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03/01/2008: ""Hate crime" faked to avoid plagiarism charges"

The plagiarism probe was already under way last year when a 4-foot twine noose was discovered on the door of psychology and education professor Madonna Constantine's office, officials at the university's Teachers College said.

They cited two dozen instances of plagiarism over the past five years that were substantiated in an 18-month investigation by a Manhattan law firm.

In a statement e-mailed to Bloomberg News Service yesterday, Constantine said she was the victim of a racist conspiracy.

[ No one wins here. But it does make us wonder how many of these "hate crimes" are really hate crimes. Most white people seem to express themselves with words, concepts, blogs (haha) and political organizations on this topic. ]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/02212008/news/regionalnews/noose_prof_a_plagiarist_98598.htm