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

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Anonymous wrote:Somehow I think if her original story turned out to be true that the APPALLED posters wouldn’t be so appalled. Not as appalled as they are about the reported lie.

And...somehow I think that those who were appalled by the initial fake story, are not as appalled by the lie....

Yes, I think a hate crime is worse than lying.

It should a hate crime to falsely accuse someone else of committing a hate crime. Which would mean she lied while committing a hate crime. And her pants may be on fire.

This.

She (and many adults along the way) committed a hate crime.

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Anonymous wrote:So WUSA's Mikea Turner isn't going to be reprimanded in any way for breaking this fake viral story she was personally tied to? It only took two days for that Iowa newspaper to sack the reporter who went after the fundraising kid for his teenage tweets.

Nobody needs to watch or believe a word that she or WUSA say ever again. "Breaking News"? Ha. More like "Breaking Rumors".

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sure everyone who is SO APPALLED by this girl's reported lie was equally appalled by the boys' reported behavior.

In case you missed it...here is what happened:

There were those who were appalled by something that was ALLEGED...which turned out to be false. They didn't wait for the facts.

Then, there were those who were appalled by something that ACTUALLY HAPPENED. They waited for the facts.

Do we know what actually happened though? Maybe they were bought off or threatened so she recanted.

Did you watch Unbelievable? It happens.

I'm a pp at 17:30

SEE??!?!??!!?

I didn’t say I believed her initial story. Or her recantation.

Just saying we don’t really know what happened here.

Really? That's what you're going with?
She made a claim. Then, she and her grandparents went on TV (national news too) and reiterated the claim.
Police were involved.
Turns out, cameras showed that what she claimed didn't happen at all. She recanted. And, the grandparents apologized to the boys who were accused.

What, exactly, do you think is missing from the coverage of this story?

Maybe her memory was fuzzy on when it happened.
Maybe they bullied her so much she imagined them doing it and then eventually believed it happened.

We don’t know.

We know she is a proven liar. Absolutely nothing she says can EVER be believed again without solid corroborating evidence.

Unfortunately that's true. Don't be anywhere near her unless their is a security camera nearby.

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This is absolutely a hate crime when she purposely accused children of a different race and lied about it. If it were reverse, it would be a hate crime.

What I suspect happened is at another time the boys teased her on her hair and looks. They probably were not particularly nice to her. Her hair, sadly, doesn't look clean or well kept up. Those kind of dreads need a lot of work/attention. I suspect she was upset over it or something else, cut her hair, family got angry and to keep from getting in trouble she made up the lie about the boys. There was probably no malicious intent by the girl but her family may not have understood she was unhappy with her hair style and they may not have been willing to let her change it. Then, it escalated with the family confronting the school. The school didn't support the family and it escalated out of control from there. The girl was too worried about getting in trouble at home.

That family should pay the boys legal expenses. And, the girl should be expelled from school.

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Anonymous wrote:I really feel sorry for the family of the boys in this situation. I'm sure parents had initial doubts about whether their sons were telling them the truth about the incident.

+ a million

Agree. Imagine the stress and financial costs. The family of the girl should pay attorney fees.

I sure don't think the boys' parents should be on the hook for any expenses associated with this hoax, nor should the school. Hopefully they were able to keep those costs to a minimum with the security camera footage.

Can you imagine the costs to those families and that school if they did not have those cameras. It's a scary thought!

Who do you think is going to pay? I highly doubt that family will pay in less the other families sue? They are probably in for a minimum of $5K each and hopefully they got some back but doubtful. Most attorneys want a $5-10K retainer and $300-450 an hour. So, just a few hours of work, could cost them thousands. Thank goodness for the cameras.

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It would be interesting to know WHY she chose those particular boys but at this point can you ever believe a word she says again? She simply is not credible because she was caught in a lie. A BIG lie.

Maybe one day the boys will come forth and tell us why she may have targeted them specifically. It's possible that she is the one who simply didn't like those boys for no real reason.

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Think for yourselves, people. I never took this seriously. I don't need "the media" to tell me some schoolyard bullying is news. I already know it's not -- and so should every adult on this thread. Think for yourselves.

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Anonymous wrote:I really feel sorry for the family of the boys in this situation. I'm sure parents had initial doubts about whether their sons were telling them the truth about the incident.

+ a million

Agree. Imagine the stress and financial costs. The family of the girl should pay attorney fees.

I sure don't think the boys' parents should be on the hook for any expenses associated with this hoax, nor should the school. Hopefully they were able to keep those costs to a minimum with the security camera footage.

Can you imagine the costs to those families and that school if they did not have those cameras. It's a scary thought!

Who do you think is going to pay? I highly doubt that family will pay in less the other families sue? They are probably in for a minimum of $5K each and hopefully they got some back but doubtful. Most attorneys want a $5-10K retainer and $300-450 an hour. So, just a few hours of work, could cost them thousands. Thank goodness for the cameras.

That's the thing that worries me. A kid can make a false outlandish accusation like this costing the innocent boys' parents thousands of dollars and those poor people are just SOL.

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Anonymous wrote:Think for yourselves, people. I never took this seriously. I don't need "the media" to tell me some schoolyard bullying is news. I already know it's not -- and so should every adult on this thread. Think for yourselves.

Tell that to the parents whose innocent children were accused of assault and a hate crime. This whole nightmare was VERY real to those people.

If you found yourself spending thousands of dollars on legal counsel due to a false accusation maybe you would get how awful this was for those families. Again, if it hadn't been for those security cameras those boys could have been facing expulsion from their school plus criminal charges. That is not a little thing!

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Anonymous wrote:It would be interesting to know WHY she chose those particular boys but at this point can you ever believe a word she says again? She simply is not credible because she was caught in a lie. A BIG lie.

Maybe one day the boys will come forth and tell us why she may have targeted them specifically. It's possible that she is the one who simply didn't like those boys for no real reason.

I suspect they were mean to her or teased her.

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Anonymous wrote:I really feel sorry for the family of the boys in this situation. I'm sure parents had initial doubts about whether their sons were telling them the truth about the incident.

+ a million

Agree. Imagine the stress and financial costs. The family of the girl should pay attorney fees.

I sure don't think the boys' parents should be on the hook for any expenses associated with this hoax, nor should the school. Hopefully they were able to keep those costs to a minimum with the security camera footage.
Can you imagine the costs to those families and that school if they did not have those cameras. It's a scary thought!

Who do you think is going to pay? I highly doubt that family will pay in less the other families sue? They are probably in for a minimum of $5K each and hopefully they got some back but doubtful. Most attorneys want a $5-10K retainer and $300-450 an hour. So, just a few hours of work, could cost them thousands. Thank goodness for the cameras.

That's the thing that worries me. A kid can make a false outlandish accusation like this costing the innocent boys' parents thousands of dollars and those poor people are just SOL.

Anyone can make a false statement, not just kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Think for yourselves, people. I never took this seriously. I don't need "the media" to tell me some schoolyard bullying is news. I already know it's not -- and so should every adult on this thread. Think for yourselves.

Tell that to the parents whose innocent children were accused of assault and a hate crime. This whole nightmare was VERY real to those people.

If you found yourself spending thousands of dollars on legal counsel due to a false accusation maybe you would get how awful this was for those families. Again, if it hadn't been for those security cameras those boys could have been facing expulsion from their school plus criminal charges. That is not a little thing!

Oh please. Calm down. We're talking about kids. (And that's exactly what I would have said to the grandparents of that girl when they knocked on my front door.) If they chose to spend thousands of dollars to defend their kids against something this stupid, then that's their problem.

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Anonymous wrote:I really feel sorry for the family of the boys in this situation. I'm sure parents had initial doubts about whether their sons were telling them the truth about the incident.

+ a million

Agree. Imagine the stress and financial costs. The family of the girl should pay attorney fees.

I sure don't think the boys' parents should be on the hook for any expenses associated with this hoax, nor should the school. Hopefully they were able to keep those costs to a minimum with the security camera footage.
Can you imagine the costs to those families and that school if they did not have those cameras. It's a scary thought!

Who do you think is going to pay? I highly doubt that family will pay in less the other families sue? They are probably in for a minimum of $5K each and hopefully they got some back but doubtful. Most attorneys want a $5-10K retainer and $300-450 an hour. So, just a few hours of work, could cost them thousands. Thank goodness for the cameras.

That's the thing that worries me. A kid can make a false outlandish accusation like this costing the innocent boys' parents thousands of dollars and those poor people are just SOL.

Anyone can make a false statement, not just kids.

Clearly.

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Anonymous wrote:Think for yourselves, people. I never took this seriously. I don't need "the media" to tell me some schoolyard bullying is news. I already know it's not -- and so should every adult on this thread. Think for yourselves.

Tell that to the parents whose innocent children were accused of assault and a hate crime. This whole nightmare was VERY real to those people.

If you found yourself spending thousands of dollars on legal counsel due to a false accusation maybe you would get how awful this was for those families. Again, if it hadn't been for those security cameras those boys could have been facing expulsion from their school plus criminal charges. That is not a little thing!

Oh please. Calm down. We're talking about kids. (And that's exactly what I would have said to the grandparents of that girl when they knocked on my front door.) If they chose to spend thousands of dollars to defend their kids against something this stupid, then that's their problem.

There was a police investigation. This was not a matter of simple schoolyard name calling no matter how you want to spin it.

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Anonymous wrote:Think for yourselves, people. I never took this seriously. I don't need "the media" to tell me some schoolyard bullying is news. I already know it's not -- and so should every adult on this thread. Think for yourselves.

Tell that to the parents whose innocent children were accused of assault and a hate crime. This whole nightmare was VERY real to those people.

If you found yourself spending thousands of dollars on legal counsel due to a false accusation maybe you would get how awful this was for those families. Again, if it hadn't been for those security cameras those boys could have been facing expulsion from their school plus criminal charges. That is not a little thing!

Oh please. Calm down. We're talking about kids. (And that's exactly what I would have said to the grandparents of that girl when they knocked on my front door.) If they chose to spend thousands of dollars to defend their kids against something this stupid, then that's their problem.

There was a police investigation. This was not a matter of simple schoolyard name calling no matter how you want to spin it.

Yes and the police investigation was absurd as well. Don't they have anything better to do with our tax dollars? I saw on the news that a 6 year old was arrested recently. Give me a break, people. We need a serious reality check, or this whole generation of kids is going to grow up as freaks.