The New York Times: Black NoVa Girl Says White Private School Classmates Cut Her Dreadlocks

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I liked the apology. I hope it was sincere.

Definitely written by their lawyer, so not really their words.

I think the parents put up the daughter to posting on social media and everything done and I don't think it was sincere. I think it was to stop the boys parents from going after them, which I hope they still do.

That’s a bit harsh.

[Anonymous]

I told you no one was listening to Don Imus! I told you they’re all dead!

[Anonymous]

I feel sorry for the girl and the accused in this case. That poor girl doesn’t have much of a chance with a grandmother like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I told you no one was listening to Don Imus! I told you they’re all dead!

I thought Don Imus was dead. Still alive, only 79, seems like he should be at least 100 by now. Yes, he did teach us all a new vocabulary word back then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Immanuel Christian is an evangelical Christianist school typical of southern segregationist academies with the special distinction of having VP Pence's "mother" as a teacher. Of course it has white boys who think they can do whatever they want to a black girl.

Have you now read more about the facts instead of just spouting off your ignorant opinion?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How can this happen?

The police in Northern Virginia are investigating a report by a black 12-year-old girl that three white boys in her grade held her down, covered her mouth and cut off lengths of her dreadlocks on a playground at their private Christian school.

The girl, Amari Allen, who is in sixth grade, and her family spoke to media organizations this week about what she said happened to her on Monday on the playground of the school, Immanuel Christian School in Springfield.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/us/dreadlocks-cut-off-immanuel-christian-school.html

Dear Editorial Board of The New Hoax Times,

Care to share any update and an apology about this, signed by your Public Editor?

Signed,

Former subscriber and admirer

Is there any adult supervision at the NYT? They get so much stuff wrong, and it’s always going in one direction.

I doubt it.

This is a wake-up call.

In the original headline of the NYTimes, the race of the kids was in the headline. Guess what was omitted from the story today?

Oh my.

The NYT has become a parody of its NY self.

Are they not self aware? Do they not realize how this looks?

I know! Her dreadlocks are still there and they look beautiful!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can this happen?

The police in Northern Virginia are investigating a report by a black 12-year-old girl that three white boys in her grade held her down, covered her mouth and cut off lengths of her dreadlocks on a playground at their private Christian school.

The girl, Amari Allen, who is in sixth grade, and her family spoke to media organizations this week about what she said happened to her on Monday on the playground of the school, Immanuel Christian School in Springfield.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/us/dreadlocks-cut-off-immanuel-christian-school.html

Dear Editorial Board of The New Hoax Times,

Care to share any update and an apology about this, signed by your Public Editor?

Signed,

Former subscriber and admirer

Is there any adult supervision at the NYT? They get so much stuff wrong, and it’s always going in one direction.

It's becoming the New York Enquirer. Sensational writers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I liked the apology. I hope it was sincere.

Definitely written by their lawyer, so not really their words.

I think the parents put up the daughter to posting on social media and everything done and I don't think it was sincere. I think it was to stop the boys parents from going after them, which I hope they still do.

That’s a bit harsh.

No, its not harsh. Its reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can this happen?

The police in Northern Virginia are investigating a report by a black 12-year-old girl that three white boys in her grade held her down, covered her mouth and cut off lengths of her dreadlocks on a playground at their private Christian school.

The girl, Amari Allen, who is in sixth grade, and her family spoke to media organizations this week about what she said happened to her on Monday on the playground of the school, Immanuel Christian School in Springfield.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/us/dreadlocks-cut-off-immanuel-christian-school.html

Dear Editorial Board of The New Hoax Times,

Care to share any update and an apology about this, signed by your Public Editor?

Signed,

Former subscriber and admirer

Is there any adult supervision at the NYT? They get so much stuff wrong, and it’s always going in one direction.

I doubt it.

This is a wake-up call.

In the original headline of the NYTimes, the race of the kids was in the headline. Guess what was omitted from the story today?

Oh my.

The NYT has become a parody of its NY self.

Are they not self aware? Do they not realize how this looks?

I know! Her dreadlocks are still there and they look beautiful!

Those dreads do not look well maintained at all. Know several kids and adults with dreads and they look really nice but nothing like that. I feel bad for the girl. She was probably teased by the boys or other kids about it and got mad. She may want another hairstyle and not allowed.

[Anonymous]

That girl has been punished enough for lying, lying as all kids do. Stop piling on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can this happen?

The police in Northern Virginia are investigating a report by a black 12-year-old girl that three white boys in her grade held her down, covered her mouth and cut off lengths of her dreadlocks on a playground at their private Christian school.

The girl, Amari Allen, who is in sixth grade, and her family spoke to media organizations this week about what she said happened to her on Monday on the playground of the school, Immanuel Christian School in Springfield.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/us/dreadlocks-cut-off-immanuel-christian-school.html

Dear Editorial Board of The New Hoax Times,

Care to share any update and an apology about this, signed by your Public Editor?

Signed,

Former subscriber and admirer

Is there any adult supervision at the NYT? They get so much stuff wrong, and it’s always going in one direction.

It's becoming the New York Enquirer. Sensational writers.

Sensational writers and editors and managers and investors and the whole thing.

The NYT as we knew it is a fraud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Immanuel Christian is an evangelical Christianist school typical of southern segregationist academies with the special distinction of having VP Pence's "mother" as a teacher. Of course it has white boys who think they can do whatever they want to a black girl.

Have you now read more about the facts instead of just spouting off your ignorant opinion?

Yuuuuuuuuuuuup

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I liked the apology. I hope it was sincere.

Definitely written by their lawyer, so not really their words.

I think the parents put up the daughter to posting on social media and everything done and I don't think it was sincere. I think it was to stop the boys parents from going after them, which I hope they still do.

That’s a bit harsh.

That's a bit comical, given what we know now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Terrible thing if this happened, and unfortunately there are many instances of bullying every day of thousands of kids that are never broadcast on the news. But yes, there should be no rush to judgment. At this point, it is an allegation by a girl whose family has chosen to put her in front of TV cameras. We'll see how it evolves.

I haven't been on this thread or followed this story for several days, but glad I held my powder above from the start. It was suspicious from the start for many of the reasons posted above and for others. The truth is that the media used to be very careful about reporting crime -- always referring to "alleged perpetrators" even when they had eyewitnesses. Now with no witnesses and just an alleged victim -- before there is any investigation at all -- the media is wiling to sensationalize and assume guilt until proven innocent - especially if they can play up a race or gender element. This is one of the by-products of the me too movement having gone too far. If any claimed victim is "presumed" to be telling the truth, by definition her accused is "presumed guilty" in the court of public opinion I'm not arguing that there aren't horrible people -- men overwhelmingly -- that assault women and girls all too often and have gotten away with it for far too long. There are and they have. But I am arguing that as a society we have to decide whether an uncorroborated allegation alone will be sufficient to take down a potentially innocent person in the court of public opinion -- be expelled from school, fired from a job, and land in the center of calls for condemnation amplified by careless journalism. I am sure that there are far fewer false allegations that truthful ones, but I suspect as people discover that they have a new-found power to bring down someone with an uncorroborated allegation, there numbers of false ones will increase. Unfortunately, several of these incidents that have received the most media attention have proven to be false, but the media keeps rushing for a story and the public is keeps eating it up without regard for evidence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I liked the apology. I hope it was sincere.

Would you be saying the same thing if the boy’s lawyer posted an apology?

Doubtful