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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248. Claim: Gay Canadian filmmaker Chris Ball was severely beaten and bloodied by emboldened Donald Trump... 2016-11-08 Santa Monica CA

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Canadian film producer Chris Ball was bloodied shortly after the election by supporters of Donald Trump

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http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2016/11/09/calgarian-in-santa-monica-assaulted-on-us-election-night.html

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After the 2016 U.S. general election wound down, stories of a more dangerous United States began popping up on social media. According to one such story, gay Canadian film producer Chris Ball was badly beaten outside a bar in Santa Monica, California, by several Donald Trump supporters who had been emboldened by the vote's outcome.

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