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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Anti-gun doctor accused of sending himself death threat https://yournews.com/2020/01/28/1423434/anti-gun-do... online article 2020-01-28
Cop Resigns After Writing 'Pig' Insult On Coffee Cup And Blaming McDonald's Workers https://www.yahoo.com/news/kansas-police-pig-insult... online article 2020-01-02
He told police he was stabbed for being Jewish. Then his Apple Watch caught him in a lie. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oak... online article 2020-01-02
Andy Ngo responds: Twitter punishes you for telling the truth https://www.thepostmillennial.com/andy-ngo-responds... online article 2019-12-06
Are We in the Midst of a Transgender Murder Epidemic? https://quillette.com/2019/12/07/are-we-in-the-mids... online article 2019-12-07
A National Epidemic: Fatal Anti-Transgender Violence in the United States in 2019 https://www.hrc.org/resources/a-national-epidemic-f... online article 2019-12-01
Andy Ngo suspended from Twitter for correcting Chelsea Clinton's claims about hate crimes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Y0frT9sP0 online article 2019-11-27
Hate-Crime Violence Hits 16-Year High, F.B.I. Reports https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/us/hate-crimes-f... online article 2019-11-12
O Oberlin, My Oberlin https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/o-oberl... online article 2019-08-01
Finnish Politician Apologises for Fake Hate Crime https://nationalfile.com/finnish-politician-apologi... online article 2019-11-14
The great hate crime HOAX https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7617669/Th... online article 2019-10-26
“He never taught here”: ice rink disputes claim of racism by hockey coach https://www.thepostmillennial.com/he-never-taught-h... online article 2019-10-18
The myth of rising hate crime https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/10/17/the-myth-o... online article 2019-10-17
Hate crimes double in five years in England and Wales http://archive.is/NM17N online article 2019-10-15
Why we keep falling for hate-crime hoaxes https://nypost.com/2019/10/03/why-we-keep-falling-f... online article 2019-10-03
Virginia sixth-grader now says she falsely accused classmates of cutting her hair https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/virg... online article 2019-09-30
The "Ok Sign" And "Bowl Haircut" Added To Hate Symbol Database Because We Live In Hell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOY5X8EflGM online article 2019-09-26
'OK' hand gesture, 'bowl cut' added to hate symbols database https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/ok-ha... online article 2019-09-26
"Jussie Smollett 2.0" CAUGHT Red Handed, Sprayed "MAGA" And Slur On Wall, ARRESTED And CHARGED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Su_FaLx_NA online article 2019-09-15
A gunman attacked a Christian charity after it appeared on an SPLC ‘hate map’ https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/09/06/the-violen... online article 2019-09-06
U of Illinois Student Charged With Hate Crime, Accused of Hanging a Noose in a Dorm Elevator https://www.theroot.com/u-of-illinois-student-charg... online article 2019-09-03
13 Questions for David Lammy -- a Twitter thread https://twitter.com/IonathanRex/status/115013839618... online article 2019-07-13
How mainstream media fuels the UK's Islamophobia crisis https://archive.fo/jpqG3 online article 2019-08-20
The Southern Poverty Law Center is a hate-based scam that nearly caused me to be murdered https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/08/17/s... online article 2019-08-17
Hate crimes in schools in region affected by anti-LGBT+ protests surge https://archive.is/Tguti online article 2019-08-04
‘The Hate Is Real’: Black Georgia Lawmaker Says She Was Berated at Supermarket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/us/erica-thomas-... online article 2019-07-21
How a supermarket spat became a ‘hate crime’ https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/07/24/how-a-supe... online article 2019-07-24
Is Surging Hate Crime in the UK Overcooked? https://quillette.com/2019/07/18/is-surging-hate-cr... online article 2019-07-18
Hate Crime Hoaxes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSK3K0Kdix4 movie or documentary 2019-05-28
Reported hate crimes and incidents up nearly 400% in Seattle since 2012 https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/rep... online article 2019-05-09

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