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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 recommended.

Report 169.

Articles/Programs

220. KATU 'Swastika' News / A collection of 'swastika' incidents from around the north west from 2009. Students tend to be divided between ones with a sick sense of humor and those with no sense of humor at all. Lewis and Clar / 2009-10-17

Details

Type of hoax: suspected

Date: 2009-10-16

Location: Portland OR

Summary: Lewis and Clark students published a magazine mocking the Holocaust, and there were a series of swastika daubings in the college and others nearby.

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