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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534. Southaven man who reported racist graffiti on vehicles charged with insurance fraud / A Mississippi man was charged with insurance fraud after he reported racist graffiti had been spray-painted on two of his vehicles. / 2020-02-28
Type of hoax: charged with committing crime

2020-02-02

Southaven MI

"Victim" likely sprayed his own car as part of an insurance fraud.

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