With new details emerging every day surrounding the alleged hate crime attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, it is becoming more and more clear that the attack was a hoax. Several media outlets including CNN and NBC News have reported Chicago Police sources have confirmed to them that the investigation has shifted course and they are now considering the possibility that the attack was staged by Smollett himself. We now know this is patently false and that the two men Smollett fingered as his attackers are actually black, not white as he claimed. This certainly doesn’t come as a surprise to most people since there were several red flags about the attack to begin with. For instance, Smollett claimed the two attackers were white and shouted racist and homophobic slurs at him as well as the phrase “MAGA Country” at 2 a.m. in the middle of a polar vortex in one of the most left-leaning cities in America. Smollett even doubled down on his statement about the attackers being white when he said that his story would not have been doubted if the attackers were “a Muslim, or a Mexican, or someone black”. Well, it turns out the attackers were black. In fact, they were extras from Smollett’s show “Empire”. Police raided the home of the two extras and seized evidence. Among the new evidence found were receipts showing they purchased the rope used in the “attack” at Ace Hardware. The FBI even got involved in the case and now Chicago Police want a second interview with Smollett and released the two suspects and dropped all charges against them. The two suspects are brothers and have said that Smollett paid them to participate in the alleged attack. Things aren’t looking good for the Trump-hating actor.

While we wait to see how the investigation unfolds, here are a few examples of fake hate crimes just from the time Trump was elected President in 2016. These cases were compiled by a Reddit user named “onewallee” and were posted on Reddit.com/The_Donald.

1. “Denton man set his vehicles ablaze, painted racial slur on own garage door, wife says”

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2016/12/23/denton-man-set-vehicles-ablaze-painted-racial-slur-garage-door-wife-says

2. “Black, ‘white supremacist’ arrested for the infamous burned-down black church which had “Vote Trump” written on it”

https://www.voanews.com/a/mississippi-fire-church/3646508.html

3. ” ‘Black Bitch’, ‘Trump Rules’ — arrest made, turns out to be black ‘white supremacist’ “

https://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/S-Jersey-man-arrested-in-post-election-vandalism-in-South-Philly.html?mobi=true

4. “Muslim Teen Caught Lying About Trump-Inspired Assault Gets Humiliating Punishment”

https://ijr.com/muslim-teen-caught-lying-about-trump-inspired-assault-gets-humiliating-punishment/

5. “Ann Arbor police: Woman’s story about being forced to remove hijab did not occur”

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/ann-arbor-police-womans-story-about-being-force-to-remove-hijab-did-not-occur

6. “Lafayette PD: UL student made up story about being attacked by Trump supporters who stole her hijab”

https://www.klfy.com/news/lafayette-pd-ul-student-made-up-story-about-attack-stolen-hijab/872671082

7. “Man Who Drew Swastikas Across Nassau Community College Arrested And He Isn’t White”

https://patch.com/new-york/gardencity/man-who-drew-swastikas-across-nassau-community-college-arrested-police

8. “BGSU student charged after reporting fake racist assault”

http://www.wtol.com/story/33736486/bgsu-student-charged-after-reporting-fake-assault/

9. “BGSU: Second report of racial slur, attack false too”

https://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2016/11/19/BGSU-Second-report-of-slur-attack-false-too.html

10. “Man admits to faking hate crime by Trump supporters in Malden”

https://www.bostonherald.com/2016/11/18/man-admits-to-faking-hate-crime-in-malden/

11. “Man who hung a nazi flag in SF across from Holocaust survivors was making anti-Trump statement”

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/San-Francisco-homeowner-s-Nazi-flag-protest-of-10605083.php

12. “The throat-punching, racist-stomping woman who claimed to have bashed the fash only to be inexplicably handcuffed, but police say she fabricated the incident”

https://www.mndaily.com/article/2016/11/umpd-not-involved-in-handcuffed-university-student

12. “Williams College students are now facing disciplinary action after hoaxing vandalism which appeared to be Ku Klux Klan (KKK) inspired days after the 2016 Election”

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2016/11/21/students-face-disciplinary-action-hoaxing-kkk-vandalism/

13. “Hateful ‘Trump’ Notes Allegedly Aimed at Student Were Fabricated, University Says”

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/north-park-fabricated-notes-402556366.html

12. “University says Latino student upset with presidential election wrote racist message jagainst Latinos as ‘satirical commentary'”

http://www.elonnewsnetwork.com/article/2016/11/note-found-whiteboard-kivette-bye-bye-latinos

13. “College kids, accused of screaming racist and homophobic slurs, but were cleared of charges when it was determined they were only yelling ‘Make America Great Again’ “

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/12/19/pro-trump-babson-students-cleared-wellesley-victory-incident/RsIfPd27sNxqiXvnwOrhTJ/story.html

14. “Woman who was supposedly threatened at a gas station with a gun by Trump supporters, but who never contacted police and has now deleted her accusation”

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/12/19/pro-trump-babson-students-cleared-wellesley-victory-incident/RsIfPd27sNxqiXvnwOrhTJ/story.html

15. “Black, ‘white supremacist’ whose sign reading “You can hang a n—-r from a tree, equal rights he’ll never see” went viral, only to be later revealed that he was protesting his mistreatment in probate court”

https://www.kron4.com/news/only-on-kron4-controversial-banner-causing-uproar-in-pittsburg-neighborhood/944990146

It seems we can now add Jussie Smollett to this list of fake hate crimes but this is only 15 out of dozens of fake hate crimes. If you want to read more here is a list of 22 of them just from the first few weeks after Trump was elected. Jussie Smollett’s story was suspect from the start and with so many fake hate crimes occurring in the U.S., it is really not helping matters for victims of actual hate crimes.

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