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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Colleges perfect milieu for hate crime hoaxes http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/state/20040420-02... online article 2004-04-20
Lesbian couple accused of faking hate crime at Colorado home http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/18/lesbian-couple... online article 2012-05-18
Elmhurst student faked attack http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Elmhurst_Stude... online article 2009-07-16
Hate crime report at UNC was false, police say http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/04/12/1124145/unc-... print article 2011-04-12
Deputies: Parkside student confesses to creating list http://journaltimes.com/news/local/deputies-parksid... online article 2012-02-03
Man Admits Hate Crime Attack Was False http://www.kmbc.com/Man-Admits-Hate-Crime-Attack-Wa... online article 2004-12-28
Hate hoaxes http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2005/04/hate_ho... print article
Hate crime hoaxes http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/07/31/hate-... online article 2012-07-31
Lesbian teen faked anti-gay notes that sparked college’s ‘Solidarity Rally’ http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lesbian-teen-faked... online article 2012-07-05
Another gay ‘hate crime’ hoax: ‘Victim’ injured himself with a somersault http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/another-gay-hate-c... online article 2012-08-09
Fake 'Hate' Crimes Embarrass Far Right http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-... online article 2008-03-31
Alumna charged with two felonies http://statement-analysis.blogspot.com/2012/12/2004... online article 2012-12-01
Black campus officer admits planting racist fliers
print article 1992-03-27
19-year-old pleads guilty to trashing Rockville school
print article 1990-10-02
Identity revealed of author of racially inflamatory flyer
print article 1991-12-21
Student says racial harassment 'hoax'
print article 1983-10-01
Roselle man is accused of racist graffiti
print article 1989-12-13
Jewish student acquitted of vandalism
print article 1989-12-22
Racial Hoax With a Sour Echo
print article 1990-06-26
Hate-mail case sends teacher to court today
print article 1988-12-20
A Test of Racism Produces an Uproar
print article 1993-02-17
Student admits he lied about threats
print article 1988-12-06
Faking the hate? contd... A list of hoax crimes. http://www.erinoconnor.org/archives/2003/03/faking_... online article 2003-03-07
Jimmy Carter, Phony Hate Crimes, Etc. http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Protected/Art... online article 2007-10-22
Alicia Hardin, Exposed http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2005/04/28/expose... online article 2005-04-28
Another hate crime hoax http://michellemalkin.com/2005/05/09/another-hate-c... online article 2005-05-09
The left fakes the hate at GWU http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/09/the-left-fakes... print article 2007-10-09
"Islamophobic Prejudice" and CAIR http://www.danielpipes.org/2042/islamophobic-prejud... online article 2004-08-25
GWU student journalist admits hate crime hoax http://michellemalkin.com/2007/11/05/gwu-student-jo... online article 2007-11-05
Hate crime hoaxes http://unamusementpark.com/lists/hate-crime-hoaxes/... online article 2012-06-13

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