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The most jarring element was a forewarning of more to come with a note that read, "Next time, it's going to be fire."

The NAACP slams Stamford, Connecticut officials. It calls for a full police investigation of the crime.

A family discovers racist graffiti painted on their fire-destroyed house. Their hospitalized child was longing to come home.

Thieves broke into New York Giant Nikita Whitlock's New Jersey home, stealing personal items and scrawling hate messages on walls.

A Black man running for sheriff discovers the letters "KKK" painted on his campaign sign. He's surprised by the racist act in his community.

There's a third reported racist graffiti incident at Eastern Michigan University. School officials have doubled their reward for information leading to an arrest.