Hate Hoaxers Have a Home in Livingston

Preface

This is the third in a series of investigative reports examining hate crime hoaxes in Livingston County. The author felt compelled to publish these reports as the media has shown no interest in reporting the truth and informing the public of these fake hate crimes. Reporting the truth puts the media at odds with their favorite fake narrative that citizens of Livingston County are racist.

Introduction

Livingston County has long been recognized as a safe place to live and raise a family. CrimeGrades.org provides our county with their best crime rating of A+. Though we have an exceptionally low rate of crime, the same cannot be said of our rate of fake hate crime. It sticks out like a sore thumb that citizens of law-and-order Livingston County have been disproportionately attacked by fake hate crime artists intent on smearing our community as racist. This report compares the fake hate crime rate of our county to the national average and delves into the reasons why hate hoaxers target the good citizens of Livingston County with their heinous attacks.

Background

I recently completed my second investigation into a fake hate crime intended to slander the citizens of Livingston County as racist. I reflected on both investigations and wondered why our community was the target of two hate hoax smears in a period of three years. It seemed to me that this rate of fake hate crimes was high — but is it? I decided to examine the available data to ascertain if the good citizens of our county were being attacked with an extraordinarily high rate of phony hate crimes.

History

In 2021 Renay Gedeon of Green Township falsely claimed that her farm was vandalized in a hate-motivated crime. Within two days, after leading police on a wild-goose chase to find her non-existent farm, Gedeon confessed that she lied about owning a farm. While publicly claiming her farm was vandalized, Gedeon used GoFundMe to raise money from the public to repair her non-existent farm. Her fraud ultimately led to the Livingston County Prosecutor’s Office to charge her with a felony — Attempted False Pretenses. Also referred to as swindle, fraud, and confidence game, this felony is punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a fine. Gedeon avoided prison time by paying $775 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to the misdemeanor crime of False Report of a Misdemeanor.

In 2023 Julie Ohashi of Oakland County (Highland Township) claimed she was the victim of a hate crime when a swastika was burned into a large tree on her property. Police investigators found many elements of Ohashi’s allegation were at variance with the truth. The most egregious Ohashi lie was that her husband was Black — he is not. Lying about her husband’s race helped Ohashi to frame her hate hoax as an anti-Black hate crime. Coming in a close second in the outrageous lie category, Ohashi and the media reported that this (fake) hate crime occurred in Livingston County when in fact it occurred in Oakland County. With malice aforethought and the help of a complicit media, Ohashi deliberately took aim at the citizens of Livingston County.

Thus, in a three-year period hate hoaxers twice attempted to indict our citizens as racists. A favorite slogan of Stand Against Extremism (SAGE), a local left-wing organization, is “Hate Has No Home in Livingston County.” However it is clear that instead “Hate Hoaxers Have Found a Home in Livingston County.” Unsurprisingly, hoaxer Julie Ohashi is a leader of SAGE.

Full Report

The full report, “Hate Hoaxers Have a Home in Livingston County” can be accessed here. The full report is in PDF format.

The report about the Gedeon hoax can be accessed here.

The report about the Ohashi hoax can be accessed here.