So much fake hate during the 2016-17 school year: a best-of list
Dominic Mancini - Ashford University •June 14, 2017
Hate-crime hoaxes had a banner year
During the 2016-17 school year, campuses across the nation were plagued by numerous hate crime reports — but so many turned out to be fake.
Often, students confessed to fabricating the incident or submitting a baseless report after police found no evidence. Sometimes they refused to even cooperate with police, making an investigation impossible. Other times officers caught the “victims” red-handed in their own web of lies.
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