Woman confesses lying about assault

[dan]

www.uticaod.com/homepage/x1481394487/Woman-confesses-lying-about-attempted-Sangertown-assault


She better come up with a good reason for accusing African-American males for this. This is the kind of garbage that perpetuates stereotypes on both sides. She needs to learn how much damage accusations like these can do to a community.

[Swimmy]

This reminds me of a story in Lansing, MI. A cop shot himself. Rather than fess up to this, the white cop claimed that a hooded black man shot him. Half the city was marked off as officers from three different police departments launched a 6-hour manhunt. Two weeks after as the search yielded nothing, and "sketches" were posted everywhere, the news broke out that the cop made up the story.

It's disgusting to hear about these fabricated stories.

[gearofzanzibar]

Aug 11, 2008 17:09:06 GMT -5 dan said:

www.uticaod.com/homepage/x1481394487/Woman-confesses-lying-about-attempted-Sangertown-assault


She better come up with a good reason for accusing African-American males for this. This is the kind of garbage that perpetuates stereotypes on both sides. She needs to learn how much damage accusations like these can do to a community.

I don't think the initial press release from the police department actually mentioned if the "assailants" were black or not. That leads me to believe they already had doubts about her story.

[dan]

No, the initial report in the paper and at WKTV were both very vague. The mention of race only came in with tonights reports.

[rickolney]

She's not very bright.