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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189. Faking the hate? contd... A list of hoax crimes. / A list of fake hate crimes between 1998 and 2003. / 2003-03-07	Type of hoax: suspected 1998-01-01 St Cloud MN In 1998, a lesbian student at St. Cloud State University faked a hate crime against herself by cutting her chest and battering her face.

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