Patrick Mitchell is not an uncommon name. There are probably at least a couple dozen people in the USA with that name. However, Dan Opacki IS an uncommon name. I am virtually certain it belongs to the Univ. of Mass. student and anti-war activist by that name. Someone should get in touch with the Boston Herald and ask that they confirm with Dan Opacki did indeed send that venom spewing e-mail to Michelle. Then someone should find out if this qualifies as a Hate Crime in Massachusetts.
Do you have a link to the hate crime legislation wording in Mass.?
And yes, there are plenty of Patrick Mitchell's listed.
I'm assuming he's related to the Mitchell listed at that law firm. But, that may not be true either. Maybe something will turn up, you never know. That's the "fun" of the internet.
Obviously he's a leftist loon, so maybe he has other opinions floating around.