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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371. Victim family admitted that it was hoax. 2019-09-27 fairfax VA
372. A 12-year-old black girl claimed racist white boys had cut off her dreadlocks. Then she admitted she... 2019-10-03 Springfield VA

title
Why we keep falling for hate-crime hoaxes

name
New York Post

authors
Andy Ngo

url
https://nypost.com/2019/10/03/why-we-keep-falling-for-hate-crime-hoaxes/

summary
Starting with this recent Virginia case, Andy Ngo asks why Americans are so credulous of these stories. "Left-wing activists and the mainstream media refuse to learn lessons about hate-crime hoaxes."

date read
2019-10-04

date published
2019-10-03


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