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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370. The information for this story comes from the Anti-Defamation League. It tries to give the impressio... 2019-09-26 New York NY

title
'OK' hand gesture, 'bowl cut' added to hate symbols database

name
KGW

authors
MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

url
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/ok-hand-gesture-bowlcut-added-to-hate-symbols-database/507-d8fef547-fa56-49d9-b569-78d843fdd0cc

summary
A New York organization has a database of extremist symbols, and it has added the 'OK' hand gesture to it.

date read
2019-09-26

date published
2019-09-26


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