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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199. Black campus officer admits planting racist fliers / A campus officer brought KKK flyers to San Bernadino Valley College to make others aware that such material was being circulated. Arthur Johnson, a black security officer, took one of the flyers, put i / 1992-03-27
Type of hoax: admitted - victim or accomplice(s) committed crime

1992-01-01

San Bernadino CA

A campus officer brought KKK flyers to school to make others aware that such material was being circulated. A black security officer put one of the flyers in his own mailbox and claimed to be a victim of racism. Then he confessed.

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