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Students Involved in SUNY Albany Hate Crime Hoax Get Three Years Probation

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 17, 2017 5 Comments

"200 hours of community service"

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Hate Crime Hoaxers at SUNY-Albany Avoid Assault Charges from 2016 Incident

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 30, 2017 1 Comment

"students claimed they were taunted with racial slurs"

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U. Michigan Student Admits Slashing Her Own Face in Hate Crime Hoax

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 09, 2017 1 Comment

“claimed her attack was part of the surge in hate crimes"

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Prosecutors: No Charges for Muslim Student Suspected of Hate-Crime Hoax

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 25, 2017 4 Comments

"the incident in question did not occur”

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Another “Hate” Hoax: White Man Confesses to Painting Racial Slur, Setting His Truck on Fire

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 29, 2016 17 Comments

Admits self into mental health facility

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The Eight Worst Anti-Trump “Hate Crime” Hoaxes

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 23, 2016 7 Comments

There are plenty of legitimate Trump criticisms and no need to concoct stories of his supporters

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Trump Related Hate Crime at North Park University Exposed as Hoax

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 24, 2016 1 Comment

What a surprise.

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Woman Blames Imaginary Trump Supporter for Violence in Muslim Hate Crime Hoax

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 11, 2016 2 Comments

Suuuure, blame the man in a red hat...

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U. Iowa Hate Crime Hoaxster won’t be criminally charged

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 18, 2016 18 Comments

Small college town doesn't want to waste money and resources on fake hate crime report.

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Movie Trailer – “Demand for Hate” (Feat. Me)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 09, 2024 9 Comments

Hate crime hoaxes have been a frequent topic here dating back to the early days of Legal Insurrection. We have over 200 posts involving various fake hate crimes. A hoax can be a complete fabrication (e.g. Jussie Smollett) or a real incident that falsely is...

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Athletic Director Frames Principal as Racist in AI-Generated Audio Clip Hoax

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 26, 2024 27 Comments

Baltimore County’s state’s attorney said the Pikesville High School hoax may be the first AI-related crime being prosecuted.

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Media Hoax: No, Poem Read at Joe Biden’s Inauguration Has Not Been ‘Banned’ From Florida Schools

Posted by Stacey Matthews on May 27, 2023 24 Comments

"No literature (books or poem) has been banned or removed. It was determined at the school that ‘The Hill We Climb’ is better suited for middle school students and, it was shelved in the middle school section of the media center. The book remains available in the media center."

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Media Hoax: No, the Diary of Anne Frank Has Not Been Banned From Florida Schools

Posted by Stacey Matthews on April 12, 2023 35 Comments

"Anne Frank's diary gives a child’s face to the Holocaust's incomprehensible truths. It often constitutes what the @HolocaustMuseum calls 'the first, and sometimes only, exposure many people have to the history of the Holocaust.' Who would want to ban it?" - Nat Geo writer David Beard tweeted.

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Biden’s Hateful Rhetoric Has Consequences Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 25, 2022 9 Comments

All the news you may have missed.

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Media Hoax: No, Kevin McCarthy Did Not Say Trump Should Resign Over J6

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on April 23, 2022 78 Comments

McCarthy says he would recommend to Trump that he resign rather than face the humiliation of his Cabinet and Congress deeming him unfit to serve and removing him without his consent.

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Trump ‘Seven-Hour Phone Call Gap’ Story Turns out to Be Another Media-Manufactured Hoax

Posted by Stacey Matthews on April 02, 2022 21 Comments

CNN: "The 6 pages of WH switchboard logs for 1/6 are complete based on an official review of White House records, according to a source familiar with the matter. There are no missing pages & the 7 hour gap is likely explained by use of WH landlines & cell phones."

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Racism Hoax: Black High School Student Identified As Vandal Behind Racist Graffiti

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on February 20, 2022 77 Comments

"I do not believe they were hate crime or hate speech. Part of it quite honestly is because the admitted perpetrator is a young African American woman."

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