Posted on 04/13/2020 1:40:52 PM PDT by lowbridge
One study found that 2/3 were entirely fake.
A political scientist found that fewer than 1 in 3 of 346 such allegations was genuine.
Hate Crime Hoaxes Are More Common Than You Think
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hate-crime-hoaxes-are-more-common-than-you-think-11561503352
http://www.fakehatecrimes.org/
All fake: fyi
386. A student who reported herself as a victim of a hate crime has been charged with faking it. She alle... 2019-11-01 La Verne CA https://www.thecollegefix.com/college-student-charg... College student charged with faking hate crime against herself / Californias La Verne Police Department said it determined that last years series of threats against a University of La Verne student group and its leader Anayeli Dominguez-Pena were actually sent b / 2020-03-11
385. From her picture, she appears not to be white. So it’s likely, if she’s guilty of carving the words ... 2020-03-01 Johnson City TN https://wcyb.com/news/local/jcpd-woman-arrested-for... JCPD: Woman arrested for carving “white pride” into sidewalk at JC business / A black woman has been charged with vandalism under $1,000 after authorities say she used a rock to carve “white pride” into the sidewalk at a Johnson City business. / 2020-03-03
384. Online report 2020-02-19 Southaven Mississippi https://wreg.com/news/southaven-man-who-reported-ra... Southaven man who reported racist graffiti on vehicles charged with insurance fraud / A black Mississippi man was charged with insurance fraud after he reported racist graffiti had been spray-painted on two of his vehicles. / 2020-02-28
383. Newly release video and 911 audio show employees who assaulted Popeye bodyslam victim were lying abo... 2019-11-11 Nashville Tennessee https://fox17.com/news/local/new-surveillance-video... New surveillance video released from Popeyes body slam incident in Columbia / Newly release video and 911 audio show employees who assaulted Popeye bodyslam victim were lying about every single aspect of the incident. / 2020-01-30
382. “Victim” likely sprayed his own car as part of an insurance fraud. 2020-02-02 Southaven MI https://wreg.com/news/southaven-man-who-reported-ra... 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
381. First reported headline was “Philadelphia Police Investigating After Mural Depicting Cecil B. Moore ... 2020-02-15 Philadelphia PA https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/02/26/philad... Philadelphia Police Release Images Of Suspect Wanted For Spray-Painting Racial Slurs On Cecil B. Moore Mural / Philadelphia police released images of a suspect wanted for spray-painting racial slurs on the mural of a black historical figure and 2 other locations. Video shows a young black male doing the graffi
380. Police uncovered video evidence that claims of a 15 year old student being called N-word and hateful... 2020-02-03 Waukesha Wisconsin https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/waukesha... Go Home N-Word - Student Says Athletes beat him in hateful attack; Police say that’s not true / A Waukesha student involved in a parking lot brawl says it was racially motivated. Police say that’s not true. A fight at a Waukesha shopping center resulted in the arrest of six Waukesha high schoo / 2020-02-04
379. Gun control activist deleted the tweet, and it seems unlikely that a real pro-gun advocate would bre... 2020-01-20 Baltimore MD https://yournews.com/2020/01/28/1423434/anti-gun-do... Anti-gun doctor accused of sending himself death threat / A gun control activist deleted a tweet claiming he was the victim of a threat after various Twitterers claimed to see inconsistencies in his story / 2020-01-28
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