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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404. Two black students charged in racial vandalism at Miami / Two black Miami University students were charged for allegedly posting racist messages supporting the Ku Klux Klan at the college's black learning center. / 1999-01-22	Type of hoax: charged with committing crime 1998-10-30 Oxford OH Two black students charged for posting racist messages supporting the Ku Klux Klan

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