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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446. West Chester East student charged with making death threats to minority students / West Chester East student charged with making death threats to minority students / 2017-09-12	Type of hoax: charged with committing crime 2017-09-11 Philly PA Black student makes threats to other blacks and Mexicans via instagram. Found out he was black once they caught him.

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