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

[Anonymous]

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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.

Yup. The only reason the grandparents jumped the gun to the media was MONEY!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Wait, wait, wait. So the innocent boys are now being accused by strangers like you of teasing her or not being nice to her. Get the F out of here with this BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Yup. The only reason the grandparents jumped the gun to the media was MONEY!!!!

Yep. No doubt a Trump/Pence supporter offered them a big chunk of money to make this up and then be revealed as frauds. I would not put it past them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Wait, wait, wait. So the innocent boys are now being accused by strangers like you of teasing her or not being nice to her. Get the F out of here with this BS.

That's some serious victim blaming!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Yup. The only reason the grandparents jumped the gun to the media was MONEY!!!!

Yep. No doubt a Trump/Pence supporter offered them a big chunk of money to make this up and then be revealed as frauds. I would not put it past them.

And that rabid liberal reporter who blasted this all over the news is a covert conservative, right?

If you believe that, I got a bridge to sell you. The goal was to make that entire school look racist and Pence guilty by association. It's so obvious it's nauseating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Yup. The only reason the grandparents jumped the gun to the media was MONEY!!!!

Yep. No doubt a Trump/Pence supporter offered them a big chunk of money to make this up and then be revealed as frauds. I would not put it past them.

And that rabid liberal reporter who blasted this all over the news is a covert conservative, right?

If you believe that, I got a bridge to sell you. The goal was to make that entire school look racist and Pence guilty by association. It's so obvious it's nauseating.

No, she just jumped on the fake story planted and sprouted and paid for by some MAGA donor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Yup. The only reason the grandparents jumped the gun to the media was MONEY!!!!

Yep. No doubt a Trump/Pence supporter offered them a big chunk of money to make this up and then be revealed as frauds. I would not put it past them.

And that rabid liberal reporter who blasted this all over the news is a covert conservative, right?

If you believe that, I got a bridge to sell you. The goal was to make that entire school look racist and Pence guilty by association. It's so obvious it's nauseating.

The point was to make the "liberal media" look bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Yup. The only reason the grandparents jumped the gun to the media was MONEY!!!!

Yep. No doubt a Trump/Pence supporter offered them a big chunk of money to make this up and then be revealed as frauds. I would not put it past them.

And that rabid liberal reporter who blasted this all over the news is a covert conservative, right?

If you believe that, I got a bridge to sell you. The goal was to make that entire school look racist and Pence guilty by association. It's so obvious it's nauseating.

No, she just jumped on the fake story planted and sprouted and paid for by some MAGA donor.

Ha. The reporter and the grandparents were friends via their involvement in that natural lock group. They simply teamed up to throw some dirt on Trump/Pence. The girl got her 5 minutes of fame and the boys were nothing more than collateral damage....a means to an end. It's just sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Yup. The only reason the grandparents jumped the gun to the media was MONEY!!!!

Yep. No doubt a Trump/Pence supporter offered them a big chunk of money to make this up and then be revealed as frauds. I would not put it past them.

And that rabid liberal reporter who blasted this all over the news is a covert conservative, right?

If you believe that, I got a bridge to sell you. The goal was to make that entire school look racist and Pence guilty by association. It's so obvious it's nauseating.

The point was to make the "liberal media" look bad.

Noooo. They did that all by themselves by not fact checking and running with a sensationalized story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Wait, wait, wait. So the innocent boys are now being accused by strangers like you of teasing her or not being nice to her. Get the F out of here with this BS.

I am not. Blaming in anyway but there is a lot more to this story. Even if boys teased it is not an excuse but it’s likely why they were targeted.

That's some serious victim blaming!

[Anonymous]

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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.

If police show up at your door investigating your child for a hate crime and assault amongst other things, you would not lawyer up?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Yup. The only reason the grandparents jumped the gun to the media was MONEY!!!!

Yep. No doubt a Trump/Pence supporter offered them a big chunk of money to make this up and then be revealed as frauds. I would not put it past them.

And that rabid liberal reporter who blasted this all over the news is a covert conservative, right?

If you believe that, I got a bridge to sell you. The goal was to make that entire school look racist and Pence guilty by association. It's so obvious it's nauseating.

The point was to make the "liberal media" look bad.

Noooo. They did that all by themselves by not fact checking and running with a sensationalized story.

+1.

The NYT is officially a tabloid now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Yup. The only reason the grandparents jumped the gun to the media was MONEY!!!!

Yep. No doubt a Trump/Pence supporter offered them a big chunk of money to make this up and then be revealed as frauds. I would not put it past them.

And that rabid liberal reporter who blasted this all over the news is a covert conservative, right?

If you believe that, I got a bridge to sell you. The goal was to make that entire school look racist and Pence guilty by association. It's so obvious it's nauseating.

The point was to make the "liberal media" look bad.

Noooo. They did that all by themselves by not fact checking and running with a sensationalized story.

+1.

The NYT is officially a tabloid now.

We did more fact checking on our HS yearbook staff then that rag does. No joke!

[jsteele]

Probably just about everything that can be said about this story has been said. Certainly it no longer is a topic involving a private school and has basically become a discussion about the media. So I am going to close it.