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 recommended.

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320. Messerattacke offenbar erfunden - linker Jungpolitiker wird angeklagt / The prosecutor says Julian Kinzel slashed himself with a knife and made out it was neo-Nazis that did it. / 2016-07-15

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Type of hoax: charged with committing crime

Date: 2016-01-01

Location: Wismar

Summary: Julian Kinzel alleged in January that right wing extremists slashed him 17 times with a knife while calling him a “gay communist”. The prosecutor says it's a hoax.

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