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SR gets letter from writer who threatened Dolezal

It was mailed to the newspaper from Oakland on the same day Dolezal departed Spokane for an afternoon flight to New York City to appear on the “Today” show. It arrived at the newspaper Thursday morning.

The writer refers to himself or herself as “War Pig (Ret.),” before changing to “Sgt. X.”

The earlier letters were considered hate mail and spurred a police investigation. They have been among the storylines that have unmasked Dolezal as a racial poseur and possible hate-crime fabricator in the aftermath of her repeated claims that she has been a victim of harassment, burglary and death threats. Read more.

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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.