{
  "id": "2022-03-18-brown-university-hate-crime-march-18",
  "slug": "brown-university-hate-crime-march-18-2022-03-18",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Brown University",
    "shortName": "Brown",
    "state": "RI",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Brown Alert",
    "enrollment": 11000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-03-18",
    "type": "hate-crime",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Public safety notice for a reported hate crime",
    "headlinePublic": "Public safety notice for a reported hate crime",
    "summary": "Brown Public Safety [posted a public notice](https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/hate-crime) on 2022-03-18. Full text is preserved from the [official alerts archive](https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/crime-alerts).",
    "outcome": "See the official notice for investigation status and community guidance.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2022-03-18 on the Brown Public Safety alerts archive",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "In accordance with the Jeanne Clery Act, the Brown University Department of Public Safety is writing to notify the campus community of a Hate Crime incident that occurred in the area of Brown and George Street.\n\nOn Friday, 3/17/22, at approximately 10:15 pm, the Brown University Department of Public Safety and the Providence Police Department responded to Brown and George Street for some type of disturbance. The investigation determined that the perpetrators operated a black Mercedes Benz sedan east on George Street. Four people occupied the vehicle. The vehicle’s windows were rolled down, and one of the occupants yelled a homophobic slur and then fired a projectile, suspected to be a \"bb\" at a Brown University student and his friend. Both people were hit but did not sustain any injuries. The vehicle was last seen operating on George Street toward Thayer Street.\n\nThe Providence Police Department informed Brown DPS that the same vehicle was involved in a similar incident on South Main Street earlier in the evening. The incident remains under investigation by the Providence Police Department and the Brown University Department of Public Safety. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to contact the Providence Police Department at 401-272-3121 or the Brown University Department of Public Safety at 401-863-3322.\n\nCommunity members are encouraged to visit the Brown University Department of Public Safety website for important safety awareness information.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/hate-crime",
      "sourceDescription": "Brown DPSEM public alerts archive (publicsafety.brown.edu)",
      "annotations": [
        "Full text from official Brown Public Safety alert page paragraphs"
      ],
      "characterCount": 1483
    }
  ],
  "context": "On 2022-03-18, [Brown University](https://www.brown.edu/) Department of Public Safety published a community-facing notice now archived at [publicsafety.brown.edu](https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/hate-crime). The [crime alerts index](https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/crime-alerts) lists multi-year Clery and community notices.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Full official text recovered from Brown's public alerts archive",
    "Verbatim transcription for emergency-management research use"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Public safety notice for a reported hate crime (Brown Public Safety)",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/hate-crime",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Brown Public Safety crime alerts index",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/crime-alerts",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Brown University emergency information",
      "url": "https://www.brown.edu/emergency",
      "type": "official"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "hate-crime",
    "brown"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}