NFL hate mail has Youngstown postmark

NFL hate mail hasYoungstown postmark
The FBI is investigating hate mail sent to current and former black NFL players during the past year, according to a published report. A memo sent to players last week by the NFL's security department said all of the threatening letters came from the same person, The Palm Beach Post reported today. The letters were postmarked in Cleveland, Youngstown and Erie, Pa. "There have been 11 or 12 letters directed to prominent individuals throughout the United States over the past two years," special agent Robert Hawk of the FBI's Cleveland office told the Post. "These letters contained veiled threats. There were overtures of violence." The NFL's memo said at least six letters have been sent directly to players, their teams and their cheerleaders. Threats of violence have escalated with each letter, the memo said.