Racial hoax: Supposed victim at Air Force prep school actually wrote the notes

One of the supposed victims of racist messages scrawled at the Air Force Academy Preparatory School was actually the author of the messages, an investigation by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations has determined.

The incident in late September, in which five black cadet candidates found slurs written on the message boards of their dorm room doors, drew national attention, especially after Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria addressed cadets and cadet candidates at the Colorado Springs Campus, saying, “If you can’t treat someone with dignity and respect, then get out.”