fakehatecrimes.org
fake hate crimes: a database of
hate crime hoaxes in the usa
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The purpose of this site is to compile a comprehensive database of the false reports of "hate crimes" committed in the USA. It builds on the work of
Laird Wilcox
, whose
Crying Wolf
(PDF) is the only book dedicated to this subject so far.
Report 136.
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"Islamophobic Prejudice" and CAIR
/ A story about a Muslim faking an Islamophobic hate crime. "On putting out the fire, police and firefighters found a gasoline can, a spray-painted obscenity against Arabs and a spray-painted white cross / 2004-08-25
Type of hoax:
charged with committing crime
2004-07-09
Everett WA
Mirza Akram has been charged with faking a hate crime (a fire at his store, plus anti-Muslim graffiti) to collect insurance.
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