Fake attacks - Revision history

Paul Herring at 12:49, 21 October 2019

2019-10-21T12:49:31Z

Paul Herring: /* September 2019 - Amari Allen - Claimed three white classmates held her down and cut her dreadlocks off - Springfield, Virginia */

2019-09-30T22:23:49Z

September 2019 - Amari Allen - Claimed three white classmates held her down and cut her dreadlocks off - Springfield, Virginia

Paul Herring at 22:23, 30 September 2019

2019-09-30T22:23:34Z

Paul Herring: /* February 2019 - Jussie Smollett - Racist and Homophobic Attack - Chiacago */

2019-03-26T18:08:01Z

February 2019 - Jussie Smollett - Racist and Homophobic Attack - Chiacago

Paul Herring at 08:40, 22 February 2019

2019-02-22T08:40:33Z

Paul Herring: /* February 2019 - Jussie Smollett - Racist and Homophobic Attack - Chiacago */

2019-02-21T13:26:45Z

February 2019 - Jussie Smollett - Racist and Homophobic Attack - Chiacago

Paul Herring: /* February 2019 - Jussie Smollett - Racist and Homophobic Attack - Chiacago */

2019-02-21T12:57:07Z

February 2019 - Jussie Smollett - Racist and Homophobic Attack - Chiacago

Paul Herring: /* February 2019 - Jussie Smollett - Racist and Homophobic Attack - Chiacago */

2019-02-18T08:37:36Z

February 2019 - Jussie Smollett - Racist and Homophobic Attack - Chiacago

Paul Herring: /* November 2018 - Racist notes - Drake University */

2019-02-16T18:32:44Z

November 2018 - Racist notes - Drake University

Paul Herring at 18:29, 16 February 2019

2019-02-16T18:29:47Z

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	This is merely a selection - there's a longer list at [http://fakehatecrimes.org/ http://fakehatecrimes.org/]		This is merely a selection - there's a longer list at [http://fakehatecrimes.org/ http://fakehatecrimes.org/]
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		+	== October 2019 - Talha Javaid - 'racist' text - Windsor, Ontario, Canada ==
		+	{{quote\|1= Javaid is a hockey player from Windsor who travels to Lansing Michigan to help coach a youth hockey program. He goes to school at the University of Windsor and has hopes of becoming a lawyer one day. He also happens to be Muslim.
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		+	On October 11 he shared on twitter a text he received from one of his players’ parents. The text begins “Hi, I just wanted to express how I feel about you as my sons hockey coach. I’m not racist or anything but…”<ref>https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/it-goes-against-tradition-youth-hockey-coach-from-windsor-target-of-racist-text-1.4640104 'It goes against tradition' youth hockey coach from Windsor target of racist text] - CTV News, Winsor</ref>}}
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		+	{{quote2\|1=A Pakistani-born Canadian Muslim hockey coach’s story about being the victim of a racist text from the father of one of his players is beginning to unravel as the facility he claims to have coached at denies knowing him.<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/18/talha-javaid-hockey-anti-muslim-text/ Muslim Hockey Coach’s Claim To Be The Victim Of A Racist Text Comes Under Question] - The Daily Caller</ref>}}
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		+	{{quote3\|1=Suburban Ice East Lansing strongly denies any association with Javaid.
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		+	“We’ve never heard of him,” a staff woman tells The Post Millennial. “He never taught here. He had no ties to Suburban Ice whatsoever.”
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		+	Javaid’s “best friend” and co-coach volunteer who is named as “Sebastian Nystrom” in the Yahoo profile, also could not be located. Reporter Shireen Ahmed did not respond to inquiries seeking comment on how she verified Javaid’s claims. <ref>[https://www.thepostmillennial.com/he-never-taught-here-ice-rink-disputes-claim-of-racism-by-hockey-coach/ “He never taught here”: ice rink disputes claim of racism by hockey coach] - The Post Millennial</ref>}}

	== September 2019 - Amari Allen - Claimed three white classmates held her down and cut her dreadlocks off - Springfield, Virginia ==		== September 2019 - Amari Allen - Claimed three white classmates held her down and cut her dreadlocks off - Springfield, Virginia ==

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 {{quote|1=The black high school student who accused three white male classmates of pinning her down and cutting off her dreadlocks has 'acknowledged' that she made the allegation up, according to her school.
-Amari Allen, 12, claimed she was held down by three boys who cut her hair off at their $12,000-a-year school.  She also gave a tearful interview about it afterwards and said they called her hair 'ugly' and 'nappy', a racist term that is used to derogatorily describe African American women's hair. <ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7521717/Black-high-school-student-said-bullies-cut-dreadlocks-admits-up.html Black high school student, 12, who accused three of her male white classmates of pinning her down and cutting off her dreadlocks, admits that she made it up] - [[Daily Mail]]</ref>
+Amari Allen, 12, claimed she was held down by three boys who cut her hair off at their $12,000-a-year school.  She also gave a tearful interview about it afterwards and said they called her hair 'ugly' and 'nappy', a racist term that is used to derogatorily describe African American women's hair. <ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7521717/Black-high-school-student-said-bullies-cut-dreadlocks-admits-up.html Black high school student, 12, who accused three of her male white classmates of pinning her down and cutting off her dreadlocks, admits that she made it up] - [[Daily Mail]]</ref>}}
 == February 2019 - Jussie Smollett - Racist and Homophobic Attack - Chiacago ==

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		+	== September 2019 - Amari Allen - Claimed three white classmates held her down and cut her dreadlocks off - Springfield, Virginia ==
		+	{{quote\|1=The black high school student who accused three white male classmates of pinning her down and cutting off her dreadlocks has 'acknowledged' that she made the allegation up, according to her school.
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		+	Amari Allen, 12, claimed she was held down by three boys who cut her hair off at their $12,000-a-year school. She also gave a tearful interview about it afterwards and said they called her hair 'ugly' and 'nappy', a racist term that is used to derogatorily describe African American women's hair. <ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7521717/Black-high-school-student-said-bullies-cut-dreadlocks-admits-up.html Black high school student, 12, who accused three of her male white classmates of pinning her down and cutting off her dreadlocks, admits that she made it up] - [[Daily Mail]]</ref>

	== February 2019 - Jussie Smollett - Racist and Homophobic Attack - Chiacago ==		== February 2019 - Jussie Smollett - Racist and Homophobic Attack - Chiacago ==

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	Smollett faces a felony charge of disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false report claiming he was attacked by two men, including one who was masked, in the early morning of January 29 in Chicago. He alleged they yelled racist and homophobic slurs, tied a rope around his neck and poured an unknown substance on him<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/21/entertainment/jussie-smollett-thursday/index.html Jussie Smollett arrested and faces a felony charge for allegedly filing false police report] - CNN]</ref>}}		Smollett faces a felony charge of disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false report claiming he was attacked by two men, including one who was masked, in the early morning of January 29 in Chicago. He alleged they yelled racist and homophobic slurs, tied a rope around his neck and poured an unknown substance on him<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/21/entertainment/jussie-smollett-thursday/index.html Jussie Smollett arrested and faces a felony charge for allegedly filing false police report] - CNN]</ref>}}
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		+	{{quote\|1=Calling himself a man of faith, “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett said Tuesday that he felt vindicated after a stunning reversal by the Cook County State Attorney’s Office to drop all charges against him in an alleged hate crime hoax.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jussie-smollett-wont-be-prosecuted-on-charges-he-faked-attack Jussie Smollett hoax charges dropped, actor wants to 'move on with my life'] - Fox News</ref>}}

	== November 2018 - Racist notes - Drake University ==		== November 2018 - Racist notes - Drake University ==

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	== February 2019 - Jussie Smollett - Racist and Homophobic Attack - Chiacago ==		== February 2019 - Jussie Smollett - Racist and Homophobic Attack - Chiacago ==
	{{quote\|1=“Empire” star Jussie Smollett was hospitalized early Tuesday following an assault in Chicago in what is described as a possible hate crime, Variety has confirmed.		{{quote\|1=“Empire” star Jussie Smollett was hospitalized early Tuesday following an assault in Chicago in what is described as a possible hate crime, Variety has confirmed.

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	== February 2019 - Jussie Smollett - Racist and Homophobic Attack - Chiacago ==		== February 2019 - Jussie Smollett - Racist and Homophobic Attack - Chiacago ==
		+	{{quote\|1=“Empire” star Jussie Smollett was hospitalized early Tuesday following an assault in Chicago in what is described as a possible hate crime, Variety has confirmed.
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		+	According to a statement released by the Chicago Police Department, Smollett was beaten by two men who approached him by yelling out “racial and homophobic slurs” at approximately 2 a.m. Tuesday morning in the 300 block of E. North Water Street. They proceeded to assault Smollett and “poured an unknown chemical substance” on him.
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		+	The two men are also said to have put a rope around Smollett’s neck before fleeing on foot. Smollett then transported himself to an area hospital and is described as being in “good condition.”<ref>[https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/jussie-smollett-empire-assaulted-chicago-1203122135/ ‘Empire’ Star Jussie Smollett Assaulted in Chicago in Suspected Hate Crime] - Variety</ref>}}
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	{{quote\|1=Chicago police are pushing back on media reports that said the alleged attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was a hoax and say the reports are “unconfirmed by case detectives.”		{{quote\|1=Chicago police are pushing back on media reports that said the alleged attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was a hoax and say the reports are “unconfirmed by case detectives.”

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	“We can confirm that the information received from the individuals questioned by police earlier in the Empire case has in fact shifted the trajectory of the investigation,” a Chicago PD statement late Saturday declared. “We’ve reached out to the ‘Empire’ cast member’s attorney to request a follow-up interview.”<ref>[https://deadline.com/2019/02/jussie-smollett-attack-suspect-chicago-police-cnn-empire-1202559032/ Jussie Smollett Viewed As “Active Participant” By Cops In Alleged Assault] - Deadline</ref>}}		“We can confirm that the information received from the individuals questioned by police earlier in the Empire case has in fact shifted the trajectory of the investigation,” a Chicago PD statement late Saturday declared. “We’ve reached out to the ‘Empire’ cast member’s attorney to request a follow-up interview.”<ref>[https://deadline.com/2019/02/jussie-smollett-attack-suspect-chicago-police-cnn-empire-1202559032/ Jussie Smollett Viewed As “Active Participant” By Cops In Alleged Assault] - Deadline</ref>}}
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		+	{{quote4\|1=More than three weeks after he alleged that he was the victim of a hate crime, actor Jussie Smollett has been arrested on suspicion of filing a false report about it, Chicago police said Thursday morning.
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		+	Smollett faces a felony charge of disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false report claiming he was attacked by two men, including one who was masked, in the early morning of January 29 in Chicago. He alleged they yelled racist and homophobic slurs, tied a rope around his neck and poured an unknown substance on him<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/21/entertainment/jussie-smollett-thursday/index.html Jussie Smollett arrested and faces a felony charge for allegedly filing false police report] - CNN]</ref>}}

	== November 2018 - Racist notes - Drake University ==		== November 2018 - Racist notes - Drake University ==

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 * Moore submitted a screenshot of his call history on February 5 to prove their * He is the only person to have claimed to have heard or witnessed Smollett being attacked
 * The frustrated Empire star hit out at police on Monday for suggesting that he had not been cooperative<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6695695/Chicago-police-say-Jussie-Smollett-gave-insufficient-redacted-phone-records.html Chicago police say Jussie Smollett gave 'insufficient' phone records] - Daily Mail</ref>}}
 == November 2018 - Racist notes - Drake University ==

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 == November 2018 - Racist notes - Drake University ==
-{{quote|1=An 18-year-old Drake University student is responsible for four of five racist notes found in residence halls and now faces criminal charges, school officials said.
+{{quote|1=In mid-November, a Drake University student told school officials she had received four racist notes in one of the residence halls, at least one of which was addressed to her.
 The student admitted to writing one of the notes, officials said. She also reported receiving at least one of the notes, officials said.
 A Drake spokesman said officials are confident the four notes reported by the female student were hoaxes. A fifth note, received by a different student in early November, is not connected to the other four notes, now considered copycats, officials said.<ref>[https://eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2018/11/30/drake-university-student-fakes-alleged-racist-note-racism-campus-des-moines/2162705002/  Drake University officials: Four of the five racist notes found on campus were hoaxes] - Des Moines Register</ref>}}
 == November 2017 - Racial slurs - U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School ==

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	* The frustrated Empire star hit out at police on Monday for suggesting that he had not been cooperative<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6695695/Chicago-police-say-Jussie-Smollett-gave-insufficient-redacted-phone-records.html Chicago police say Jussie Smollett gave 'insufficient' phone records] - Daily Mail</ref>}}		* The frustrated Empire star hit out at police on Monday for suggesting that he had not been cooperative<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6695695/Chicago-police-say-Jussie-Smollett-gave-insufficient-redacted-phone-records.html Chicago police say Jussie Smollett gave 'insufficient' phone records] - Daily Mail</ref>}}

		+	== November 2018 - Racist notes - Drake University ==
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		+	{{quote\|1=An 18-year-old Drake University student is responsible for four of five racist notes found in residence halls and now faces criminal charges, school officials said.
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		+	The student admitted to writing one of the notes, officials said. She also reported receiving at least one of the notes, officials said.
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		+	A Drake spokesman said officials are confident the four notes reported by the female student were hoaxes. A fifth note, received by a different student in early November, is not connected to the other four notes, now considered copycats, officials said.<ref>[https://eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2018/11/30/drake-university-student-fakes-alleged-racist-note-racism-campus-des-moines/2162705002/ Drake University officials: Four of the five racist notes found on campus were hoaxes] - Des Moines Register</ref>}}

	== November 2017 - Racial slurs - U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School ==		== November 2017 - Racial slurs - U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School ==