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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193. Racial Hoax With a Sour Echo / Sabrina Collins, a student at Emory University, claimed to be on the receiving end of racist death threats. Police eventually said she did it herself. They found the threats contained errors she common / 1990-06-26 323. Woman's Claim Of Racial Crime Is Called a Hoax / Local prosecutors reviewing the case of the student, Sabrina Collins, who received national attention after she had reported receiving racially motivated hate mail and death threats in recent months, s / 1990-05-31	Type of hoax: suspected 1990-04-01 Atlanta GA At Emory University a black student claimed to be on the receiving end of racist death threats. Police eventually said she did it herself. They found the threats contained errors she commonly made.

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193. Racial Hoax With a Sour Echo / Sabrina Collins, a student at Emory University, claimed to be on the receiving end of racist death threats. Police eventually said she did it herself. They found the threats contained errors she common / 1990-06-26
323. Woman's Claim Of Racial Crime Is Called a Hoax / Local prosecutors reviewing the case of the student, Sabrina Collins, who received national attention after she had reported receiving racially motivated hate mail and death threats in recent months, s / 1990-05-31

Type of hoax: suspected

1990-04-01

Atlanta GA

At Emory University a black student claimed to be on the receiving end of racist death threats. Police eventually said she did it herself. They found the threats contained errors she commonly made.

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