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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476. Black, gay food truck owner charged with arson, insurance fraud, and grand theft for staging own "ha... 2021-10-03 San Diego CA https://www.kusi.com/vegan-food-truck-owner-charged... Vegan food truck owner charged with arson and insurance fraud / Tuesday, Hartsfield was charged with both arson and insurance fraud in connection to the fire that destroyed his food truck. “My food truck (Rollin Roots) was burglarized and vandalized multiple times / 2022-11-16
475. A rope at a construction site is not a hate crime. This isn't the first time a rope was found at a c... 2022-11-10 Chicago Michigan https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/13/rewar... Reward Offered After Noose Found at Obama Center in Chicago / Rope resembling a noose found at construction site of Obama center. The firm behind the project said it was halting construction to provide anti-bias training to staff and workers. Construction. The c / 2022-11-13
474. It sounds like another example of a "Social Equity and Racial Justice Committee" talking about "our ... 2022-07-01 Ashland OR https://www.opb.org/article/2022/10/28/ashland-city... Ashland city leaders respond to reports of death threats against Oregon Shakespeare Festival director / Ashland Shakespeare Festival currently features a version of King John with "an all-female and nonbinary cast performing a story about male power in imperial Europe" / 2022-10-29
473. Voter-suppression claim collapses after black man arrested for burning churches 2022-11-08 Jackson Mississippi https://www.wnd.com/2022/11/vote-suppression-claim-... Voter-suppression claim collapses after black man arrested for burning churches / Black suspect allegedly set seven fires including two black churches and an HBC on election day, that were characterized as acts of white intimidation. / 2022-11-11
472. The accused is black, and painted swastikas 2022-08-17 Atlanta GA https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2022/08/19/vandal-... Man believed to have vandalized Rainbow Crosswalk arrested after barricade / For the second time in as many days, Atlanta’s Rainbow Crosswalks was vandalized. Police say on Wednesday, officers responded to a report of a male spray painting the rainbow crosswalk at 10th Street a / 2022-08-19
471. Black 18-year-old Pharrell Smith will face a terror charge after threatening to shoot black people a... 2022-09-19 Opelika AL https://moonbattery.com/black-teen-makes-white-powe... Black Teen Makes White Power Death Threat / Black 18-year-old posted on Facebook as "Dylann Cruz" that he was “coming to [the] Opelika Alabama fair to kill every NEGRO that we lay eye contact on so be prepared. WHITE POWER.” Suspect arrested an / 2022-10-19
470. FBI arrested Jason Duhaime of Northeastern U for falsely reporting injuries from an explosive packag... 2022-09-12 Boston MA https://www.thedailybeast.com/northeastern-universi... Northeastern Lab Manager Charged With Staging Zuckerberg-Inspired Explosion / Northeastern U Media Lab manager made false report of receiving and being injured by an explosive package in the mail, accompanied by a note threatening the entire lab for collaborating with Mark Zucke / 2022-10-04
469. The investigation revealed it was a fraud. 2022-08-26 Provo UT https://www.byucougarchronicle.org/post/exclusive-r... Exclusive: Racist Comments at BYU Volleyball Game Never Happened, Sources Suggest / BYU fans accused of racial epithets and threats against a black Duke women’s volleyball player. Evidence shows it never happened. / 2022-08-30
468. For months, the Canadian media has been full of stories about finding the bodies of indigenous child... 2022-01-01 Kamloops BC https://quillette.com/2022/04/13/frances-widdowson-... Quillette Podcast #186: Frances Widdowson on the Questions Canadians Aren’t Supposed to Ask About Unmarked Graves / 215 presumed graves were identified with ground-penetrating radar (GPR) in Kamloops, B.C.. But no-one has attempted to dig up any of these presumed graves. Some of them allegedly date from the ei
467. If the allegations are true, either Bivins is a right-wing hatemonger posing as a leftist, or vice-v... 2022-04-30 Portland OR https://thepostmillennial.com/portland-journalist-w... Portland journalist who reported on the 'alt- right' for liberal papers arrested over attacks on synagogues, mosque / Portland reporter Mike Bivins was arrested over alleged attacks of vandalism and arson at two synagogues and a mosque, according to the Portland Police Bureau. / 2022-05-08
466. There is one type of fake racism claim which comes from the right - the claim of antisemitism. They ... 2022-05-07 Sacramento CA https://campusreform.org/article?id=19514 U California pushes ethnic studies mandate that Newsom called 'offensive' against Jews / The University of California (UC)is considering a proposal that would require high school students to take an ethnic studies course before being admitted to one of the system's universities. Oppone / 2022-05-07
465. The University of Michigan’s police department said that it does not have reason yet to believe the ... 2022-04-09 Ann Arbor MI https://www.thecollegefix.com/police-dispute-claim-... Police dispute claim of ‘racially motivated’ vandalism against black Michigan student / Two physical bulletin boards created by a black student were vandalized. He claims the valdalism was racially motivated. However, there is no evidence of this. / 2022-04-27
464. In the case of the Jackson church a mentally ill Black parishioner pleaded guilty to tagging the bui... 2022-02-01 Bloomington IN https://rkeefe57.wordpress.com/2022/03/19/bomb-thre... Bomb Threats Against HBCUs — Another Hoax? / More than a third of America’s 101 historically Black colleges and universities have been targeted by calls or emails threatening to set off bombs on their campuses since early January, with the vast m / 2022-04-15
463. Sheriff: Video shows racist graffiti on school wall written by two black girls 2022-03-22 Sacramento CA https://www.thecollegefix.com/two-black-girls-wrote... Two black girls wrote ‘All [n-words] should die’ graffiti in latest hate-crime hoax / Two black girls identified as the likely culprits of penciled racial slur graffiti at a CA public high school. The unnamed teenagers “were observed writing a racial obscenity,” on March 22, according t / 2022-03-30
460. BLM/Antifa rioters convicted, attempted to frame Proud Boys for own bank/police/postal arson/vandali... 2020-10-02 Atlanta GA https://thepostmillennial.com/blm-antifa-activists-... BLM, Antifa activists convicted of arson after attempting to frame Proud Boys for their own crimes / "A group of Black Lives Matter and Antifa rioters were convicted on federal charges after attempting to frame the Proud Boys for a series of vandalism and arson attacks the far-left extremists carried / 2022-0
459. Caught on video and admission by perp 2022-02-09 Sacramento California https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2022/02/17/person-i... District Identifies Person Responsible For Racist Graffiti Found At McClatchy High / Student caught vandalizing water fountain with racist graphiti was black female student that was caught on video and made an admission. Distric back-tracked on zero tolleramce and activists suggest / 2022-02-17
458. A student at Wright State University who said she is the victim of a racist act no longer wants to s... 2021-11-29 Dayton OH https://www.thecollegefix.com/hoax-racial-slur-vict... Hoax? Racial slur victim stops talking, cops close investigation / A resident of Hawthorn Hall at the public Ohio university “contacted the Emergency Communication Center (ECC) in regards to speaking with an Officer about her white board being knocked off of her door / 2022-02-16
457. Illinois law enforcement announced Friday that Kaliyeha Clark-Mabins, a black female college student... 2022-01-23 Madison WI https://www.thecollegefix.com/hoax-alert-black-illi... Hoax alert: Black Illinois student criminally charged for racist notes / The investigation cleared two white students falsely accused of involvement. Black activists had called for their expulsion for writing racist notes. But police say a black student was to blame. / 2022-02-07
456. Wow Bernie, isn't it incredible that the picture your "friend in Ottawa at the Occupation" sent you ... 2022-02-07 Toronto Ottowa https://thepostmillennial.com/chair-of-trudeau-fund... Chair of Trudeau-funded ‘anti-hate’ network spreads antisemitism hoax to smear Canadian truckers / In an apparent effort to smear the truckers, Chair of the "Anti-Hate" Network Bernie Farber has spread disinformation on social media regarding the ongoing Freedom Convoy. [This convoy is a nationwi / 2022-02-
455. Numerous "white supremacist" swastikas on Union Station columns were placed there by twice-deported ... 2022-01-28 Washington DC https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/02/narrative-fai... Narrative Fail: Alleged DC Swastika Perp is a Twice-Deported Mexican With Long Criminal Record / "The Usual Suspects on the left and in the media... suggest that alleged white supremacists supposedly influenced by former President Donald Trump and the Charlottesville tiki-torch racists likely made / 2022-02-04
453. Reports show that the police and university employees could not find evidence of Ku Klux Klan recrui... 2021-12-19 Salt Lake UT https://www.thecollegefix.com/hate-crime-hoaxes-stu... Hate crime hoaxes: Students alleged KKK recruited on campus, vandalized black girl’s door / “The university strongly condemns the KKK and white supremacy, as the values held by these groups are contradictory to a sense of safety and belonging for our community” / 2022-01-26
452. A sampling of prominent articles that have asserted the existence of a “hate epidemic” reveals glari... 2021-09-20 Vancouver BC https://areomagazine.com/2022/01/19/did-covid-reall... Did Covid Really Provoke an Anti-Asian Hate Epidemic in Canada? / There was a moral panic about hate crimes against East Asian people in Canada, caused by reactions to the Covid pandemic, in 2021. It was invented "by media organisations and advocacy groups that have / 2022-01-19
451. 2021 was filled with hate crime hoaxes, overreactions and evidence-free accusations Today, The Co... 2021-12-01 Various https://www.thecollegefix.com/year-in-review-black-... Hate crime hoaxes of 2021: Black student fakes vandalism but she’s not the only liar / Fake hate crimes during 2021 / 2021-12-22
450. Hijab-ripping fake hate crimes happen. The biggest upsurge occurred just after the election of Donal... 2021-12-14 Fairfax VA https://thepostmillennial.com/hate-hoax-police-say-... HATE HOAX: Police say no hate crime in viral high school hijab incident / Following a viral altercation involving a hijab that occurred at Fairfax High School on Dec. 14 that prompted CAIR-backed student protests, the Fairfax Police Department have concluded that there is no / 2021-12-20
449. Alleged victim Jussie Smollett was convicted of staging the hoax attack with two accomplices 2019-01-29 Chicago IL https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/12/09/... Jussie Smollett Found Guilty in Hate Crime Hoax Trial / A jury found disgraced actor and former “Empire” star Jussie Smollett guilty on five of six charges in a case where he is accused of staging an anti-gay, racist attack on himself nearly three years ago / 2021-12-09
448. Video Surveillance shows the suspects who vandalized vehicles, writing hateful words on them, was in... 2021-11-06 Providence Rhode Island https://turnto10.com/news/local/surveillance-shows-... Surveillance shows vandals who wrote racial slur on cars at Providence College / Providence College has shared surveillance images showing a group of vandals that etched the N-word on some students' cars, including one that belongs to a Black basketball player. / 2021-11-08
447. Players from Greece Arcadia High School claimed they were subjected to racial slurs at both the Pitt... 2021-09-28 Pittsford NY https://www.whec.com/rochester-new-york-news/pittsf... Pittsford CSD finds claims of racist taunts at soccer games were unfounded / Children from a New York School claimed they were subject to racial slurs at soccer games at two subsequent matches, one boys and one girls, but an investigation by the Pittsford Central School Distric / 2021-10-06
446. Cops: “The security cameras in the area were reviewed, but nothing was observed,” Lavoie said on Oct... 2021-09-01 Orono ME https://www.thecollegefix.com/hoax-likely-no-video-... Hoax likely: No video evidence, victim report for alleged LGBT hate crime at University of Maine / A 'tall brunette male' allegedly choked a girl in a LGBT pride shirt. “A tall white guy with short brown hair grabbed my friend from behind and choked her and called her a dyke for wearing a pride s / 2021-10-
445. A 19-year-old black student at East Carolina University (ECU) in Greenville, North Carolina, was arr... 2021-08-27 Greenville North Carolina https://www.witn.com/2021/10/06/ecu-theta-chi-membe... ECU Theta Chi member speaks out about racist social media post / After a two-month investigation, Greenville Police arrested a young black man, James Edwards IV, 19, on a charge of cyberstalking. He’s a member of ECU’s Pi Lambda Phi chapter. ECU Theta Chi Chapter / 2021-10-05
444. The crime itself. She was pretending to be a white male KKK member and leaving threatening to kill ... 2021-09-06 Douglasville Georgia https://www.cbs46.com/news/black-woman-in-douglasvi... Black woman in Douglasville accused of pretending to be white man, threatening neighbors / "White male KKK member" leaving racist notes in neighborhood mailboxes threatening to kill people and burn down homes turns out to be black woman. First note was Dec. 21, 2020, followed by several mo / 2021-09-30

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