Please contact the Tufts University Police Department, the Dean of Students Office, or the Residential Life staff. All hate crimes are acts of intolerance, but all acts of intolerance are not hate crimes. While all acts of intolerance can be addressed at Tufts, not all are subject to legal action. A hate crime is a civil rights violation under Massachusetts law and, in some cases, federal law. Hate crimes are not only crimes against the targeted victim, but also against a particular group as a whole.
Hate crimes are attacks on communities.
Excluded from this list of reported incidents of intolerance are those for which there is no reason to believe that they originated on the Tufts campus. It seems important to me that all of us in the community be aware of what has taken place. It is my hope that all of us will do whatever we can to make Tufts a place where everyone feels safe, respected and supported. The first incident took place on Professor's Row near the Health Service at the beginning of the month. A woman was approached by a group of five college-aged males who remain unidentified.