Hate Crimes and Hoaxes
NY Columbia Professor Accused of Plagiarism Is Dismissed, June 24, 2008, AP
FBI, Sheriff: Lynching Report False, June 3, 2008, Julie Bisbee, (Oklahoma)
Hate Crimes Rise Against Hispanics and the Disabled, May 14, 2008, Tennessean (Nashville)
UPDATE: Athens Student Caused Injuries to Herself, April 10, 2008, Morning Telegraph (Tyler)
Noose ‘Ties’ Eyed: Prof Files Subpoenaed, March 31, 2008, New York Post
Public Reading—A Hate Crime, March 18, 2008, Taki’s Magazine
Bill Would Add Noose Displays to City’s List of Offenses, February 6, 2008, Washington Post
Months After Noose Crime, Investigation Continues Without Suspect, January 29, 2008, Columbia Spectator (Columbia University)
La. Teen Faces Federal Charges for Nooses, January 24, 2008, UPI
3 More Duke Lacrosse Players Sue, December 19, 2007, AP
Nava ’09 Admits to Fabricating Assault, Threat E-Mails, December 18, 2007, Daily Princtonian
Man Who Says Noose Left in Work Locker Accused of Internal Theft, December 11, 2007, KTBS-TV (Shreveport)
EACS Claims Students Are Lying About Racist Notes, December 5, 2007, WPTA-TV (Fort Wayne)
Firehouse Incident With Noose Was a Hoax, December 3, 2007, Baltimore Sun
20 Years Later, Tawana Brawley Has Turned Back on The Past, November 19, 2007, New York Daily News
Hightower Student Ticketed for Racial Posters, November 9, 2007, Texas Cable News
HISD Officer Fired over Booklet, October 29, 2007, Houston Chronicle
‘Victim’ of Cross Burning in Anoka Now Faces Charges, October 1, 2007, Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Racist Graffiti Leads To Arrests, September 17, 2007, Washington Post
Day-Laborer Kidnapping Report A Hoax, June 1, 2007, Daily Bulletin (Ontario, California)
Investigators: No Evidence To Support Duke ‘Rape’ Accuser’s Story, April 30, 2007, Fox News
Cleared Duke Players Consider Suing DA, April 13, 2007, AP
Duke DA Apologizes to Players, April 12, 2007, AP
Prosecutors Drop Charges in Duke Case, April 11, 2007, AP
Crystal Gail Mangum: Profile of the Duke Rape Accuser, April 11, 2007, Fox News
Goodbye, Be Blessed, and Good Luck!, April 6, 2007, OurHeartsWorld.com
Ex-Duke D.A. Charged With Ethics Violations, January 24, 2007, AP
Officials: Homeowner Staged Hate Crime For Insurance Money, January 18, 2007, KPRC-TV (Houston)
Accuser Changes Story In Lacrosse Case, January 11, 2007, News & Observer (Raleigh)
Duke Invites Two Suspects Back To School, January 3, 2007, AP
Rape Charges Dropped in Duke Case, December 22, 2006, AP
DNA Tests Reportedly Clear Duke Players, December 14, 2006, AP
Federal Probe Sought in Duke Case, December 13, 2006, AP
The Racist Attack That Never Was, December 4, 2006, Helsingin Sanomat
Black Edinboro Student Sends Racist E-Mails To Blacks, November 16, 2006, AP
Accuser in Duke Lacrosse Case Wanted Money, Man Says, November 8, 2006, News and Observer (Raleigh)
It’s Time For Justice: Drop The Charges Vs. Duke Lacrosse Players, October 18, 2006, Mercury News
Duke’s Reichstag Fire, September 15, 2006, LewRockwell.com
Alleged Racial-Beating Victim Admits Concocting Story, September 15, 2006, Petaluma Argus-Courier (Calif.)
From Duke Rape Case to Duke Rape Hoax, June 29, 2006, The Conservative Voice
Filing: Second Dancer Called Allegations A ‘Crock’, June 9, 2006, News & Observer
Center Ties Hate Crimes to Border Debate, May 18, 2006, USA TODAY
Defense: Jurors to Get Names Monday, April 14, 2006, Herald-Sun (Durham)
Racism 101 at Duke, April 12, 2006, American Thinker
Expert: DNA Tests Doom Duke Rape Case, April 11, 2006, CBS
Boy Falsely Reports Racist Attack in Ansonia, April 10, 2006, WTNH (New Haven)
Black Resident Gave Out KKK Fliers, Police Say, March 6, 2006, Daily Press (Hampton Roads, Va.)
Possible Hate Crime May Have Been Staged, March 3, 2006, First Coast News (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Police Say Hate Crime May Have Been Hoax, February 20, 2006, AP
Race Case Victim Held in Robbery, July 12, 2005, New York Daily News
The Muslim Hate Crime That Wasn’t, July 6, 2005, Townhall.com
Report of Teen’s Abduction Proves to Be False, June 9, 2005, Shreveport Times (La.)
Sikh Youth Hair Attack ‘Victim’ Admits Hoax, June 6, 2005, CTV.ca
Sikh Teen May Have Lied About Attack, Police Told, June 3, 2005, Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Tam High Anti-Gay Attacks a Hoax, May 9, 2005, AP
Pastor Charged With Setting Church Fire, May 5, 2005, AP
Phony Racism and the Allure of Victimhood, May 2, 2005, Chicago Tribune
Student Arrested in Trinity Hate-Mail Case, April 26, 2005, Chicago Tribune
Graffiti Said Hate Crime, But It Wasn’t the Last Word, April 20, 2005, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
School “Kill List” Was a Hoax, March 24, 2005, Denver Post
Teacher Fired after School Board Finds He Wrote Hate Mail, March 9, 2005, Star-Ledger (Newark)
Woosteria!, February 1, 2005, Cleveland Scene
Hey Justice, Take Off That Blindfold-it’s Hate Crime Time!, January 13, 2005, VDARE.com
Deadlock in Hayden Trial, December 28, 2004, Kootenai Valley News
Ex-Prof Who Faked Vandalism Gets a Year, December 16, 2004, AP
No Hate Crime In Noose Incident, December 9, 2004, Tampa Tribune
New Details Emerge in Matthew Shepard Murder, November 29, 2004, ABC News
FBI Reports 14 Murders Among 7,489 Hate Crimes, November 23, 2004, Reuters
Baytown Man Given A 10-Year Sentence, September 23, 2004, Houston Chronicle
Woman to Seek Testing for Staging Crime, September 20, 2004, AP
Fire Investigation Involves Possible Hate Crime, September 10, 2004, WOODTV.com (Mich.)
Federal Agents Arrest Manager In Store Arson, August 20, 2004, HeraldNet (Wash.)
Jury Convicts Claremont Professor In Staged Hate Crime Case, August 19, 2004, AP