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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196. Student says racial harassment 'hoax' / John Grace, a black student at Middlebury College, admitted writing racist notes and taping them to his own window. However, he wasn't charged, though he had also broken a window. The Dean of Students / 1983-10-01
Type of hoax: admitted - victim or accomplice(s) committed crime

1983-09-01

Middlebury VT

John Grace, a black student at Middlebury College, admitted writing racist notes and taping them to his own window. They were in his handwriting.

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