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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255. A complaint regarding homophobic harassment supposedly done in the name of Donald Trump has been inv... 2016-11-14 Chicago IL

title
Another pro-Trump ‘hate crime’ deemed a hoax

name
Campus Reform

authors
Tyler Arnold

url
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=8445

summary
A bisexual student alleged that she received mail that read “back to hell” and “#trump,” along with homophobic slurs. The university president says it was an invention.

date read
2016-11-27

date published
2016-11-24


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