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 229.

Articles/Programs

315. Syrian refugee admits to setting shelter on fire, spray-painting swastikas to frame far-right / A Syrian refugee has admitted to setting fire to a migrant hostel and painting swastikas to make it look it was Nazis who did it. / 2016-04-11
316. Feuer in Asyl-Unterkunft: Der Schuldige scheint gefasst / Syrian started fire in migrant center. / 2015-10-08

Details

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

Date: 2015-03-31

Location: Inglostadt Bavaria

Summary: The perpetrator, a Syrian immigrant, admitted to painting swastikas before starting the fire.

← Back to Reports