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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356. Police interviewed multiple people who witnessed the incident and said the straphanger was the aggre... 2019-05-26 New York NY

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Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email Copy METRO Subway rider lied about anti-gay attack, was actually aggressor: cops

name
New York Post

authors
Craig McCarthy

url
https://nypost.com/2019/05/27/subway-rider-lied-about-anti-gay-attack-was-actually-aggressor-cops/

summary
A Manhattan straphanger who claimed to have been attacked by two men yelling gay slurs was actually the one doing the attacking, according to police.

date read
2019-06-04

date published
2019-05-27


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