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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333. "After a detailed investigation, police have determined that the events described in the original ne... 2018-01-12 Toronto ON http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/scarborough-h... Reported hijab attack on 11-year-old girl 'did not happen,' Toronto police say / 11-year-old Canadian girl claimed her hijab was ripped off of her. Now, "After a detailed investigation, police have determined that the events described in the original news release did not happen / 2018-01-15
332. Most of these campus fake hate crimes or graffiti were committed by members of the minorities they a... 2017-11-01 Many US https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/40361/ Year in Review: 17 campus hate crimes that turned out to be hoaxes in 2017 / 17 campus hate crimes that turned out to be hoaxes in 2017. Most of them were committed by members of the minority the hate crime (or graffiti) appeared to target. / 2017-12-26
331. Investigators conclude alleged victim is the perpetrator. 2017-11-15 Aircraft Carrier George HW Bush Atlantic https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2017/12/08... Sailor staged racist vandalism, Navy says / Black sailor vandalizes his own rack with racial slurs. NCIS investigation concludes the alleged victim staged the vandalism himself. / 2017-12-08
330. Black male vandalized five black churches, for which there is video surveillance evidence for the la... 2017-11-25 Morristown New Jersey http://www.dailywire.com/news/23988/heres-latest-ha... Black man vandalized five black churches / Black male vandalized five black churches, for which there is video surveillance evidence for the latest string of "hate crimes" discovered to be a hoax. The suspect, Zuri C. Towns, apparently attended / 2017-11-27
329. “This is very much a white person issue that we need to tackle as white people and speak up against,... 2017-11-16 Chesterfield MO http://fox2now.com/2017/11/21/student-admits-to-wri... Student admits to writing racist message in high school bathroom / CHESTERFIELD, Mo. – Officials at Parkway Central High School said a student has confessed to writing a racial slur and the phrase ‘White Lives Matter’ on a mirror inside a campus bathroom. In an ema / 2017-11-21
327. Cadet candidate allegedly targeted by racism found responsible for act... 2017-09-25 Air Force Academy Colorado http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/07/hate-hoax-air-for... HATE HOAX: Air Force Academy Cadet Candidate Wrote Fake Racist Messages Himself / Racist messages written on a whiteboard at the Air Force Academy in September that made national news and inspired an impassioned speech from a lieutenant general were written by a student supposedly v / 2017-11-07
326. Racist graffiti that was painted on a car parked near Kansas State University last week turned out a... 2017-11-06 Kansas State U Kansas http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/06/k-state-hate-graf... Hate Graffiti Turns Out To Be — You Guessed It — A Hoax / Racist graffiti that was painted on a car parked near Kansas State University last week turned out a hoax, and was written by the car’s owner. The words “Go Home N***** Boy” and “Whites Only” were p / 2017-11-07
324. Authorities charged a black man with arson Monday after he spray-painted “KKK” and a "Swastika" on c... Kansas City MO http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/30/church-arson-raci... Church Arson, Racist Graffiti Were Cover-Up For Theft By Black Employee, Say Feds / Authorities charged a black man with arson Monday after he spray-painted “KKK” and a "Swastika" on church property and set an office chair ablaze to throw off investigators. Documents filed in Feder / 2017-10-30
323. Candace Owens - 'RedPillBlack' - describes how a feminist tried to persuade her to abandon her onlin... 2016-04-27 New York NY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSAoitd1BTQ&t=2m The Rubin Report / Candace Owens - 'RedPillBlack' - describes how a feminist tried to persuade her to abandon her online project, to expose online bullies, because she would get threats from white supremacist men. Shortl / 2017-09-28
322. Eddie Curlin, a black man, was charged after spray painting racist graffiti targeting blacks at East... 2017-10-17 Ypsilanti MI https://articles.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf... Eastern Michigan racist graffiti suspect arraigned / Eddie Curlin, a black man, spray painted racist graffiti messages including “Leave N******” & “KKK” on Eastern Michigan University’s campus. / 2017-10-23
321. Ronald Alford is charged with painting a swastika inside Maryland University. He is African-American... 2017-10-05 College Park MD https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/37909/ Man charged in U. Maryland swastika vandalism is black former UMD employee / Most of the media failed to mention that the man charged with painting a swastika at the University of Maryland is black. / 2017-10-15
320. 2017-09-13 Covevill VA http://www.richmond.com/news/local/central-virginia... Court records: Ex-Petersburg city attorney made phony call to himself claiming racial threats to city leaders / Brian K. Telfair, a black former Petersburg City Attorney, racially threatened himself & other black city employees on Feb. 16, 2016. Telfair threatened from a phone that was purchased at his reque
319. After a Polish man died in a drunken fight in August last year, the media claimed it was a murder in... 2016-08-27 Harlow UK http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/a-kill... A killing in Harlow: the shame of Remainers / Brendan O'Neill remembers the media-generated hysteria about the death of Arek Jozwik, a Polish man killed when a teenager hit him in a late night drunken fight - he fell over and his head hit the conc / 2017-09-15
318. Black student makes threats to other blacks and Mexicans via instagram. Found out he was black once... 2017-09-11 Philly PA https://downtrend.com/71superb/false-alarm-person-w... 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
317. Flyers containing crude hatred of Muslims were distributed at George Washington University bearing t... 2017-09-11 Washington DC https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/36640/ Fake flyers portray conservative student group as anti-Muslim; police investigating / Someone distributed flyers at George Washington University which falsely claimed to be from Young America’s Foundation asking “Hate Muslims? So do we!!!” and promoting an “Islamo-fascism awareness week / 2017-09-11
316. "Victim" pled guilty 2017-02-10 Schenectady NY http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/New-York-man-admits-t... NEW YORK MAN ADMITS TO PAINTING SWASTIKAS ON HIS OWN HOME / 2017-09-06
315. The Sheridan Police Department stated that Joshua Witt, 26, admitted to making up a story, that he w... 2017-08-16 Sheridan Colorado http://www.9news.com/news/crime/victim-who-told-pol... Victim who told police he was stabbed due to 'Neo Nazi' haircut was lying, police say / The Sheridan Police Department stated that Joshua Witt, 26, admitted to making up a story, that he was stabbed after being mistaken for a neo-Nazi because of his haircut, when police confronted him wit / 2017-08-28
314. A reported “noose” tied to the back of a city truck in August, which stirred already simmering racia... 2014-12-12 Oakland California http://www.mercurynews.com/2014/12/12/citywise-city... City report debunks ‘noose’ allegation at Oakland corporation yard / A reported “noose” tied to the back of a city truck in August, which stirred already simmering racial tensions at Oakland’s Corporation Yard, was not an intended act of racial harassment, a city-commis / 2014-12-12
313. We don't know whether it is a hoax or not, but the author of the Guardian article about it does. 2017-08-05 Bloomington MN https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/12/16/upda... Update: 1,094 Bias-Related Incidents in the Month Following the Election / The SPLC estimates that just over 1% of reported hate crimes are fake / 2016-12-16
312. One of the women involved claims the man tried to pull her hijab. Nearly all the media say "police i... 2017-07-15 London UK https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4030403/architect-28-... TUBE RAMPAGE ROW Architect, 28, DENIES ripping off woman’s hijab on Tube platform after photo of alleged Islamaphobic attack went viral and cops launched investigation / Aniso Abulkadir posted a picture on Twitter of a man she claimed attempted to rip off her hijab at Baker Street station. But Pawel Uczci
310. Brian K Telfair, black former Petersburg City Attorney, racially threatened himself & black workers.... 2016-02-16 Petersburg VA http://www.richmond.com/news/local/central-virginia... Court records: Ex-Petersburg city attorney made phony call to himself claiming racial threats to city leaders / Brian K. Telfair, a black former Petersburg City Attorney, racially threatened himself & other black city employees on Feb. 16, 2016. Telfair threatened from a phone that was purchased at his reque
309. The police have arrested a 22 year old woman, Aisha Ismail, for setting fire to a mosque which she a... 2017-06-22 Des Moines IA http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-a... Woman suspected of arson at Des Moines mosque / CNN: "Anonymous sources confirm Trump Inspired White Nationalist behind mosque arson". The police have now arrested a 22 year old woman, Aisha Ismail, who is probably not a white nationalist. / 2017-06-23
308. There is no evidence that it was a hate crime, despite the Islamic dress worn by the 17-year-old vic... 2017-06-18 Sterling VA http://people.com/crime/muslim-teen-sexually-assaul... Muslim Teen Sexually Assaulted and Killed After Leaving Virginia Mosque, Suspect Arrested / Virginia police say remains found in a pond in Sterling on Sunday are that of a 17-year-old Muslim girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted and murdered after leaving a mosque with her friends. / 2017-06-19
307. The Manhattan District Attorney dropped charges against a 26-year-old man who was accused of kicking... 2017-03-12 Manhattan New York http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/charg... Charges dropped against man accused of anti-gay hate crime / A 50-year-old man who claimed he was the victim of an anti-gay bias attack outside Madison Square Garden has been arrested — not only for making up the incident, but also for attacking the man who was / 2017-04-10
306. A summary of recent fake hate crimes on campus from "The College Fix" 2017-06-14 Washington DC https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/33530/ So much fake hate during the 2016-17 school year: a best-of list / Many of the fake hate crimes of the last year have been on campus / 2017-06-14
305. Pakistani-American college student lied about being abducted, racially assaulted & robbed. 2017-05-25 New York City NY http://pix11.com/2017/05/27/queens-college-student-... Queens College student recants story about being robbed, threatened by masked men: police sources / Unnamed Pakistani-American college student in Hillcrest, Queens initially claimed that 3 masked men in a black van abducted, racially assaulted & robbed him. He later recanted his claim to the police. / 2017-05-
304. A black woman, Tiffany Robinson-Clarke, falsely accused a white cop of racial abuse during a stop. 2017-01-29 Rochester NY http://auburnpub.com/news/local/police-woman-falsel... Police: Woman falsely accused trooper of making racial slurs in Cayuga County traffic stop / Tiffany Robinson-Clarke, a black woman, falsely accused a white cop of using racial slurs during a traffic stop. Their recorded conversation refuted her allegation & she was charged w/ false reporting. / 2017-05-04
303. A black man, Justin Lamar Coleman, posed as a white man & sent racist death threats to other blacks.... Knoxville TN http://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2017/04/13... Feds: Black man posed as racist, sent threatening letters / A black man, Justin Lamar Coleman, impersonated a white man while sending numerous racist letters and death threats to many local black people between July and December of 2016. / 2017-04-13
301. Student confessed to incident. 2017-04-28 Northfield MN https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/... A racist note sparked protests at a Minnesota college. The school now says the message was fake. / A racist threat against a black student at St. Olaf College was determined to be fabricated and not a genuine threat according to the college president. / 2017-05-10
300. Church organist George Nathaniel Stang vandalized the church where he worked w/ hateful graffiti. 2016-11-20 Bean Blossom IN http://www.theindychannel.com/news/crime/pc-church-... PC: Church organist who reported vandalism was actually the one who did it / George Nathaniel Stang confessed to local police that he spray painted a swastika, the words "Heil Trump" & a homophobic slur on the church where he worked. His intention was to "mobilize a movement". / 2017-05-03

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