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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471. This had nothing to do with racism / Not really a fake hate crime, but a false complaint of racism. A Nigerian doctor was struck off in the UK for incompetence, claimed it was racism, and won. / 2018-08-20
Type of hoax: not a hoax

2011-02-18

Leicester UK

Not really a fake hate crime, but a false complaint of racism. A Nigerian doctor was struck off in the UK for incompetence, claimed it was racism, and won.

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