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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66. Sharmeka Moffitt, a 20 yr old black woman from Lousiana, appears to have set fire to herself and bla... 2012-10-21 Winnsboro LA

title
Bogus hate crimes all the rage

name
Salon.com

authors
Mark Potok

url
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/24/bogus_hate_crimes_all_the_rage/

summary
Mark Potok complains that fake hate crimes are 'dangerous', because they undermine the SPLC: "The best evidence suggests there are something like 200,000 hate crimes a year in the United States. But within that total are a vastly smaller number that turn out to be bogus." They undermine the SPLC if they get found out. Otherwise, they reinforce it.

date read
2012-12-24

date published
2012-10-24


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