from American Thinker:
The self-inflicted phony hate crime must be the defining crime of our era. Just as bootlegging defined the 1920s, fake hate crimes seem to define the early years of the 21st century.
For the third time this week, we have a report of a fabulist being busted for fabricating an incident. How many other phony reports have been made is an open question, because usually there is not a dash cam or a jury trial to provide a definitive conclusion of hate fraud.
The latest instance is particularly sick and vile. Jamie Satterfield of the Knoxville News-Sentinel reports:
A federal jury in a lawsuit has concluded a Monroe County lesbian couple’s claim their house was torched in an act of hate was a hoax.
A jury in U.S. District Court on Monday returned a verdict in favor of American National Property and Casualty Company in a lawsuit over the fire claim of Carol Ann Stutte and Laura Jean Stutte.
In the verdict, the jury specifically concluded the insurer had proved by what’s known as a preponderance of the evidence standard that the Stuttes torched their house in Vonore, Tenn., and covered it up by spray-painting the word “queers” on a detached garage and labeling the fire a hate crime by their neighbor.
Photo credit: Bob Fowler
The insurance company had a powerful incentive to contest the alleged hate crime. As the New York Daily News reports:
The homeowners intended to bank on an insurance claim of more than $ 276,000, American National and Casulty Company alleged in court documents obtained by the News Sentinel.
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