fakehatecrimes.org

fake hate crimes: a database of hate crime hoaxes in the usa



The purpose of this site is to compile a comprehensive database of the false reports of "hate crimes" committed (mostly) in the USA. It builds on the work of Laird Wilcox, whose Crying Wolf (PDF) is the original book on this subject. The books Hate Crime Hoax and Hate Crimes: Criminal Law & Identity Politics are also recommended.

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193. A white Portland woman burned her own face with acid and claimed a black woman had committed the cri... 2010-02-03 Portland OR

title
Acid Attack Hoax: Why Did She Say Attacker Was Black?

name
CBS News

authors
Aina Hunter

url
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/acid-attack-hoax-why-did-she-say-attacker-was-black/

summary
Bethany Storro, the Portland woman who claimed that an unknown black woman threw acid in her face, yesterday admitted she'd made up the story.

date read
2014-02-17

date published
2010-09-17


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