Before I list the many fake hate
crimes, let's talk about some recent events. We are just a few weeks
into 2019, and we’ve already seen two high-profile instances of the
left deliberately lying about Trump supporters to push their
narrative that the right is dangerous. Democrats keep telling us how
most hate crimes are committed by the right, but the Jussie Smollett
case reminded us of how many fake hate crimes there have been. There
are hate crimes committed by the left and right, but I'm not sure I
ever heard of someone on the right committing a fake hate crime. (I
should note that white supremacists aren't the ideological right,
they span many ideologies.)
Many fake hate crimes are done to make
the other side look bad, but some are done simply for attention,
Smollett thought he could get enough attention to make him more
famous and get a raise from his meager income of $100,000 per episode
salary. Smollett also hated Trump, so it's no surprise he chose to
portray his attackers as MAGA, white males.
In case you have been asleep, Smollett
paid two black men to attack him at 2AM when it was -15 degrees in
Chicago. The media made this their number one story for a week when
they thought Smollett was the victim. This week Smollett was arrested
for filing a false police report.
Maybe the worst hate crime of them all
is when the Covington Catholic boys were accused of harassing a
group of Native Americans. This might be the worst, because the media
was the one who did the most damage. The native, while beating a
drum, approached 16 year old Nicholas
Sandmann, from
Covington Catholic school, and stood face to face
with the boy for several minutes. Others with the drum beater told
the boys they should leave the country because they are on stolen
land. The media might have destroyed Sandmann's future because they
labeled him a racist with their wrongful portrayal of the events that
unfolded that day. Sandmann is in the process of suing the news media
and individuals.
Below are a few of the hate crimes
from the past couple of years.
Right after Donald Trump’s election,
the SPLC really stoked panic. A pro-gay Episcopal church in Indiana
was vandalized with “Heil Trump,” a swastika, and an anti-gay
slur. It turns out perpetrator was the gay organ player who did the
writing. He was only charged with a misdemeanor.
Days after the Pittsburgh massacre,
Trump supporters were blamed for Nazi vandalism at a Brooklyn
synagogue and fires in a Jewish community. It turns out the
perpetrator was a gay black man who had worked with the city council
on an initiative to fight hate crimes.
One week before the presidential
election, a black church in Mississippi was burned in an arson
attack. “Vote Trump” was written on the building. After much
panic, an investigation revealed that the man responsible was a
church member.
In Nov 2016 a Muslim student at the
University of Louisiana said two white racist, Trump supporters
brutally assaulted her, ripped off her hijab, and robbed her. The
story went viral. It was a lie. The media never identified her by
name after the hoax was revealed.
Trump and his supporters were blamed
for a spate of anti-Semitic, KKK and Nazi graffiti on the campus of
Nassau Community College in Long Island in late 2016. The student
responsible was Jasskirat Saini:
In Dec 2016 a Muslim woman said she was
attacked by 3 white Trump supporters in NYC on the subway. She said
they tried to rip off her hijab. Yasmin Seweid lied. CAIR said
Muslims are under tremendous “stress & pressure” resulting in
incidents like this. The incident never happened.
In Sept. 2018, a black woman in Long
Island said Trump supporters confronted her and told her “she
didn’t belong here.” Her car tire was slashed the next day and a
hateful note was left behind saying “go home.” Adwoa Lewis made
up the whole story.
In Nov 2018 students at Goucher College
demanded social justice training and safe spaces after racist, Nazi,
and KKK graffiti was found on campus. Someone even wrote the names of
black students. Trump was blamed. Fynn Arthur, a black student, was
responsible.
In 2017 St
Olaf College was roiled
by mass protests in response to anti-black notes found across campus.
Class was canceled and the administration caved to demands. An
investigation found that Samantha Wells, a black victim of one of the
notes, fabricated the incident.
In Nov 2016 a Philadelphia neighborhood
was rattled when property was vandalized with pro-Trump and
anti-black messages. William Tucker was identified through CCTV
footage as the vandal.
https://www.phillyvoice.com/new-jersey-man
https://www.phillyvoice.com/new-jersey-man
In Nov 2016, a black female student at
Villanova University
in PA, said a group of white men yelling "Trump!" knocked
her to the ground on campus. However, a police and university
investigation was halted because the student didn't want to pursue
the matter.
In Nov 2017, near Kansas
State University, a
black man's car was vandalized with racist messages. Class was
canceled while students held demonstrations. Dauntarius Williams
later admitted to police that he did it himself. Police did not
charge him.
In autumn of 2018 at Kansas
State University, a note
was left on an apartment that read, "Beware n***ers live here!
Knock at your own risk." The "victim" admitted to
police that he did it himself. This was the 2nd time he had
fabricated a hate incident in 2 years.
https://www.kansas.com/news/local/education/article221373355.html
University
of Michigan
student, Halley Bass, told police a Trump supporter attacked her by
scratching her face in Nov 2016. She said she was targeted for
wearing a pin in support of UK Remain. As her story fell apart, she
admitted to scratching herself.
Who remembers when Trump was blamed for
the spate of death threats to Jewish community centers across the US?
Juan Thompson, a reporter who worked for The
intercept, was convicted
for the hoax threats and other offenses.
2016: Muslim student at University
of Michigan
claimed she was attacked by a white man who threatened to burn
her hijab. It never happened. CAIR said the attack is “just the
latest anti-Muslim incidents reported since the election of Donald
Trump as president.”
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/12/21/cops-u-m-student-lied-man-threatening-burn-hjiab/95704464/
One day after
2016 election, Eleesha Long, a student at Bowling
Green
State University
in Ohio said that white males wearing Trump shirts threw rocks at her
and hurled racial slurs. The alleged incident sparked outrage on
campus, and the university hosted a "town hall." Long made
it all up.
The police reports are laced with racist remarks against Trump supporters that she sent to her boyfriend and mother. According to reports, she used words like, "this is why you should take an IQ test to vote," "I hope they all get AIDS," "I haven't met a decent Trump supporter yet."
https://www.13abc.com/content/news/BG-police-say-student-lied-about-politically-driven-attack-401814426.html
On election night, Canadian, Chris Ball
said he was beaten by anti-gay Trump supporters in Santa Monica. His
friend shared a photo on social media. Police said he never filed a
report and he didn't go to any hospitals in the area.
Charlotte: April 2017, Curtis Flournoy
set an immigrant business on fire and left a note saying “Trump is
our nation builder for White America." When CCTV showed the
perpetrator was black, some sites said it was a white Trump supporter
in disguise.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article143696479.html
November, 2016, Chicago: Taylor Volk, a bisexual student at, Christian based, North Park University, said she received hateful pro-Trump, anti-gay messages. "This is a countrywide epidemic, all of a sudden,” she said at the time. The investigation found that she fabricated the story. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/north-park-fabricated-notes-402556366.html
2016: A message was written at Elon University, that read “Bye bye Latinos, hasta la vista.” Students raged, saying the campus was unsafe a nd racist. Admin panicked. An investigation found that a Latino student wrote it as “commentary” on the election. http://www.elonnewsnetwork.com/article/2016/11/note-found-whiteboard-kivette-bye-bye-latinos
Two students at Babson drove through campus waving Trump flag and shouting, “Make America Great Again,” to celebrate the election. Peers said they spat on someone yelled racist and anti-gay slurs. This was a lie, but everyone believed it. They were kicked out their fraternity. And investigation cleared them of wrongdoing.
Nov 2016 Delaware: Ashley Boyer, who is black, said 4 white, racist males threatened her. She said charges were filed. After the social media post went viral, Smyrna Police announced that the incident was never reported. Boyer didn’t respond to journalists.
https://www.phillyvoice.com/police-no-official-report-ugly-racial-incident-del-gas-station/
After the election, a professionally made banner in the East Bay area of Pittsburg, sparked fury. It read: "You can hang a n—r from a tree, equal rights he'll never see." People feared this was, now, Trump's America. The man who put up the sign was black and said he did it to protest the court system.
After the election, Kathy Tu, a student at Universty of New Mexco, said she was attacked by a racist, white male in viral Facebook posts. She said she fought back and was handcuffed by police. Students demanded campus suspend the racist. Campus police said they never interacted wth Tu. https://www.mndaily.com/article/2016/11/umpd-not-involved-in-handcuffed-university-student
In November 2016, a man in Malden, MA. told police he was confronted by two racist, white males who made a reference to lynching and said, “It isTrump country, now.” He fabricated the whole story.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2016/11/18/man-admits-to-faking-hate-crime-in-malden
In June 2018, Michael Kadar, a Jewish Israeli-American, was convicted for making hundreds of violent threats to US Jewish organzatons, schools, and community centers. Trump was blamed for the culture of anti-Semitism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/world/middleeast/israel-convict-jewish-threats.html
In 2017, a hate crime was reported, this one involving anti-Muslim messages painted on a residence hall door. But after a thorough investigation, detectives discovered the victim, 20-year-old Michael Kee, had painted the messages himself. Kee admitting to the crime, saying he wanted the same attention the campus was giving the other student.
http://www.mystateline.com/news/beloit-police-speak-on-hate-crime-hoax/649140198
Nov. 2018: Anthony Derlunas was watching a performance of Fiddler on the Roof in Baltimore. The story of the Jewish persecution reminded him of Trump, so he shouted "Heil Hitler, heil Trump!" Audience freaked out, thinking there was about to be a violent attack.
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