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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422. "Nooses" found were just ropes holding up fences or were just tangled up ropes. 2021-05-26 Windsor Connecticut

title
Amazon warehouse construction site in Connecticut shut down again after eighth noose found

name
msn

authors
Theresa Braine

url
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amazon-warehouse-construction-site-in-connecticut-shut-down-again-after-eighth-noose-found/ar-AAKq3F3

summary
Amazon repeatedly shut down a construction site after they keep finding ropes that vaguely resemble nooses. Amazon offers a $100,000 reward to find the perpetrator of this serious hate crime. Gov. Ned Lamont called the nooses "racist provocation of the worst type" More info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4f5Su-O3PA

date read
2021-05-31

date published
2021-05-27


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