fakehatecrimes.org
Improvements to site - 'Join' sends confimation email, 'Contact' works, 'show password', improved CSS, and old reports have been restored

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.

Report 227.

Articles/Programs

312. Cops: Iowa student from Naperville lied about being victim of hate crime / Marcus Owens, a black University of Iowa student, lied to police about being the victim of a hate crime and was actually an instigator of drunken fights in Iowa City, Iowa. / 2016-05-17

Details

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

Date: 2016-05-17

Location: Iowa City Iowa

Summary: Marcus Owens, a black University of Iowa student, lied about being the victim of a hate crime and was actually the instigator.

← Back to Reports