In the violent, racially oriented society we now live in, a hate hoax might get someone killed:

In August, police began investigating a post on the app ‘Yik Yak’ that invited people to a Theta Chi rush party that stipulated “No blacks.” The name and phone number of [East Carolina University] Theta Chi Chapter member, Austin Hunter, were attached to the post.

The college newspaper helpfully published Hunter’s name and number. Predictably, he was harassed and received death threats.

Even more predictably, this was a hate hoax. A 2-month investigation culminated with the arrest of 19-year-old James Edwards IV for cyberstalking.

As noted at The Blaze,

Edwards’ race is listed as black in jail records.

Edwards intended to major in political science at ECU. It had to be either that or journalism.

On a tip from Mr. Freemarket.