WUSA scrubbed all videos of dreadlock hoax and denies Mikea Turner's family friends disclosure?

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Anonymous wrote:Did you all fools forget that this actually did happen to the young man who was a wrestler. His locks were cut. So of course, when this story came out, everyone took it seriously. You guys are dumb for suggesting she should be fired or suspended. She won't be so get over it.

Have you ever heard of Tawana Brawley? Look up that name and see what you find and then rethink the above.

I KNOW y'all not trying to open up a discussion about all the cases in which a purported victim of an assault lied about the circumstances or falsely accused someone.
And I KNOW y'all not trying to divvy it up along racial lines. Please tell me you are Not That Friggin Stupid to open this can of worms.
Cause if you got any common sense whatsoever you would KNOW damn well that it's waaaaaaaaaaaay more white folks throughout history who have falsely accused black people of crimes than black folks.
Hell, for damn near a century from the end of the Civil War all the way up to the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement it was common knowledge that thousands of innocent black men were lynched or thrown in jail based off of the straight up LIES of white people.
Let's not go there...please. Let's not make this a pissing contest. Let's stick with this story because if you try to go there and divvy up the instances of false allegations along racial lines you are not going to like the harsh reality of those results.

Move on people.

We can't do anything about what happened "throughout history." We CAN do something about things that are happening currently.

This little girl and the 3 boys she accused have been alive on this planet for 12 years. This is not about historical injustice. This is about a kid wanting approval from the adults that she admired and looked up to. Just think how much that child must have looked up to Mikea and how much Mikea's sympathy and approval would have meant to that kid. THAT is what this whole thing is all about.

At the expense of 3 innocent boys lives!!! The fact that they were willing to DESTROY three children's lives so they could "sympathy and approval" is what this is about!

Remember, too, that they risked that this story could backfire on this girl, too. This kid was going to be found out and disciplined by the school and possibly the authorities. But her punishment would never have involved this brutally public humiliation. She's 12!

What? They LIED in order to destroy innocent lives and you're worried about HER "brutal humiliation?"

I'm saying that 12 year old kids sometimes lie and do very regrettable things. The school and the police would have dealt with this child appropriately - had they been given the opportunity to do so.

Instead Mikea and the grandparents had to blast this story out there and convict those boys in the media before the matter could be properly looked into and all the facts sorted out.

It is my opinion that Mikea did this because she thought that the girl could not be disproved. She was anticipating this to all boil down to another he said, she said where the "victim never would lie about such a thing". Of course there was a risk that the girl could be found out but Mikea was wiling to put this child out there because getting the story was worth the risk to the girl in Mikea's mind. The boys were simply collateral damage. The damage to those boys was not something that Mikea ever factored into her decision to put this out there. She had bigger fish to fry.

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Anonymous wrote:Criminal charges for what?
The girl admitted she made it up and lied to everybody so what crime was committed by the folks who believed her?

The 12 year old is not the one who put this out there on the news. She talked to her good family friend the reporter but ultimately the reporter is the one responsible for blasting her face and her story all over the nation if not all over the world.

And there’s irrefutable proof the reporter knew it was a lie? What evidence/testimony confirms this?

Why in the hell would a reporter knowingly be part of a lie like that, knowing what it would do to their professional reputation? Y'all are crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:Did you all fools forget that this actually did happen to the young man who was a wrestler. His locks were cut. So of course, when this story came out, everyone took it seriously. You guys are dumb for suggesting she should be fired or suspended. She won't be so get over it.

Have you ever heard of Tawana Brawley? Look up that name and see what you find and then rethink the above.

I KNOW y'all not trying to open up a discussion about all the cases in which a purported victim of an assault lied about the circumstances or falsely accused someone.
And I KNOW y'all not trying to divvy it up along racial lines. Please tell me you are Not That Friggin Stupid to open this can of worms.
Cause if you got any common sense whatsoever you would KNOW damn well that it's waaaaaaaaaaaay more white folks throughout history who have falsely accused black people of crimes than black folks.
Hell, for damn near a century from the end of the Civil War all the way up to the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement it was common knowledge that thousands of innocent black men were lynched or thrown in jail based off of the straight up LIES of white people.
Let's not go there...please. Let's not make this a pissing contest. Let's stick with this story because if you try to go there and divvy up the instances of false allegations along racial lines you are not going to like the harsh reality of those results.

Move on people.

We can't do anything about what happened "throughout history." We CAN do something about things that are happening currently.

This little girl and the 3 boys she accused have been alive on this planet for 12 years. This is not about historical injustice. This is about a kid wanting approval from the adults that she admired and looked up to. Just think how much that child must have looked up to Mikea and how much Mikea's sympathy and approval would have meant to that kid. THAT is what this whole thing is all about.

At the expense of 3 innocent boys lives!!! The fact that they were willing to DESTROY three children's lives so they could "sympathy and approval" is what this is about!

Remember, too, that they risked that this story could backfire on this girl, too. This kid was going to be found out and disciplined by the school and possibly the authorities. But her punishment would never have involved this brutally public humiliation. She's 12!

What? They LIED in order to destroy innocent lives and you're worried about HER "brutal humiliation?"

I'm saying that 12 year old kids sometimes lie and do very regrettable things. The school and the police would have dealt with this child appropriately - had they been given the opportunity to do so.

Instead Mikea and the grandparents had to blast this story out there and convict those boys in the media before the matter could be properly looked into and all the facts sorted out.

It is my opinion that Mikea did this because she thought that the girl could not be disproved. She was anticipating this to all boil down to another he said, she said where the "victim never would lie about such a thing". Of course there was a risk that the girl could be found out but Mikea was wiling to put this child out there because getting the story was worth the risk to the girl in Mikea's mind. The boys were simply collateral damage. The damage to those boys was not something that Mikea ever factored into her decision to put this out there. She had bigger fish to fry.

Do you know -like personally know- any actual tv reporters? Because it sounds like you don't. You're describing a reporter the way Hollywood would portray one. So you're basically just talking out of your ass. So can you at least admit that much?

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Anonymous wrote:Did you all fools forget that this actually did happen to the young man who was a wrestler. His locks were cut. So of course, when this story came out, everyone took it seriously. You guys are dumb for suggesting she should be fired or suspended. She won't be so get over it.

Have you ever heard of Tawana Brawley? Look up that name and see what you find and then rethink the above.

I KNOW y'all not trying to open up a discussion about all the cases in which a purported victim of an assault lied about the circumstances or falsely accused someone.
And I KNOW y'all not trying to divvy it up along racial lines. Please tell me you are Not That Friggin Stupid to open this can of worms.
Cause if you got any common sense whatsoever you would KNOW damn well that it's waaaaaaaaaaaay more white folks throughout history who have falsely accused black people of crimes than black folks.
Hell, for damn near a century from the end of the Civil War all the way up to the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement it was common knowledge that thousands of innocent black men were lynched or thrown in jail based off of the straight up LIES of white people.
Let's not go there...please. Let's not make this a pissing contest. Let's stick with this story because if you try to go there and divvy up the instances of false allegations along racial lines you are not going to like the harsh reality of those results.

Move on people.

We can't do anything about what happened "throughout history." We CAN do something about things that are happening currently.

This little girl and the 3 boys she accused have been alive on this planet for 12 years. This is not about historical injustice. This is about a kid wanting approval from the adults that she admired and looked up to. Just think how much that child must have looked up to Mikea and how much Mikea's sympathy and approval would have meant to that kid. THAT is what this whole thing is all about.

At the expense of 3 innocent boys lives!!! The fact that they were willing to DESTROY three children's lives so they could "sympathy and approval" is what this is about!

Remember, too, that they risked that this story could backfire on this girl, too. This kid was going to be found out and disciplined by the school and possibly the authorities. But her punishment would never have involved this brutally public humiliation. She's 12!

She's a sociopath. I don't give a damn about her public humiliation.

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The family and reporter were thinking of themselves and the next greatest story. It the boys or girls.

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Anonymous wrote:Did you all fools forget that this actually did happen to the young man who was a wrestler. His locks were cut. So of course, when this story came out, everyone took it seriously. You guys are dumb for suggesting she should be fired or suspended. She won't be so get over it.

Have you ever heard of Tawana Brawley? Look up that name and see what you find and then rethink the above.

I KNOW y'all not trying to open up a discussion about all the cases in which a purported victim of an assault lied about the circumstances or falsely accused someone.
And I KNOW y'all not trying to divvy it up along racial lines. Please tell me you are Not That Friggin Stupid to open this can of worms.
Cause if you got any common sense whatsoever you would KNOW damn well that it's waaaaaaaaaaaay more white folks throughout history who have falsely accused black people of crimes than black folks.
Hell, for damn near a century from the end of the Civil War all the way up to the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement it was common knowledge that thousands of innocent black men were lynched or thrown in jail based off of the straight up LIES of white people.
Let's not go there...please. Let's not make this a pissing contest. Let's stick with this story because if you try to go there and divvy up the instances of false allegations along racial lines you are not going to like the harsh reality of those results.

Move on people.

We can't do anything about what happened "throughout history." We CAN do something about things that are happening currently.

This little girl and the 3 boys she accused have been alive on this planet for 12 years. This is not about historical injustice. This is about a kid wanting approval from the adults that she admired and looked up to. Just think how much that child must have looked up to Mikea and how much Mikea's sympathy and approval would have meant to that kid. THAT is what this whole thing is all about.

At the expense of 3 innocent boys lives!!! The fact that they were willing to DESTROY three children's lives so they could "sympathy and approval" is what this is about!

The girl was probably trying to keep from getting in trouble and had no idea what would happen. She should be expelled and family pay costs. Instead it will get ignored.

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Anonymous wrote:Criminal charges for what?
The girl admitted she made it up and lied to everybody so what crime was committed by the folks who believed her?

The 12 year old is not the one who put this out there on the news. She talked to her good family friend the reporter but ultimately the reporter is the one responsible for blasting her face and her story all over the nation if not all over the world.

And there’s irrefutable proof the reporter knew it was a lie? What evidence/testimony confirms this?

Why in the hell would a reporter knowingly be part of a lie like that, knowing what it would do to their professional reputation? Y'all are crazy.

Because she didn't know there were cameras! Plain and simple.

She thought she could try this in the media and that it would just be another he said, she said. Even though it has been 100% proven to be a lie there are still people out there who believe that it happened. Twisted.

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Anonymous wrote:Did you all fools forget that this actually did happen to the young man who was a wrestler. His locks were cut. So of course, when this story came out, everyone took it seriously. You guys are dumb for suggesting she should be fired or suspended. She won't be so get over it.

Have you ever heard of Tawana Brawley? Look up that name and see what you find and then rethink the above.

I KNOW y'all not trying to open up a discussion about all the cases in which a purported victim of an assault lied about the circumstances or falsely accused someone.
And I KNOW y'all not trying to divvy it up along racial lines. Please tell me you are Not That Friggin Stupid to open this can of worms.
Cause if you got any common sense whatsoever you would KNOW damn well that it's waaaaaaaaaaaay more white folks throughout history who have falsely accused black people of crimes than black folks.
Hell, for damn near a century from the end of the Civil War all the way up to the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement it was common knowledge that thousands of innocent black men were lynched or thrown in jail based off of the straight up LIES of white people.
Let's not go there...please. Let's not make this a pissing contest. Let's stick with this story because if you try to go there and divvy up the instances of false allegations along racial lines you are not going to like the harsh reality of those results.

Move on people.

We can't do anything about what happened "throughout history." We CAN do something about things that are happening currently.

This little girl and the 3 boys she accused have been alive on this planet for 12 years. This is not about historical injustice. This is about a kid wanting approval from the adults that she admired and looked up to. Just think how much that child must have looked up to Mikea and how much Mikea's sympathy and approval would have meant to that kid. THAT is what this whole thing is all about.

At the expense of 3 innocent boys lives!!! The fact that they were willing to DESTROY three children's lives so they could "sympathy and approval" is what this is about!

The girl was probably trying to keep from getting in trouble and had no idea what would happen. She should be expelled and family pay costs. Instead it will get ignored.

She will be disciplined through the school and the court. Just because this media circus happened doesn't mean that she gets out of it. She lied and will pay the consequences for it.

The media situation is a totally different ball of wax. They, too, will have their own accountability - whether through lawsuits, criminal charges or simply a loss of professional reputation and all credibility.

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Anonymous wrote:Did you all fools forget that this actually did happen to the young man who was a wrestler. His locks were cut. So of course, when this story came out, everyone took it seriously. You guys are dumb for suggesting she should be fired or suspended. She won't be so get over it.

Have you ever heard of Tawana Brawley? Look up that name and see what you find and then rethink the above.

I KNOW y'all not trying to open up a discussion about all the cases in which a purported victim of an assault lied about the circumstances or falsely accused someone.
And I KNOW y'all not trying to divvy it up along racial lines. Please tell me you are Not That Friggin Stupid to open this can of worms.
Cause if you got any common sense whatsoever you would KNOW damn well that it's waaaaaaaaaaaay more white folks throughout history who have falsely accused black people of crimes than black folks.
Hell, for damn near a century from the end of the Civil War all the way up to the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement it was common knowledge that thousands of innocent black men were lynched or thrown in jail based off of the straight up LIES of white people.
Let's not go there...please. Let's not make this a pissing contest. Let's stick with this story because if you try to go there and divvy up the instances of false allegations along racial lines you are not going to like the harsh reality of those results.

Move on people.

We can't do anything about what happened "throughout history." We CAN do something about things that are happening currently.

This little girl and the 3 boys she accused have been alive on this planet for 12 years. This is not about historical injustice. This is about a kid wanting approval from the adults that she admired and looked up to. Just think how much that child must have looked up to Mikea and how much Mikea's sympathy and approval would have meant to that kid. THAT is what this whole thing is all about.

At the expense of 3 innocent boys lives!!! The fact that they were willing to DESTROY three children's lives so they could "sympathy and approval" is what this is about!

Remember, too, that they risked that this story could backfire on this girl, too. This kid was going to be found out and disciplined by the school and possibly the authorities. But her punishment would never have involved this brutally public humiliation. She's 12!

What? They LIED in order to destroy innocent lives and you're worried about HER "brutal humiliation?"

I'm saying that 12 year old kids sometimes lie and do very regrettable things. The school and the police would have dealt with this child appropriately - had they been given the opportunity to do so.

Instead Mikea and the grandparents had to blast this story out there and convict those boys in the media before the matter could be properly looked into and all the facts sorted out.

It is my opinion that Mikea did this because she thought that the girl could not be disproved. She was anticipating this to all boil down to another he said, she said where the "victim never would lie about such a thing". Of course there was a risk that the girl could be found out but Mikea was wiling to put this child out there because getting the story was worth the risk to the girl in Mikea's mind. The boys were simply collateral damage. The damage to those boys was not something that Mikea ever factored into her decision to put this out there. She had bigger fish to fry.

Do you know -like personally know- any actual tv reporters? Because it sounds like you don't. You're describing a reporter the way Hollywood would portray one. So you're basically just talking out of your ass. So can you at least admit that much?

I know. What she did was sort of crazy! But she did it!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Criminal charges for what?
The girl admitted she made it up and lied to everybody so what crime was committed by the folks who believed her?

The 12 year old is not the one who put this out there on the news. She talked to her good family friend the reporter but ultimately the reporter is the one responsible for blasting her face and her story all over the nation if not all over the world.

And there’s irrefutable proof the reporter knew it was a lie? What evidence/testimony confirms this?

Why in the hell would a reporter knowingly be part of a lie like that, knowing what it would do to their professional reputation? Y'all are crazy.

Because she didn't know there were cameras! Plain and simple.

She thought she could try this in the media and that it would just be another he said, she said. Even though it has been 100% proven to be a lie there are still people out there who believe that it happened. Twisted.

Reporters cover crime. They KNOW there are cameras everywhere. I'd bet she assumed there was even video of it, because there usually is. If not the event itself, then the people involved either before or after. You see surveillance camera pictures all the time in news stories. I'll bet that was probably the first thing she asked about.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Criminal charges for what?
The girl admitted she made it up and lied to everybody so what crime was committed by the folks who believed her?

The 12 year old is not the one who put this out there on the news. She talked to her good family friend the reporter but ultimately the reporter is the one responsible for blasting her face and her story all over the nation if not all over the world.

And there’s irrefutable proof the reporter knew it was a lie? What evidence/testimony confirms this?

Why in the hell would a reporter knowingly be part of a lie like that, knowing what it would do to their professional reputation? Y'all are crazy.

Because she didn't know there were cameras! Plain and simple.

She thought she could try this in the media and that it would just be another he said, she said. Even though it has been 100% proven to be a lie there are still people out there who believe that it happened. Twisted.

Reporters cover crime. They KNOW there are cameras everywhere. I'd bet she assumed there was even video of it, because there usually is. If not the event itself, then the people involved either before or after. You see surveillance camera pictures all the time in news stories. I'll bet that was probably the first thing she asked about.

I guess she should have waited to see if it really happened or not. Instead she hung her professional career and reputation on a "she said" - oops!

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NP. This thread reads as if there's really one primary poster who is remarkably focused (maybe obsessed is really the word) with damning this one reporter. I notice that the poster hasn't yet answered another PP's question asking if he or she actually knows any real reporters. There are so many wrong assumptions by the hater about who reporters do or don't work.

So, PP with the vendetta against the reporter: Do you personally know any professional reporters? Bloggers or political pundits don't count.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. This thread reads as if there's really one primary poster who is remarkably focused (maybe obsessed is really the word) with damning this one reporter. I notice that the poster hasn't yet answered another PP's question asking if he or she actually knows any real reporters. There are so many wrong assumptions by the hater about who reporters do or don't work.

So, PP with the vendetta against the reporter: Do you personally know any professional reporters? Bloggers or political pundits don't count.

I do not. Nor am I a communications major nor am I a lawyer.

I'm just a random viewer who is appalled that a grown woman - a professional news reporter - would take it upon herself to break this kind of hell on a bunch of kids.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. This thread reads as if there's really one primary poster who is remarkably focused (maybe obsessed is really the word) with damning this one reporter. I notice that the poster hasn't yet answered another PP's question asking if he or she actually knows any real reporters. There are so many wrong assumptions by the hater about who reporters do or don't work.

So, PP with the vendetta against the reporter: Do you personally know any professional reporters? Bloggers or political pundits don't count.

There is definitely more than one poster who has criticized the reporter, because I am one of them. I am NOT the poster that was asked if I know any reporters, but if you want to ask me, yes I do. Two, in fact. Neither are currently in the DC area, though one of them used to be.

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Saying that the reporter should be held accountable for HER story is not a "vendetta", btw.