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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96. Jewish woman Laurie A Recht claimed she received death threats after being booed at a meeting for su... 1988-01-01 Yonkers NY

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Yonkers Woman Admits Faking Death Threats and Anti-Semitic Graffiti

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Jewish Telegraph Agency

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Jewish woman Laurie A Recht claimed she received death threats after being booed at a meeting for supporting desegregation. In November 1988 she claimed to get more, plus anti-Semitic graffiti near her apartment door. The ADL was in the forefront of supporting her. However the FBI had installed cameras and microphones in her apartment and she got caught. She admitted in court lying to the FBI. She got five years probation, no jail time and no fine - an unusually light sentence.

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1988-12-01


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