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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353. BG police say student lied about politically driven attack / Eleesha Long, a black student at Bowling Green State University, falsely claimed to have been racially assaulted and harassed by three white men / 2016-11-17
Type of hoax: admitted - crime never took place

2016-11-09

Bowling Green OH

Black student, Eleesha Long, falsely claimed to have been racially assaulted & harassed by 3 white men

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