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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167. Media reported racial content to apparent attack on light rail train. Subsequent investigation revea... 2008-06-09 Portland OR

title
Racially-Charged Attack Not That Simple

name
The Oregonian

authors
Aimee Green

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summary
It seemed that an apparent attack on light rail train was partly racially motivated. Teenagers were charged with attacking a 28-yr-old woman. The woman said the teenagers used the n-word first. The teenagers said she did. Subsequent investigation and video evidence revealed the woman may have started it.

date read
2013-01-08

date published
2008-11-24


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