fakehatecrimes.org
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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 recommended.

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202. Another gay ‘hate crime’ hoax: ‘Victim’ injured himself with a somersault / "Life Site News" is a conservative website. However, this is a report of an admission in court that a gay man, Joseph Baken, injured himself doing a backflip outside a bar, then claimed he'd been targe / 2012-08-09
283. Eleven Hate Crime Hoaxes / A list of fake crimes, some of them fake hate crimes / 2015-03-24

Details

Type of hoax: admitted - victim or accomplice(s) committed crime

Date: 2012-08-04

Location: Missoula MT

Summary: A gay man, Joseph Baken, injured himself doing a backflip outside a bar, then claimed he'd been targeted by rednecks.

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