| 1 |
02/18/2000 |
'Hate Crime' a Hoax, Say Investigators; Sheriffs say incident engineered by 'victim' |
SFGate |
| 2 |
05/03/2000 |
Vermont Gay Activist Pastor Admits to Torching His Own Car |
LifeSiteNews |
| 3 |
09/21/2001 |
An Alaska-based Muslim destroyed his own print shop, defacing the equipment with anti-Muslim graffiti |
Michelle Malkin |
| 4 |
10/01/2001 |
An ASU student Ahmad Saad Nasim claimed he was assaulted, with the perps shouting "Die Muslim, Die!" but confessed to making it up. |
Michelle Malkin |
| 5 |
08/09/2002 |
(N.C.) Woman admits to faking hate crime |
Free Republic |
| 6 |
12/18/2002 |
Hate crime hoax at Ole Miss |
Michelle Malkin |
| 7 |
05/30/2003 |
A Nashville Iraqi-American torched his own Chevy truck, blaming a hate crime (it was actually insurance fraud) |
Michelle Malkin |
| 8 |
07/01/2003 |
A Muslim Utah hotel owned burned down his own lodge, falsely blaming local white supremacists |
Michelle Malkin |
| 9 |
03/18/2004 |
Professor slashed tires, shattered windows & spray-painted racist graffiti on her own car |
LA Times |
| 10 |
09/30/2004 |
A Texas-based Muslim set his own meat market on fire and spray painted "Go Home" on his door; he was later charged with arson |
The New York Times |
| 11 |
11/09/2004 |
THE PERFECT VICTIM Azalea Cooley, cause célèbre |
Williamette Week |
| 12 |
02/06/2005 |
A Cleveland-based Muslim hired an arsonist to burn down his meat store; he blamed bigots but was convicted of insurance fraud |
Daniel Pipes |
| 13 |
03/23/2005 |
A Muslim father-son due blamed anti-Islam bigotry for being put on a terror watch list (but the story was concocted) |
The Oregonian |
| 14 |
04/28/2005 |
Author of 'Hate Mail' Caught, Arrested at Trinity University |
Christian Post |
| 15 |
05/09/2005 |
A Calif. high school student "faked a series of gay bashing incidents" against herself |
The Los Angeles Times |
| 16 |
08/31/2006 |
A Muslim Ohio-based dad-son duo set their own restaurant on fire, blaming anti-Islam bigots (they were later charged with arson) |
Patrick Poole |
| 17 |
03/02/2007 |
Ada, Okla. woman confesses anti-LGBT hate crime was faked |
Ada News |
| 18 |
04/02/2007 |
Sometimes a “Hate Crime” Isn’t Exactly a “Hate Crime” at All |
Debbie Schlussel |
| 19 |
11/05/2007 |
Jury Acquits Man Falsely Accused by Gay Rights Activists |
LifeSiteNews |
| 20 |
11/05/2007 |
A GWU student journalist faked an anti-Semitic hate crime against herself |
MyFoxDC |
| 21 |
11/06/2007 |
Jewish student behind some dorm swastikas |
Jewish Telegraphic Agency |
| 22 |
10/25/2008 |
John McCain staffer Ashley Todd claimed she was beat up by an Obama supporter, but later admitted making it up |
Huffington Post |
| 23 |
12/22/2009 |
A Democratic activist, trying to create a Tea Party-driven hate crime, smashed the windows at the Colo. Democratic Party headquarters |
Michelle Malkin |
| 24 |
03/02/2010 |
UCSD Student Apologizes For Hanging Noose In Library |
KPBS |
| 25 |
06/11/2010 |
A British Muslim faked his own abduction, blaming racists |
The Daily Mail |
| 26 |
07/08/2010 |
A Ga.-based Muslim set fire to his own mosque in an attempt to create a fake hate crime |
Associated Press |
| 27 |
07/28/2010 |
Two British Muslims claimed bigotry explained being denied entry on a bus, but CCTV footage revealed they were berating the driver |
Daniel Pipes |
| 28 |
11/18/2010 |
An Australian Muslim pulled over for irregular license plates blamed bigotry; police footage showed the cop behaved professionally |
The Daily Telegraph |
| 29 |
04/05/2011 |
UNC officials: student wasn't hate-crime victim, may face charges |
The Daily Tar Heel |
| 30 |
05/07/2011 |
UVA Declines to Charge Student for False Racial Profiling Claim |
The Atlantic |
| 31 |
02/15/2012 |
Montclair State students are charged with faking racist graffiti |
NJ.com |
| 32 |
05/18/2012 |
Lesbian couple accused of faking hate crime at Colorado home |
Fox News |
| 33 |
07/05/2012 |
Lesbian teen faked anti-gay notes that sparked college’s ‘Solidarity Rally’ |
LifeSiteNews |
| 34 |
08/09/2012 |
Montana man who claimed he was beaten by homophobic thugs actually injured self doing a flip off a curb (VIDEO) |
New York Daily News |
| 35 |
08/22/2012 |
Lesbian who reported 'hate crime' attack staged incident, Nebraska police say |
CNN |
| 36 |
10/23/2012 |
A black South Carolina woman wrote "KKK" on the hood of her car and set herself on fire, blaming it on others |
The Monroe Morning Star |
| 37 |
10/30/2012 |
Kyle Wood Assault ‘Unfounded,’ As Wisconsin Volunteer Recants Claim Of Hate Crime Attack |
Huffington Post |
| 38 |
02/02/2013 |
Austrian-Albanians torched their own pizzeria, but tried pinning the blame on racists |
Kurier |
| 39 |
03/06/2013 |
An Asian American Oberlin student defaced a memorial arch with anti-Asian graffiti ("Death to Ch*nks") |
Michelle Malkin |
| 40 |
05/01/2013 |
A liberal blogger at the University of Wyoming threatened herself with rape, framed conservatives |
Campus Reform |
| 41 |
07/25/2013 |
An Iraqi immigrant in San Diego killed his wife, putting an anti-Muslim note next to her body; he was charged with first degree murder |
The San Diego Reader |
| 42 |
07/31/2013 |
Minister who claimed racial bias pleads guilty to setting fire to his home |
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
| 43 |
08/23/2013 |
'Progressive pranksters' organized a series of fake hate crimes at Oberlin College including anti-gay graffiti and swastikas |
Michelle Malkin |
| 44 |
11/14/2013 |
An imam in the south of France defaced his own mosque with anti-Muslim graffiti |
La Rep des Pyrenees |
| 45 |
11/27/2013 |
EXCLUSIVE: Shocking discovery in hoax bias incident at Vassar College |
The Daily Caller |
| 46 |
11/27/2013 |
A New Jersey waitress wrote an anti-gay note in lieu of a tip on a receipt, blaming hateful customers |
The Blaze |
| 47 |
12/27/2013 |
Report: Man Who Claimed Anti-Gay Beat Down Arrested for Filing False Police Report |
The Daily Caller |
| 48 |
01/15/2014 |
Retrospective: Is Chris Christie Less Believable Than Tawana Brawley? |
Town Hall |
| 49 |
02/15/2014 |
Mom’s Homophobic Response To Gay Dads’ Birthday Invite Was A Radio Show Hoax |
Huffington Post |
| 50 |
03/06/2014 |
Transgender teen girl admits lying about sexual assault ‘hate crime’ in high school bathroom |
LifeSiteNews |
| 51 |
03/24/2014 |
POLICE: Racist Graffiti on Dorm Door Ruled Hate Crime Hoax |
College Fix |
| 52 |
05/06/2014 |
Lesbian admits she faked anti-gay ‘hate crime’ to get out of doing her homework |
LifeSiteNews |
| 53 |
06/24/2014 |
Iraqi immigrant gets 26 years-to-life for killing wife in Calif., initially thought to be hate crime |
CBS News |
| 54 |
09/02/2014 |
Hate Crime Exposed as Hoax: Student Hung ‘White’ and ‘Colored’ Signs to ‘Make a Point’ |
College Fix |
| 55 |
10/21/2014 |
Two Muslim bloggers filmed themselves ostensibly being harassed by the NYPD in a video that went viral; however, it was staged |
The Smoking Gun |
| 56 |
12/02/2014 |
Student Fakes a Rape Threat to Advance Diversity Initiatives |
National Review |
| 57 |
12/12/2014 |
Citywise: City report debunks ‘noose’ allegation at Oakland corporation yard |
The Mercury News |
| 58 |
12/27/2014 |
A Fresno, Calif.-based Muslim torched his own mosque, blaming bigots; he was later arrested for arson |
PJ Media |
| 59 |
02/16/2015 |
HATE-CRIME HOAX: This Muslim student’s wild tale was completely fabricated |
College Fix |
| 60 |
03/03/2015 |
Gay rights activist's faked his own kidnapping, leading to arrest |
WLWT NBC 5 |
| 61 |
03/03/2015 |
Adam Hoover, Ohio Gay Rights Activist, Charged With Making False Kidnap Claim |
Huffington Post |
| 62 |
07/01/2015 |
Man Who Claimed Ant-Gay Attackers Carved 'Die Fag' into His Arm Made up Story |
The Daily Caller |
| 63 |
08/04/2015 |
Owner admits setting fire to gay nightclub in Oak Park |
ABC7 Chicago |
| 64 |
08/05/2015 |
Tennessee lesbian couple faked hate crime and destroyed own home with arson for insurance claim, jury rules |
New York Daily News |
| 65 |
09/23/2015 |
'Nooses' Found Hanging on University of Delaware Campus Were Lanterns |
NBC News |
| 66 |
10/13/2015 |
A gay man who claimed to have been the victim of a hate crime at a Univ. of N. Dakota fraternity party fabricated his entire stor |
The Daily Caller |
| 67 |
11/12/2015 |
LSU: 'Noose' on social media not what it looks like |
WBRZ 2 |
| 68 |
11/17/2015 |
Nov. 17 incident at Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center |
Vanderbilt News |
| 69 |
11/18/2015 |
A black Saginaw Valley State Univ. student made a threat to "shoot every black person I can" |
The Washington Times |
| 70 |
12/01/2015 |
Tweets threatening to kill all black students at Kean U. posted by black female activist, police say |
College Fix |
| 71 |
12/30/2015 |
A Houston Muslim set fire to his own mosque, prompting a hate-crime investigation |
The Houston Chronicle |
| 72 |
02/27/2016 |
New York Students Fabricated Hate Crime, Police Say |
Time |
| 73 |
03/11/2016 |
Lesbian Professor Cold-Cocked Her Own Face then Swore Random Guy Beat Her up at Tobey Keith Concert |
The Daily Caller |
| 74 |
03/29/2016 |
A Palestinian reported a Jewish terrorists attacked his family, defacing their house with anti-Arab graffiti; he fabricated the entire incident |
Arutz Sheva |
| 75 |
04/28/2016 |
SURPRISE! Campus Noose Drawing Was Created By Black Students. NO CHARGES FILED For ‘Hate Crime’ |
Daily Caller |
| 76 |
05/16/2016 |
Gay pastor apologizes, says Whole Foods cake slur a hoax |
USA Today |
| 77 |
06/01/2016 |
DePaul Students Traumatized by Pro-Trump Message, Rope Found After Milo Visit |
Breitbart |
| 78 |
08/13/2016 |
An Austin man purchased a cake from Whole Foods and falsely claimed it contained a homophobic slur |
The American Statesman |
| 79 |
11/09/2016 |
VIDEO: Suspect wanted for racist Trump vandalism in South Philly |
Philly Voice |
| 80 |
11/10/2016 |
Note reading 'Bye Bye Latinos Hasta La Vista' found in Kivette Hall |
Elon News Network |
| 81 |
11/10/2016 |
Police: No official report of ugly racial incident at Delaware gas station |
Philly Voice |
| 82 |
11/10/2016 |
Muslim Student Lied About Hate Crime By Man In ‘Trump Hat’ |
11 / 21 CBS DFW |
| 83 |
11/15/2016 |
This Indiana church was defaced with ‘HEIL TRUMP’ graffiti — and is keeping it |
Washington Post |
| 84 |
11/17/2016 |
BG police say student lied about politically driven attack |
ABC13 WTVG |
| 85 |
11/18/2016 |
Man admits to faking hate crime in Malden |
Boston Herald |
| 86 |
11/19/2016 |
BGSU: Second report of slur, attack false too |
The Blade |
| 87 |
11/20/2016 |
Fake Hate Crime on Campus Terrifies Students |
The Minnesota Republic |
| 88 |
11/21/2016 |
Students Face Disciplinary Action After Hoaxing ‘KKK’ Vandalism |
Breitbart |
| 89 |
11/23/2016 |
ANOTHER TRUMP-INSPIRED ‘HATE CRIME’ TURNS OUT TO BE A HOAX |
The Daily Caller |
| 90 |
12/01/2016 |
A 58-year-old black New Jersey man painted anti-black, pro-Trump graffiti in his neighborhood after Election Day |
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 91 |
12/02/2016 |
Villanova U. ends probe into report of post election incident |
Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 92 |
12/12/2016 |
Cops: Man faked 'KKK' hate crime, own kidnapping after lighting car on fire |
Orlando Sentinel |
| 93 |
12/14/2016 |
Muslim Woman Reportedly Admits To Fabricating NYC Subway Attack |
The Daily Caller |
| 94 |
12/19/2016 |
Pro-Trump Babson students cleared in Wellesley incident |
Boston Globe |
| 95 |
12/21/2016 |
Long Island man charged in Nassau Community College swastika case |
WABC 7 New York |
| 96 |
12/21/2016 |
Arab student at University of Michigan falsely claims someone threatened to set her on fire |
Michigan Radio |
| 97 |
12/22/2016 |
Miss. black church fire was called a hate crime. Now parishioner has been arrested for it. |
The Washington Post |
| 98 |
12/26/2016 |
White husband confesses to wife to setting their cars on fire and painting racial slur on their garage door in staged 'hate crime' |
Daily Mail |
| 99 |
01/11/2017 |
Police charge Arundel High student in connection with threatening tweet |
FOX 5 Baltimore |
| 100 |
02/03/2017 |
STUNNER: Allegedly Muslim Student Faked Vile Hate Crime To Get People To Pay Attention To Him |
Stateline.com |
| 101 |
03/23/2017 |
College ‘Diversity Council’ Admits to Posting Fake Racist Flyers On Campus |
National Review |
| 102 |
04/10/2017 |
Charlotte arson case blamed on“white America” Trump supporters actually set by black man |
Charlotte Observer |
| 103 |
04/14/2017 |
2 teen girls from Frisco charged with spray-painting racial slurs on Plano West Senior High |
Dallas Morning News |
| 104 |
04/21/2017 |
U.S./Israeli Man Charged in Connection with Threats to Jewish Community Centers, Conveying False Information, and Cyberstalking |
U.S. Dept. of Justice |
| 105 |
04/21/2017 |
ISU professor arrested, accused of making up threats and attack |
Terre Haut Tribune-Star |
| 106 |
05/11/2017 |
Another Fake ‘Hate Crime’: ‘Fabricated’ Note Sparked Protests at Minnesota College |
Mediaite |
| 107 |
06/26/2017 |
Police Report Contradicts ‘Hate Crime’ Narrative In Milwaukee Attack On Muslim Woman |
Daily Caller |
| 108 |
06/28/2017 |
University of Maryland Police Investigate Discarded Plastic Wrap as a ‘Hate-Bias’ Incident |
Breitbart |
| 109 |
08/01/2017 |
Jackson LGBTQ rights activist charged with arson |
Fox News |
| 110 |
08/09/2017 |
Police Say Reported Noose In Ivy City Was Rope Used For Moving Equipment |
DCist |
| 111 |
09/13/2017 |
A Des Moines Muslim started a fire at a mosque, sparking a fake hate crime |
Michelle Malkin |
| 112 |
09/13/2017 |
A Houston Muslim set fire to his own mosque, sparking a hate-crime investigation |
Michelle Malkin |
| 113 |
09/13/2017 |
A New York Muslim who killed his wife falsely blamed "a group of bigots who called the family 'terrorists'" |
Michelle Malkin |
| 114 |
09/13/2017 |
An Ontario Muslim faked an assault against himself, claiming his assailant shouted anti-Muslim epithets |
Michelle Malkin |
| 115 |
09/13/2017 |
A Muslim Indiana State University professor for "fabricating anti-Muslim threats and an assault" |
Michelle Malkin |
| 116 |
10/06/2017 |
The ‘Noose’ Discovered In A Michigan State Dormitory Was Someone’s Lost SHOELACE |
Daily Caller |
| 117 |
11/06/2017 |
K-State Hate Graffiti Turns Out To Be — You Guessed It — A Hoax |
The Daily Caller |
| 118 |
11/08/2017 |
A black student wrote those racist messages that shook the Air Force Academy, school says |
The Washington Post |
| 119 |
11/21/2017 |
Racist Graffiti at High School Was Written by ‘Non-White’ Student |
The Daily Caller |
| 120 |
01/15/2018 |
Hijab-cutting incident did not happen, Canadian police say |
ABC News |
| 121 |
04/23/2018 |
Racist, anti-black graffiti at Easter Michigan University turns turned out to be painted by a black man |
Detroit News |
| 122 |
07/23/2018 |
Waiter faked story that customer wrote ‘We don’t tip terrorist’ on receipt |
The Washington Post |
| 123 |
07/24/2018 |
A Muslim waiter in wrote "we don't tip terrorist" and blamed a patron, who was banned |
BBC |
| 124 |
07/31/2018 |
Area sheriff livid over lie spread about employee on social media |
CBS 10 KWTX |
| 125 |
08/24/2018 |
Michigan children who claimed white man urinated on black girl and called her names made up story |
AL.com |
| 126 |
09/15/2018 |
Woman Who Said She Found Hateful Note on Car After Teens Yelled ‘Trump 2016!' Made Up Story: Police |
NBC 4 New York |
| 127 |
10/06/2018 |
Shoelace mistaken for noose causes racial uproar at Michigan State University |
Fox News |
| 128 |
10/09/2018 |
Ohio University student charged with making 'false alarms' after claiming she received homophobic death threats |
Yahoo! Finance |
| 129 |
11/09/2018 |
Report: High School Marching Band Racial Slur Incident Actually a Hoax |
Breitbart |
| 130 |
11/12/2018 |
Racial Incident at Kansas State Revealed to Be a Hoax |
Breitbart |
| 131 |
11/19/2018 |
Chipotle Rethinking Manager Firing over Apparent Race Hoax |
Breitbart |
| 132 |
12/01/2018 |
A black college lacrosse player spray painted the N word and death threats -- against himself |
The Daily Mail |
| 133 |
12/02/2018 |
Four out of Five Racist Notes Were Fake at an Iowa University: School Officials |
The Daily Caller |
| 134 |
02/12/2019 |
Actor Jussie Smollett claimed 2 Trump fanatics found him at 2 AM, beat him up, poured bleach on him, tied a noose around him, and yelled "This is MAGA country"; turns out he orchestrated it |
CBS News |
| 135 |
02/23/2019 |
Student in cowboy outfit causes racial angst at Wake Forest U. |
College Fix |
| 136 |
02/25/2019 |
A transgender activist burned down his own home, killing his pets, presented it as a hate crime |
Detroit News |
| 137 |
07/17/2019 |
Not a hate crime: ‘Noose’ at U. Michigan hospital was a fishing knot |
College Fix |
| 138 |
08/15/2019 |
Witnesses say Stanford University noose likely was used ‘to hang ornaments’ |
College Fix |
| 139 |
09/15/2019 |
Ex-NFL player accused of staging hate crime, painting 'MAGA' and swastikas on walls of bakery |
NBC News |
| 140 |
09/30/2019 |
Virginia sixth-grader now says she falsely accused classmates of cutting her hair |
The Washington Post |
| 141 |
10/22/2019 |
‘Act of hate’ at Michigan State was actually just a Halloween prank |
College Fix |
| 142 |
12/05/2019 |
‘Heil Trump’ and an anti-gay slur scrawled on a church lead to an unlikely suspect - and a hoax |
The Washington Post |
| 143 |
12/20/2019 |
Rantz: Trans hate crime near Seattle? No. She was the aggressor |
KTTH AM 770 |
| 144 |
12/31/2019 |
Kansas police officer claimed a McDonalds worker wrote "pig" on his receipt, but actually he did |
The New York Times |
| 145 |
04/13/2020 |
Racist Threats and Attacks that Rattled a California University Campus Were Faked, Police Say |
Newsweek |
| 146 |
06/18/2020 |
'Nooses' in Oakland park were exercise aids, man says |
ABC News |
| 147 |
06/23/2020 |
FBI Says Noose Found In Bubba Wallace’s Stall Had Been There Since 2019 |
Daily Caller |
| 148 |
06/24/2020 |
University of La Verne: Student Charged with Hate Crime Hoax Shows Power of Racism in America |
Breitbart |
| 149 |
07/07/2020 |
Oregon Politician Said He Received Racist Letter. He Wrote It Himself, Police Say |
Daily Caller |
| 150 |
07/10/2020 |
Police: Student Who Claimed Racist Notes Were Left On His Car Put Them There Himself |
LaCorte News |
| 151 |
10/02/2020 |
Prosecutors: Not enough evidence to prove Wisconsin attack |
Associated Press |
| 152 |
10/04/2020 |
Busted! Yet Another Race Industry Hoax |
Winter Watch |
| 153 |
11/10/2020 |
Owner of SUV spray-painted with racist and homophobic graffiti facing insurance fraud charges |
WGRZ |
| 154 |
11/19/2020 |
Black teen spray painted racist graffiti on his own car |
WGRZ |
| 155 |
02/25/2021 |
CAUGHT IN THE ACT: Police conduct surveillance at KC church that was target of vandalism, arrest black man |
KCTV 5 |
| 156 |
03/03/2021 |
The Media-Fed Race Hoax at Smith College Reveals an Aversion to Facts for Journalists |
Town Hall |
| 157 |
04/01/2021 |
15 Years Ago Duke Hate-Crime Hoax Was Peddled by Media and Racial-Justice ‘Reformers’ |
Minding the Campus |
| 158 |
04/09/2021 |
Black student responsible for racist graffiti at American college |
The Post Millennial |
| 159 |
04/16/2021 |
Minnesota high school student who was falsely accused of sending racist Instagram messages to a black classmate fears for her safety despite officials confirming they were a hoax |
Daily Mail |
| 160 |
05/01/2021 |
Black Penn State profs report ‘noose’ behind house; ends up being part of neighbor’s swing set |
College Fix |
| 161 |
05/25/2021 |
Another Hate Hoax: Vandals Target Black-Owned Auto Repair Shop with Racist Graffiti, Smash Up Cars – Security Footage Shows it’s Two Black Guys |
Gateway Pundit |
| 162 |
05/31/2021 |
Hate-crime hoax: Noose reported on campus just crane’s steel cable loop |
College Fix |
| 163 |
06/09/2021 |
Nolte: Fact Check — No, Spokane Students Were Not Forced to ‘Pick Cotton’ |
Breitbart |
| 164 |
06/11/2021 |
Hate-crime hoax: Black student likely egged her own door, police say |
College Fix |
| 165 |
06/14/2021 |
Black student who set fire to her dorm in hate-crime hoax awaits court hearing |
College Fix |
| 166 |
06/21/2021 |
Pride Crash Now Blamed On Accident, Not Attack |
KTSA |
