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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197. Statement from Grand Valley Police Department Chief Renee Freeman: "The Grand Valley State Universi... 2014-02-01 Allendale MI

title
College Student Caught In Another Hate Crime Hoax

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Fox News

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url
http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/03/23/college-student-caught-another-hate-crime-hoax

summary
Last month racist writing on a dormitory door shook Grand Valley State University near Detroit in Michigan. It appears to be a hoax, inflicted by the student who lived in the room and owned the whiteboard.

date read
2014-09-26

date published
2014-03-23


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