazier initially cast suspicion on her son’s Lunenburg High School football teammates, saying he had been bullied in the past.
The school’s superintendent cancelled the football team’s final game on Thanksgiving after no one came forward to take responsibility. . . .

(Whoa! They canceled the high school football team’s last game because of a mere suspicion of racism?)

A police affidavit obtained on Wednesday indicated that Brazier had stopped cooperating with investigators and had changed her story several times. . . .
During an interview with police and an FBI agent, she told them that she wanted the investigation to be over and wanted the media to go away.

Ruh-roh. If she lied to the FBI, she could be in big trouble. But since when is it the FBI’s job to investigate racist graffiti? And if real racist graffiti is a federal offense, what is fake racist graffiti? The alleged hate crime was a big deal last month:

Days after the vandalism, several hundred residents gathered in the center of town for a candlelight vigil to show their support for Isaac Phillips, who played on Lunenburg’s freshman and junior varsity teams.

Da Tech Guy rounds up the local story that went national and asks, “Where does Lunenburg go to get its reputation back?”

 


Category: Crime, Massachusetts, Racism

Comments

52 Responses to “Lunenburg, Massachusetts: Mother Suspected in Fake Racism Hoax?”

  1. Resista38176897
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:24 pm

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  2. jwbrown1969
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:24 pm

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  3. Lockestep1776
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:24 pm

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  4. Citzcom
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:24 pm

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  5. rsmccain
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:27 pm

    Lunenburg, Massachusetts: Mother Suspected in Fake Racism Hoax? http://t.co/64BjMWFrga Hat-tip @DaTechGuyblog cc @instapundit

  6. exposeliberals
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:28 pm

    RT @rsmccain: Lunenburg, Massachusetts: Mother Suspected in Fake Racism Hoax? http://t.co/64BjMWFrga Hat-tip @DaTechGuyblog cc @instapundit

  7. Coondawg68
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:29 pm

    RT @rsmccain: Lunenburg, Massachusetts: Mother Suspected in Fake Racism Hoax? http://t.co/64BjMWFrga Hat-tip @DaTechGuyblog cc @instapundit

  8. BobBelvedere
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:29 pm

    RT @rsmccain: Lunenburg, Massachusetts: Mother Suspected in Fake Racism Hoax? http://t.co/64BjMWFrga Hat-tip @DaTechGuyblog cc @instapundit

  9. Jeanette Victoria
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:31 pm

    What another hoax crime I’m shocked shocked

  10. rsmccain
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:34 pm

    “If real racist graffiti is a federal offense, what is *fake* racist graffiti?” http://t.co/64BjMWFrga

  11. ItsThatBriGuy
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:35 pm

    A teachable moment. RT @rsmccain: “If real racist graffiti is a federal offense, what is *fake* racist graffiti?” http://t.co/9fvT2XKe35

  12. THESHARKTANK1
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:35 pm

    RT @rsmccain: “If real racist graffiti is a federal offense, what is *fake* racist graffiti?” http://t.co/64BjMWFrga

  13. BobBelvedere
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:38 pm

    RT @rsmccain: “If real racist graffiti is a federal offense, what is *fake* racist graffiti?” http://t.co/64BjMWFrga

  14. rsmccain
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:39 pm

    RT @ItsThatBriGuy: A teachable moment. RT @rsmccain: “If real racist graffiti is a federal offense, what is *fake* racist graffiti?” http:/…

  15. IloiloKano
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:41 pm

    It seems every day we discover even more FAKE racism has been manufactured to satisfy the liberal meme. http://t.co/oZ0spK8S6E

  16. DaleyGator
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:42 pm

    RT @rsmccain: “If real racist graffiti is a federal offense, what is *fake* racist graffiti?” http://t.co/64BjMWFrga

  17. davidnmartinme
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:42 pm

    RT @smitty_one_each: TOM Lunenburg, Massachusetts: Mother Suspected in Fake Racism Hoax? http://t.co/X9yKBv3KAr #TCOT

  18. grandpa_jimbo
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:44 pm

    RT @smitty_one_each: TOM Lunenburg, Massachusetts: Mother Suspected in Fake Racism Hoax? http://t.co/X9yKBv3KAr #TCOT

  19. ignorancecosts
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:47 pm

    MA: Mother Suspected in Fake Racism Hoax? “..canceled..football team’s last game because of mere suspicion of racism” http://t.co/PhpYgCCCH1

  20. thejenn999
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:50 pm

    RT @rsmccain: “If real racist graffiti is a federal offense, what is *fake* racist graffiti?” http://t.co/64BjMWFrga

  21. If RAAAAACISM is so prevalent why do Leftist tools have to make up racist incidents? | The Daley Gator
    December 4th, 2013 @ 9:50 pm

    […] Or as Stacy McCain puts it And if real racist graffiti is a federal offense, what is fake racist graffiti?  […]

  22. MsDemaeanor
    December 4th, 2013 @ 10:13 pm

    @smitty_one_each @grandpa_jimbo anybody counting the number of phony racial hate events and gun threats + real ones being purport rated

  23. Brandycoo
    December 4th, 2013 @ 10:17 pm

    RT @rsmccain: Lunenburg, Massachusetts: Mother Suspected in Fake Racism Hoax? http://t.co/64BjMWFrga Hat-tip @DaTechGuyblog cc @instapundit

  24. ConservativAOLA
    December 4th, 2013 @ 10:18 pm

    sista

    If RAAAAACISM is so prevalent why do Leftist tools have to make up racist incidents?

    Or as Stacy McCain… http://t.co/HKH6V0k8uN

  25. Steve Skubinna
    December 4th, 2013 @ 10:29 pm

    I hope these pampered white high school football players have learned a lesson from this. Like the Duke lacrosse team, this will follow them for the rest of their lives.

    So maybe they’ll stop and reflect the next time they don’t spray paint racist graffiti. And the rest of us can consider this a teachable moment.

  26. Anchovy
    December 4th, 2013 @ 10:52 pm

    If the graffiti was spelled correctly, it probably was not the football team.

  27. rsmccain
    December 4th, 2013 @ 11:36 pm

    Commenter: “Maybe they’ll stop and reflect the next time they don’t spray paint racist graffiti.” http://t.co/64BjMWFrga

  28. rsmccain
    December 4th, 2013 @ 11:36 pm

    @instapundit Duke lacrosse, Lunenburg football http://t.co/64BjMWFrga

  29. BobBelvedere
    December 4th, 2013 @ 11:39 pm

    RT @rsmccain: Commenter: “Maybe they’ll stop and reflect the next time they don’t spray paint racist graffiti.” http://t.co/64BjMWFrga

  30. instapundit
    December 4th, 2013 @ 11:39 pm

    RT @rsmccain: Commenter: “Maybe they’ll stop and reflect the next time they don’t spray paint racist graffiti.” http://t.co/64BjMWFrga

  31. instapundit
    December 4th, 2013 @ 11:40 pm

    RT @rsmccain: @instapundit Duke lacrosse, Lunenburg football http://t.co/64BjMWFrga

  32. perry1949
    December 4th, 2013 @ 11:46 pm

    RT @rsmccain: Commenter: “Maybe they’ll stop and reflect the next time they don’t spray paint racist graffiti.” http://t.co/64BjMWFrga

  33. wizguy123
    December 5th, 2013 @ 12:30 am

    RT @rsmccain: Commenter: “Maybe they’ll stop and reflect the next time they don’t spray paint racist graffiti.” http://t.co/64BjMWFrga

  34. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    December 5th, 2013 @ 12:35 am

    People on ludes should not drive! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN_Nod65e7o

  35. M. Thompson
    December 5th, 2013 @ 12:35 am

    These tend to turn out as hoaxes distressingly often…

  36. Professor_Why
    December 5th, 2013 @ 12:37 am

    Lunenburg, Massachusetts: Mother Suspected in Fake Racism Hoax? http://t.co/UNqn7rEiuo

  37. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    December 5th, 2013 @ 12:41 am

    You should ask who benefits from the charge before you guy into it.

  38. Patriot
    December 5th, 2013 @ 1:12 am

    McCain, here’s more of the same vein for you to mine.

    http://chesterfield.nbc12.com/news/news/99913-fires-chesterfield-home-intentionally-set

  39. Adjoran
    December 5th, 2013 @ 1:12 am

    The superintendent of schools should be publicly flogged, and then fired.

  40. Nan
    December 5th, 2013 @ 1:30 am

    Teach your football players the proper method of tagging in the event they’re needed to portray racists or classists?

  41. Art Deco
    December 5th, 2013 @ 1:58 am

    Why is the Federal Bureau of Investigation undertaking an inquiry into a case of criminal mischief? (a class E felony in New York)? Does someone fancy the spritzes of spray paint originated across state lines?

  42. slipkid13
    December 5th, 2013 @ 1:59 am

    This seems to be some variant of Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Maybe it’s Munchausen syndrome by proxy proxy. Some folks know no limits in their attempt to get attention.

  43. Bradoplata
    December 5th, 2013 @ 2:48 am

    Some of those kids will never play again because they will do other things besides football. What is their recourse?

  44. hbbtruth
    December 5th, 2013 @ 3:20 am

    @GlennaOn10 @WPLGLocal10 You might want to consider this via @rsmccain http://t.co/DvOuU2lsuX

  45. DYSPEPSIA GENERATION » Blog Archive » Yet Another Fake Racism Hoax
    December 5th, 2013 @ 6:11 am

    […] The Other McCain is on the case. […]

  46. Da Tech Guy On DaRadio Blog » Blog Archive » Where does Lunenburg go to get it’s Reputation back?
    December 5th, 2013 @ 6:26 am

    […] Update: Stacy McCain links (sorry I hit the sack early last night and had the PC off) and he knows some­thing (Bill Spark­man) about hoaxes […]

  47. good2knoe
    December 5th, 2013 @ 6:30 am

    RT @rsmccain: Commenter: “Maybe they’ll stop and reflect the next time they don’t spray paint racist graffiti.” http://t.co/64BjMWFrga

  48. McGehee
    December 5th, 2013 @ 8:55 am

    I’m not distressed.

  49. Dana
    December 5th, 2013 @ 11:12 am

    The school’s superintendent cancelled the football team’s final game on Thanksgiving after no one came forward to take responsibility.

    How surprising that no one from the football team came forward to take responsibility, since none of them appear to have been responsible for it in the first place.

    Down South, this family would be run out of town.

  50. Worc1
    December 5th, 2013 @ 3:30 pm

    The schools in that part of Massachusetts don’t have what is known as school choice among public schools and the Lunenburg football team hasn’t been very good for a while. But the town next door, Leominster, has been a regional powerhouse for many years, this year included. After this incident the boy was able to transfer to, surprise, Leominster. From my understanding the boy is a very good football player and his stock would only rise by being on a great team. The only other way to go there would have been for his parents to sell their home and move, but why do that if you can perpetrate a racial hoax. With the gov’t and school officials in this loony state any idiot could see them over reacting immediately. It worked for a while but I don’t think his mother thought it would be deeply investigated as much as it was. It’s unfortunate that those in power rushed to judgement and ruined the school’s and players reputation.