That is so interesting... I don't believe the media EVER mentioned her race. This is the first I've heard of her race. But, if it were a white, republican you better believe I would have been aware of it.
Actually it was a van owned by the womans employer.
[Cynthia Boyd, Woman Who Claimed to be Victim of Hate Crime Accused of Stealing Van, St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota), June 12, 2001.]
http://www.amren.com/hoaxarticle/hoax.htm
It seems this isn't as rare a phenomena as one would expect. Whites, blacks, male, female, all seem to fall into this malady. It stands for certain that any white Republican doing this would be crucified in print and hounded out of existance.