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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482. Not criminal per se, but two black youths circulated racist fake currency at their high school 2023-03-14 Sacramento CA https://www.theblaze.com/news/school-suspends-black... School suspends black students for anti-black racism: 'This is the third time we’ve had perpetrators of a racially motivated incident identified as African-Americans' / "two black students [circulated] fake money... for buying fried chicken and alcohol and contained the N-word as well as a derogatory image of
481. MIT students deliberately post hateful speech in an effort to delegitimize MIT's new commitment to f... 2023-03-01 Cambridge Massachusetts https://www.thecollegefix.com/lgbtq-slurs-found-at-... LGBTQ slurs found at MIT done by students protesting school’s new pro-free speech efforts / In a weird double-reverse protest, MIT students deliberately posted "hate speech" on flyers and sidewalks to demonstrate that they should not have the right to do so, under the school's new liberal fre / 2023-03-03
480. Police determined "White Power" graffiti on HS actually painted by Hispanic gang. 2023-01-19 Caldwell Idaho https://www.foxnews.com/us/hate-crime-hoax-idaho-po... Hate crime hoax: Idaho police say 'White Power' graffiti on high school created by 'rival' Hispanic gangs / "...police provided an update that the graffiti vandalism is believed to be a "diversion tactic" used by one of the Hispanic gangs in the area to avoid being caught by police..." / 2023-01-24
479. Look how carefully The College Fix reports alleged hate crimes, in contrast to the people who make t... 2022-08-31 Durham NC https://www.thecollegefix.com/here-are-14-times-hat... Here are 14 times campus hate crimes turned out to be hoaxes in 2022 / Here are 14 times campus hate crimes turned out to be hoaxes in 2022. / 2022-12-19
478. FBI admits bomb threats to 59 HBCUs were non-credible hoaxes by a minor now under state indictment. 2022-01-04 Various Various https://www.thecollegefix.com/juvenile-bomb-threat-... Juvenile bomb-threat caller never posed credible danger to HBCUs, but FBI refused to say so until after midterms / FBI kept "non-credible" case open until after midterms, will not reveal hoaxer's age, race, location, or motive. / 2022-12-01
477. Gay bar "bricked" 4X in a month, publicly decried as 'hate crime"; gay perpetrator simply had person... 2022-10-20 NYC NY https://www.dailywire.com/news/narrative-busted-man... Narrative Busted: Man Throwing Bricks At NYC Gay Bar Was Actually A Gay Man Enacting ‘Revenge,’ Police Say / NY leftists loudly decry gay bar vandalism as "hate crime"—turns out gay brick thrower was "exacting revenge" on staff member. / 2022-11-25
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

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