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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416. Black Student Accused of Starting Fire in Building Full of Her Sleeping Peers in Apparent Hate Crime... 2021-04-18 La Crosse Wisconsin

title
Viterbo student who reported racist incidents accused of starting fire in residential hall

name
La Crosse Tribune

authors
Steve Rundio

url
https://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/viterbo-student-who-reported-racist-incidents-accused-of-starting-fire-in-residential-hall/article_1cfda4ce-d948-5a75-bd57-5410f6a14163.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1

summary
Unanka had been the target of two purported incidents of racism in the recent past and was apparently looking to frame the fire as a third one; a resident adviser told police. Unanka’s undoing, it seems, may have been the very cameras that were installed in the dorms after those purported hate crimes. One of the graffito read “Your [sic] ugly black girl I’m not joking,” the LaCrosse Tribune reported on March 11. Those incidents led to campus protests.

date read
2021-04-25

date published
2021-04-19


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