>>13946056-victimhood status is something which is desired. people want to be seen as victims. people fake hate crimes to gain status.
-some very politicized people may fake hate crimes because they think it can help them tip the scales of some election in a way that favors the candidate they prefer.
In my country we had many cases like these when he had a right wing president for 4 years. A school teacher slashed her belly to fake a hate crime, and police forces were accused by fake witnesses of disappearing a man who died drowned trying to cross a river (to not get caught by the police)
