It’s the 21st Century, yet nothing seems to have been learned from the Satanic daycare panic of the 1980s and 90s.
The allegations should have raised red flags to anyone even tangentially aware of the Satanic daycare panic decades ago: “Blood rituals,” needles in the eye, tongue biting, filming young boys to create pornography, inciting two young boys into having sex with each other, kidnap, and a slew of other sexual allegations.
Yet a family of seven that has operated a circus school in Australia were charged with more than 120 sexual offenses in 2018 until all the charges were dropped in February 2020 after they were determined to be untrue, the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8685527/Blue-Mountains-circus-family-discuss-false-accusations-raped-little-boys.html">reported</a>. The family matriarch, 60-year-old Theresa Cook, was charged with 43 crimes and accused of being the ringleader behind the “systemic rape and detention” of three boys under the age of 10. The crimes were alleged to have occurred between 2014 and 2016. Theresa was accused of, among other things “aggravated assault of a child, sexual intercourse with a child under 10 and holding children against their will,” the Mail reported.
Her daughter, 30-year-old Yyani Cook-Williams, was accused of “inciting two of the boys to have sex with each other,” the outlet reported. She was also alleged to have raped two young boys with her mother.
Theresa’s brother, 54-year-old Paul, was accused of “filming at least one encounter on his mobile phone and three counts of aggravated sexual assault in company.”
Theresa’s adopted daughter, Meredith, was also charged with rape, assaulting two boys, and “depriving a boy of his liberty.”
In March 2019, the Cook’s attorney, Bryan Wrench, informed the court that one of the alleged victims had written a letter to his mother admitting that he had lied but said the mother hid the note from investigators.
The Cooks were arrested and some spent 206 days in jail, Wrench said. The charges were finally dismissed in 2020.
“Crucial evidence had been overlooked and the police had no leg to stand on,” Wrench said after the charges were dropped.
“It was probably one of the greatest miscarriages of justice this state has seen,” he <a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/circus-sex-crime-charges-dropped-nsw-blue-mountains/6fa54c63-3bc6-488e-aad4-f91f7a59864c?ocid=Social-9NewsS&amp;fbclid=IwAR2Y28_Of0s14AiSHy79jtFYUME5bdAkTRrSPnLQiLcx8sghNEygATS-zK8">told 9News</a>.
Now, seven months after they were cleared, the family is set to appear on “60 Minutes” to talk about their ordeal.
“I was just told when I was arrested that I&#8217;d be in prison for 25 years to life,” Theresa says in the program, according to the Mail.
“I still get scared. Very, very scared,” she adds.
Yyani’s brother says he’d “never felt dread like that before in my life,” adding that he “was so afraid.”
Paul tells “60 Minutes” that he still carries “pain, sadness, some days despair,” even after the charges were dropped.
The story of the Cooks is reminiscent of the infamous McMartin Preschool scandal, where an entire family that ran a daycare in Manhattan Beach, California, were accused of performing Satanic rituals and sexually abusing children. Even though the allegations were absurd, the McMartin’s had their lives turned upside down.
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On Tuesday night, a mayoral candidate in Sumter, South Carolina, reportedly faked her own kidnapping and assault via Facebook Live to garner &#8220;<a href="https://www.thestate.com/news/state/south-carolina/article245135460.html">sympathy votes</a>.&#8221;
Twenty-nine-year-old Sabrina Belcher, who fashioned herself the &#8220;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Belcher4Mayor2020/?ref=page_internal">1st black female candidate ever to run</a>&#8221; for Sumter mayor, apparently coordinated her assault and kidnapping with 34-year-old Christopher Eaddy, WIS News <a href="https://www.wistv.com/2020/08/20/sumter-mayoral-candidate-accused-faking-her-own-kidnapping-beating-publicity/">reports</a>.
“This was simply an effort to create disorder and discontent in our community for personal gain,” said Chief Russell Roark, according to the news station. “As a result, a valuable number of resources, including personnel, man-hours of the police department as well as local medical professionals, were wasted based on false information.”
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&#8220;Around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Belcher reported to police that she was assaulted and kidnapped by a man she didn’t know, who also tried to rob her,&#8221; the report outlines. &#8220;She said she was injured and the man broke out her car windows during the attack. Crews took Belcher to the hospital to be treated and she was released.&#8221;
However, it was later discovered that Belcher had prior contact with her alleged attacker and had apparently planned the attack with Eaddy.
The candidate admitted to officers that the attack was indeed a hoax.
Journalist Andy Ngo posted a portion of the since-delated Facebook video via Twitter.
&#8220;Here is part of the now-deleted Facebook live video police say was a fake kidnapping stunt to garner sympathy votes. Sabrina Princess Belcher campaigned to be the &#8216;first black female mayor&#8217; for Sumter, S.C.,&#8221; he posted.
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Here is part of the now-deleted Facebook live video police say was a fake kidnapping stunt to garner sympathy votes. Sabrina Princess Belcher campaigned to be the &quot;first black female mayor&quot; for Sumter, S.C. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HateHoax?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HateHoax</a> <a href="https://t.co/UUM121q8UZ">pic.twitter.com/UUM121q8UZ</a>
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WIS News says Belcher, according to police, was &#8220;trying to smear a political opponent during the fake Facebook Live attack, and planning to smear other candidates ahead of the election.&#8221;
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Belcher is reportedly being held on a $10,000 bond and Eaddy, who has since been released, got a $5,000 bond.
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Belcher plans to implement a 24/7 police presence during school bus hours to help protect our children. 
She also has other plans like rebuilding most of the abandoned buildings into free city funded after school programs. 
Easy walkers ordinance is a plan also prepared by Belcher to creating walking bridges over most of our highways. 
Belcher has many other plans in her make living better Campaign to enhance the city’s growth youth development and community’s.</blockquote>
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On Tuesday, the woman who founded the advocacy group MeTooSTEM, which was created to fight harassment in the sciences, admitted that she was the creator of a hoax Twitter account of a queer, Hopi scientist supposed to be an Arizona State professor who died of COVID-19 over the weekend.
On July 31, BethAnn McLaughlin, the founder of MeTooSTEM, announced on Twitter that the supposed professor, who went by the name “@Sciencing_Bi” on Twitter, had died of COVID-19 after battling the virus for months. She wrote on Twitter, “She was a fierce protector of people. No one has ever had my back like that,” as <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/08/04/apparent-death-hoax-rocks-science-twitter">Inside Higher Ed</a> noted.
But after numerous Twitter users who communicated with or followed the @Sciencing_Bi account started questioning whether the account was real, McLaughlin finally confessed on Tuesday she had faked the account, with her attorney releasing this statement to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/style/college-coronavirus-hoax.html">The New York Times</a>: “I take full responsibility for my involvement in creating the @sciencing_bi Twitter account. My actions are inexcusable. I apologize without reservation to all the people I hurt.”
“The account had blamed ASU for the illness earlier this year, but got basic details about the university&#8217;s response to the pandemic wrong. After McLaughlin announced the death, other people began sleuthing out details that tied the accounts together. ASU said on Sunday that the alleged death appeared to be a hoax,” the Times reported.
In May, @Sciencing_Bi wrote, “ASU kept teachers, staff and students on campus until April. That’s well after we knew this was a killer disease. Many got COVID. Including me.” The @Sciencing_Bi account had “said they were not named because of a fear of retaliation because they were bisexual and because they did not have tenure,&#8221; AZ Central <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2020/08/03/twitter-hoax-falsely-asu-professor-died-coronavirus-bethann-mclaughlin/5576728002/">noted</a>, adding, &#8220;In mid-April, @Sciencing_Bi posted that they had tested positive for COVID-19.&#8221;
Inside Higher Ed reported:
<blockquote>Twitter sleuths traced Sciencing_Bi&#8217;s posted photos, such as a cozy night at home by the fire, to stock photo websites. Others said their own online exchanges with Sciencing_Bi had been strange, as if they’d really been talking to McLaughlin. Once, Sciencing_Bi even asked her supporters to send her cash through McLaughlin&#8217;s Venmo app account, so she wouldn&#8217;t have to &#8220;break pseud.&#8221; The occasion for the request? Sciencing_Bi said her dean asked her if she&#8217;d taken a DNA test to prove her ancestry.</blockquote>
McLaughlin wrote, “Please read her timeline. Campus closed and she was in the hospital a week later. Be mad about COVID but be more mad that BIPOC community is most vulnerable and underrepresented on campus. We are killing them.”
On Sunday, McLaughlin emailed The Arizona Republic, writing, &#8220;To the extent that I have people engage with me on Twitter using accounts not associated with their names, I try to do that in good faith assuming they are authentic.” But a story published on Monday in <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-sick-hoax-coronavirus-death-roiling-arizona-state-university">The Daily Beast</a> quoted her as saying that she &#8220;knew this person.&#8221;
Prior to McLaughlin’s admission on Tuesday, but after the alleged death had been announced, Josh Fessel, a scientist and medical doctor who had interacted with @Sciencing_Bi on Twitter, stated, &#8220;After the last couple of days, I don’t know who or what to believe. I believe I’ve been profoundly deceived for a long time, along with a lot of other people.”
In July 2019, McLaughlin, who was denied tenure at Vanderbilt University in 2017, left the university after an appeal to reverse the denial of tenure was rejected, <a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/07/metoostem-founder-out-vanderbilt">Science</a> reported.
Twitter suspended both McLaughlin and @Sciencing_Bi&#8217;s accounts. The @Sciencing_Bi account had been tweeting since at least 2016.
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In late June, Texas A&amp;M University student Isaih Martin made headlines after he said he found racist notes on the windshield of his car.
Martin posted a picture of the notes to his Twitter page, which <a href="https://www.kbtx.com/2020/06/26/texas-am-student-says-he-found-racist-notes-on-his-car/">according to KBTX</a> was shared more than 10,000 times. The notes said “All lives matter,” “You don’t belong here,” and one containing the n-word, Martin claimed.
“All three signs were different signs, and one said ‘All lives matter’ and the other said ‘You don’t belong here’, and the other was very explicit, it said the n-word with a hard ‘r&#8217;,” Martin told KBTX. “For them to tell me I don’t belong here, when I have earned my spot like everybody else here, and am working to get a degree like everyone else is, that was just kind of hurtful because if anything I deserve to be here just as much as anybody else.”
Texas A&amp;M responded on Twitter by saying, “Isaih, we are very sorry that this happened to you. Please report any incidents of hate you witness online or in person at <a href="https://t.co/KsF3Rfzgjv?amp=1">http://stophate.tamu.edu</a> so it can be reviewed.”
Martin told KBTX that he has seen things like this happen across the country but never thought it would happen to him.
“Racism is here in college station and that problem needs to be addressed and brought up and needs to be fixed,” he said.
A&amp;M President Michael K. Young offered $1,200 to anyone providing information leading to an arrest.
“Acts of racism are irreconcilable with the values we uphold here at Texas A&amp;M University. Those who promote hate, discrimination and disrespect are not welcomed at this institution. We are tired of bigoted members of our community marring the experiences of students of color,” Young said in <a href="https://president.tamu.edu/messages/those-who-promote-hate-not-welcome-at-texas-am.html?utm_source=TAMUSocial&amp;utm_campaign=TAMU_Social&amp;utm_content=those-who-promote-hate-not-welcome-at-texas-am">a statement</a>. “Let me be clear: Incidents like the one yesterday have no place at Texas A&amp;M. Anyone who believes that hate is acceptable is not wanted at Texas A&amp;M.”
Martin also commented that he never would have gone to A&amp;M if he thought he might be the victim of such an experience.
“To be an Aggie is to be a person of welcoming and accepting nature, and when I first came here on my first college tour here, everyone was so nice everyone was so welcoming,” Martin said. “I never would have thought that I would have experienced this here, going into my senior year. I have almost spent four years in college station and when I first got here, if I knew that, I would have never come to A&amp;M.”
Late last week, Texas A&amp;M police closed the investigation. Just as in nearly every other instance of an alleged hate crime like this, police determined that the accuser was responsible for the notes.
“Nobody has been arrested and we determined there was no offense committed,” Lt. Bobby Richardson, told KBTX, though he wouldn’t elaborate. “Our investigation is closed.”
Two days later, KBTX obtained the police report regarding the incident and discovered police believe Martin left the notes himself. Police wrote that Martin parked his car at his apartment complex shortly after 11:00 a.m. and walked away. Martin said he returned to his car 90 minutes later to discover the notes.
Police said there were no cameras to clearly capture what happened, but nearby surveillance footage showed only a few people walking near Martin’s car during that time frame, none of whom were near the car long enough to post the notes.
Martin, however, returned to his car during that timeframe, police explained in their report:
<blockquote>Martin immediately walks to the passenger side of his vehicle, but does not open any doors. Martin is seen toward the front of his vehicle. A brief white speck is seen from about mid-torso of Martin moving toward his vehicle. Another white speck is seen near his chest area. Martin is then seen stepping back and onto the sidewalk in front of his vehicle, most likely taking photos and videos. He then approaches his vehicle again on the passenger side and remains there for a few moments. He is then seen walking around the front of his vehicle. Martin then enters the driver`s door and drives away a few moments later. The total time spent at his vehicle is 1 minute, 15 seconds.</blockquote>
Police said that “based on video evidence, no other person had enough time to place the messages on Martin`s car other than himself.”
The other people who passed Martin’s vehicle, police say, “were not hidden for more than 5 seconds, and would have had to reach over the hood to place the notes.”
Martin told KBTX he would no longer cooperate with police and claimed there were “several things they did not include in this report,” adding he believed a man walking his dog in the video may have left the notes.
Martin will not face charges for filing a false police report because the notes contained no threat, therefore no crime was committed.
The officer who filed the report wrote that he “was told that this fell under the 1st Amendment free speech protections and that no crime had occurred.”
The university released a statement following the police report:
<blockquote>Racism of any kind has no place at Texas A&amp;M. I appreciate the efforts of university police who investigated with professionalism in pursuit of facts. We will continue to take an active stance to review claims of harassment, stalking and/or related retaliation that violates a person’s civil rights, wherever it may lead. We will continue to develop a safe and welcoming environment.</blockquote>
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On June 24th, local media outlets in Oregon ran with a story from Jonathan Lopez – who recently ran for public office – that claimed he had received a racist letter. Lopez posted the alleged letter on his Facebook account where it was shared by hundreds within the first 24 hours. The post has since been removed.
KEPR is one of the outlets that <a href="https://keprtv.com/news/local/hermiston-man-who-ran-for-commissioner-receives-threatening-racist-letter">reported</a> Lopez’s claim.
&#8220;We now more than ever must address these issues that are destroying and distancing us from unification,&#8221; Lopez wrote on Facebook. &#8220;We must be mature and adults about things and address them properly at a table or meeting in which we can come to an agreement or mutual understanding!&#8221;
&#8220;I hold no resentment for whom ever wrote this; I’m just simply heart broken for the lack of knowledge, education and respect missing. I pray for you and wish you prosperity in your life. God bless us all!&#8221; he concluded.
The letter Lopez claimed he received read, in part: “Don&#8217;t waste your time trying to become anything in this county we will make sure you never win and your family suffers along with all the other f****** Mexicans in the area!&#8221; The letter ends by stating, &#8220;Sincerely, America!&#8221;
Lopez previously ran for a commissioner seat in Umatilla County but lost in the primary. He reported the letter to Hermiston Police, who investigated Lopez’s claims and determined that, yet again, someone who publicly claimed to be the victim of a hate crime was not, in fact, a victim.
KEPR-TV News <a href="https://komonews.com/news/local/oregon-politician-wrote-racist-letter-to-himself-police-say">reported</a> Tuesday that police determined Lopez sent the letter to himself and that Lopez verbally and in a written statement admitted to fabricating the letter.
Lopez’s case has been referred to the Umatilla County District Attorney’s Office to charge the former politician with filing a false police report, which is just a Class A misdemeanor in the state.
Hermiston Police Chief Jason Edmiston told KEPR that Lopez’s actions added tension to a country currently dealing with racial protests.
&#8220;The time spent on this fictitious claim means time lost on other matters, not to mention it needlessly adds to the incredible tension that exists in our nation today.&#8221; Edmiston said. &#8220;As a lifelong resident of this diverse community, I’m disgusted someone would try to carelessly advance their personal ambitions at the risk of others.&#8221;
Lopez’s legal troubles, however, are far from over.
In addition to the misdemeanor, Lopez is now under investigation for potential election fraud related to the Stolen Valor Act of 2013. KEPR reported Lopez may have presented false credentials while running for county commissioner.
“Additionally, the Hermiston Police are sending the Office of the District Attorney verifiable information of potential election fraud as it pertains to the Stolen Valor Act of 2013 and other false credentials presented by Mr. Lopez during his run for county commissioner. This in conjunction with a lengthy criminal history record may result in the filing of additional charges,” the outlet reported.
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Abel and Ola Osundairo are walking back promises made by their attorney that they would testify against actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly faking a hate crime last year.
The Osundairo brothers now say they will not willingly cooperate with police until officials stop treating them like suspects in a crime even though the brothers are not facing any charges. The Osundairos say that police have yet to return items taken during a February 2019 raid on the brothers&#8217; home, according to <a href="https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/06/24/osundairo-brothers-who-say-they-were-paid-to-stage-attack-now-say-they-wont-willingly-testify-against-jussie-smollett/">CBS Chicago</a>.
“It’s been over a year and they need to give us our stuff back,” Abel Osundairo told CBS. “I would understand if we were defendants in the case, which we are not.”
Police raided the Osundairos’ home on Valentine’s Day last year while the brothers were in Nigeria. At the time, the brothers were suspected of launching a racist and homophobic attack on Smollett. Police later dropped charges against the brothers and now say that the actor paid each brother $3,500 to stage the incident.
Police are holding the Osundairos’ items seized in the raid as evidence in Smollett’s upcoming trial, though the police have said they will return the items if ordered to by a judge. The items include a 9mm gun and ammunition legally owned by Abel Osundairo. The brothers filed a police report on Wednesday and, with their attorney, are in talks with the police to get the items returned, specifically the gun and ammo.
“Legally, it belongs to me, and I want to know its whereabouts,” Abel said.
Smollett is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jussie-smolletts-malicious-prosecution-lawsuit-tossed-out-of-court">facing</a> charges on six counts of disturbing the peace and filing false police reports. His court hearing has been postponed due to coronavirus-related shutdowns of the court system. The former “Empire” actor was originally charged with 16 counts, though the Cook County prosecutor’s officer abruptly dropped the charges after working out an unofficial plea deal in which Smollett agreed to forfeit his $10,000 bond and perform about 16 hours of community service.
The deal sparked backlash among Chicago’s law enforcement community, and the city sued Smollett in April for $130,000 in wasted time and effort by the police and other city employees investigating the alleged hoax. Smollett has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jussie-smollett-the-truth-will-be-my-defense-in-new-trial">continued</a> to assert he is innocent of the charges.
Smollett reported a hate crime against him in January 2019, alleging two men had ambushed him in downtown Chicago at 2 a.m. The Chicago police nabbed the Osundairo brothers at Chicago O&#8217;Hare International Airport on Feb. 13, announcing that they had caught two men suspected of attacking Smollett.
Two days later, Chicago Police Department communications chief Anthony Guglielmi <a href="https://twitter.com/AJGuglielmi/status/1096610157973434373">announced</a> that, “Due to new evidence as a result of today&#8217;s interrogations, the individuals questioned by police in the Empire case have now been released without charging and detectives have additional investigative work to complete,” referring to the Osundairo brothers. The brothers had agreed to work with police in and testify against Smollett until recently.
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Brothers Say They Won’t Testify Against Smollett Unless Police Meet Their Demands

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Abel and Ola Osundairo are walking back promises made by their attorney that they would testify against actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly faking a hate

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A woman previously convicted for her role in an infamous racial hoax has had one of her convictions overturned.
Four years ago, Asha Burwell and two other African-American women made national headlines when they claimed they were attacked by a dozen white people on a bus heading back to the State University of New York at Albany. The trio said the attackers hurled racial slurs at them during the encounter as well.
As is always the case with these allegations, students protested on campus before any evidence emerged to back up the women’s claims. The women also received support from across the country.
Police stunned the women’s supporters when <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/more-damaging-evidence-in-the-suny-albany-racial-hoax">they arrested</a> the three women and charged them with assault, criminal mischief, and filing a false police report. Burwell was convicted of filing a false police report and an additional charge of “falsely reporting an incident in the third-degree and causing a public alarm through her tweets,” <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/amp/Partial-reversal-in-CDTA-bus-case-cites-free-15189756.php">reported</a> the Times Union, Albany’s local newspaper.
The conviction was overturned by a 5-0 ruling by the Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court’s Third Department. Burwell’s attorney, Frederick Brewington, cited President Donald Trump earlier this year while arguing for the conviction to be overturned. Brewington argued that it was a slippery slope to criminalize Burwell’s tweets, which repeated her false hate crime claims about the bus attack. He said criminalizing such false tweets would have wide-ranging consequences for people “from the top to the bottom,” including the president.
“If, indeed, we put this standard in place, someone would have to arrest our president immediately,” Brewington told the Times Union earlier this year.
On April 9, the justices of the appellate court found Burwell’s tweets to be protected by the First Amendment even though they were false and caused protests and a national outcry.
“Neither general concern nor the Twitter storm that ensued following defendant posting the false tweets are the type of ‘public alarm or inconvenience’ that permits defendant’s tweets to escape protection under the First Amendment and, therefore, the speech at issue here may not be criminalized,” wrote Justice Stanley Pritzker in the court’s decision.
The remaining four justices concurred.
“To that end, although it was not unlikely that defendant’s false tweets about a racial assault at a state university would cause public alarm, what level of public alarm rises to the level of criminal liability?” the decision added. “By the very nature of social media, falsehoods can quickly and effectively be countered by truth, making the criminalizing of flase speech on social media not actually necessary to prevent alarm and inconvenience. This could not be more apparent here, where defendant’s false tweets were largely debunked through counter speech; thus, criminalizing her speech… was not actually necessary to prevent public alarm and inconvenience.”
Even though Burwell lied, the decision is a win for the First Amendment.
Burwells conviction on falsely reporting the crime in the first place was upheld.
In February 2016, audio from two 911 calls and video footage from the bus revealed the women had lied. Footage showed one of the accusers threw the first punch and that it was one of the alleged victims who used a racial slur – toward a white passenger. Further, the 911 calls showed the women laughing about the incident. One said “I think it’s so funny” and “I beat up a boy” before getting connected to a dispatcher. Once connected, the accuser changed her tune and claimed she was the victim of a hate crime.
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She Was Convicted Of Falsely Claiming A Racial Attack On A Bus. One Of Her Convictions Was Just Overturned.

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It’s been more than a year since ex-“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett claimed he was attacked by two white supporters of President Donald Trump on a frigid Chicago morning.
After new charges were brought against the actor in mid-February, his attorneys filed an emergency motion with the Illinois Supreme Court, The Chicago Tribune <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-jussie-smollett-supreme-court-denied-20200306-5dh546qwwbd6lottxcxpk4exvm-story.html">reported</a>, arguing “that Cook County Judge Michael Toomin overstepped his authority and misinterpreted the law when he ordered the appointment of a special prosecutor in Smollett’s case last year.”
Smollett’s attorneys claimed in their filing “that the particular statute Toomin cited to appoint a special prosecutor can only be invoked if the state’s attorney filed a formal petition for recusal — which Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx never did,” the Tribune continued.
Foxx stepped down from prosecuting Smollett and it was discovered later that she agreed to try and get the charges dropped against Smollett. After she stepped down – but did not remove her entire team from the case and instead appointed her top deputy to run the investigation – Toomin said the prosecution became invalid. The judge contended that Foxx did not have the authority to name her own successor.
Smollett’s attorneys, however, claimed Smollett was the only person who had the right to question whether the prosecutor in his case had the authority to prosecute him.
“[If] there, in fact, had been a defect in the authority to prosecute Mr. Smollett, the only person who could properly challenge the validity of the proceedings would be Mr. Smollett — and he has not done so,” his attorneys wrote in the motion.
His attorneys went on to demand the order that appointed the special prosecutor be thrown out and that all charges against the actor be vacated.
The Illinois Supreme Court denied the motion. Smollett’s next hearing will be on March 18, as previously scheduled. He pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
On February 11, a Cook County grand jury indicted Smollett on “six counts of disorderly conduct alleging he orchestrated the racist and homophobic attack on a frigid night in downtown Chicago,” the Tribune <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-jussie-smollett-charged-again-20200211-4yz44w3y35fghlehlrqd5q74ei-story.html">reported</a>. The allegations mirrored those originally brought against the actor last year after it was discovered he fabricated a hate crime against himself.
Smollett claimed on January 29, 2019, that he was attacked by two white men wearing “Make America Great Again” hats around 2:00 a.m. during a polar vortex in Chicago. Smollett claimed the men shouted racial and homophobic slurs at him as they beat him, tied a noose around his neck, and poured bleach on him (they had been apparently carrying these things just randomly while out the night and somehow recognized Smollett). The men allegedly yelled “This is MAGA country” before they left.
Smollett, according to surveillance footage, showed up to his friend’s apartment in Chicago with the noose still around his neck and carrying his sandwich from Subway, which apparently wasn’t damaged in the violent altercation. He was still wearing the noose when police arrived.
The media instantly bought Smollett’s wild claims due to their hatred of Trump and his supporters. It was quickly discovered that Smollett paid two Nigerian brothers to stage the attack against him.

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Last month, a mural in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania featuring Civil Rights icon Cecil B. Moore was defaced with racist graffiti.
Local residents were outraged at the vandalism, which feature a racial slur. Chris Jackson, who lives in the neighborhood, said he was “baffled” by the crime.
“I don’t know why they did that right there, what they did is crazy,” he said.
Jackson, however, seemed suspicious of the vandalism from the beginning, saying “The timing, it’s Black History Month. It’s a nice, black area. It’s just not adding up.”
Police began investigating the crime, speaking to witnesses and searching through surveillance video, CB 3 <a href="https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/02/15/cecil-b-moore-mural-defaced-racist-graffiti-north-philadelphia/?fbclid=IwAR1bgqH9feWCKYq_G_AZLXCWy0cMoBdivdqNZj0cli-wRQRhhoFkAafAaZw">reported</a>. As the outlet <a href="https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/02/26/philadelphia-police-release-images-of-suspect-wanted-for-spray-painting-racial-slurs-on-cecil-b-moore-mural-brightside-academy-habitat-for-humanity/">reported</a> on Friday, surveillance footage caught a suspect – a black man.
“The suspect is described as a black male, between 25 to 35 years of age, with a medium build. He was wearing a black jacket, gray sweatshirt, blue jeans, brown shoes and carrying a black duffel bag,” CBS3 reported.
The Blaze <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/mural-of-civil-rights-leader-vandalized-with-racist-graffiti-during-black-history-month-and-cops-have-suspect-on-video">reported</a> that the suspect was caught on camera spray painting slurs on the mural as well as the Brightside Academy and Habitat for Humanity. The incidents occurred between 6 and 7 a.m. on February 15.
MRCTV <a href="https://www.mrctv.org/blog/black-male-main-suspect-racist-defacement-philadelphia-mural-civil-rights-leader">questioned</a> why “a black man spray paint racial epithets towards other black people on a civil rights mural during Black History Month,” suggesting the suspect “either was trying to frame the people of another race of being racist towards black people or the suspect is just out of his mind.”
This is not the first time an alleged racial incident has turned out to be faked. As the Blaze reported, 58-year-old William Tucker was arrested back in 2017 for writing “Trump Rules” and “Black Bitch” on someone’s car and another person’s home.
Staging hate crimes is nothing new. The most famous current example is from ex-“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who claimed a year ago that he was returning to a friend’s apartment at around 2 a.m. on a frigid Chicago morning when he was attacked by two white men wearing “Make America Great Again” hats and inexplicably carrying a bottle of bleach and a noose. The men allegedly yelled homophobic and racial slurs as they beat him. Police later revealed that Smollett paid two Nigerian brothers to fake the attack wearing plain red hats.
In September 2019, an ex-NFL player allegedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-nfl-player-allegedly-staged-hate-crime-trashing-ashe-schow">staged a hate crime</a> by trashing his own restaurant. Edawn Louis Coughman was caught spray painting his restaurant with racial slurs and ripping the TVs off the walls. A maintenance worker reported seeing someone burglarizing the restaurant and called the police. Nearby cops saw a vehicle matching the description of the one the maintenance worker reported and pulled over the driver – who turned out to be Coughman. The “stolen” TVs were in the back of his truck.
In November 2019, Syracuse University students <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/surprise-surprise-the-latest-college-racism-claim-turns-out-to-be-a-hoax">protested</a> over a series of alleged racist incidents on campus. One of those incidents claimed a student sent a racist manifesto to multiple students, but the incident never occurred. Police couldn’t find anyone who received the manifesto and considered it to be merely a hoax rumor.

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HATE CRIME HOAX: Civil Rights Mural Defaced In Philly With Racist Language – By A Black Man

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Last month, a mural in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania featuring Civil Rights icon Cecil B. Moore was defaced with racist graffiti. Local residents were

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While speaking at a rally in Charleston, South Carolina, President Donald Trump brought up the coronavirus and Democrats’ attempts to politicize the issue.
Trump called those attempts a new hoax, but you wouldn’t know that from media headlines following the event. Here’s what Trump actually said:
<blockquote>Now the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus. Coronavirus. They’re politicizing it. We did one of the great jobs, you say, “How’s President Trump doing?” They go, “Oh, not good, not good.” They have no clue; they don’t have any clue. They can’t even count their votes in Iowa. They can’t count their votes!
One of my people came up to me and said, “Mr. President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia. That didn’t work out too well. They couldn’t do it. They tried the impeachment hoax. That was on a perfect conversation. They tried anything, they tried it over and over. They’ve been doing it since you got in. It’s all turning, they lost, it’s all turning. Think of it. And this is their new hoax.”
But you know, we did something that’s been pretty amazing. We have 15 people in this massive country, and because of the fact that we won early, we won early, we could’ve had a lot more than that. We’re doing great. Our country is doing so great. We are so unified. We are so unified.</blockquote>
Clearly, Trump’s “hoax” comment was referring to Democrats claiming his administration is not doing a good job containing the virus. His first comments are about how Democrats asked how Trump is doing in regard to the Coronavirus, and he mockingly responds as them: “Not good.” He never said the coronavirus itself is a hoax, just Democrats’ claims that the Trump administration is failing to protect the country.
That’s now how the media portrayed his comments in headlines, however. Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank tweeted: “Remember this moment: Trump, in South Carolina, just called the coronavirus a ‘hoax.’&#8221;
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Remember this moment: Trump, in South Carolina, just called the coronavirus a &#8220;hoax.&#8221;
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Politico’s <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/28/trump-south-carolina-rally-coronavirus-118269">headline</a> reads: “Trump rallies his base to treat coronavirus as a ‘hoax.’” The lede claimed, “President Donald Trump on Friday night tried to cast the global outbreak of the coronavirus as a liberal conspiracy intended to undermine his first term, lumping it alongside impeachment and the Mueller investigation.”
Trump did no such thing, yet the Politico article continues along this assumption.
NBC was no better, publishing <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-calls-coronavirus-democrats-new-hoax-n1145721">a headline</a> that read: “Trump calls coronavirus Democrats&#8217; &#8216;new hoax.&#8217;” The outlet’s lede also claimed Trump said “the outbreak is ‘their new hoax,’” even though that is not what he said. CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/trump-says-the-coronavirus-is-the-democrats-new-hoax.html?__source=sharebar|twitter&amp;par=sharebar">followed suit</a> with a similar headline: “Trump says the coronavirus is the Democrats’ ‘new hoax.’”
Usually, media outlets write a headline like this to get clicks but let the actual article contain accurate information. In this case, each outline kept the inaccurate assumption from the headline throughout their article, claiming Trump said something he didn’t and then dedicating article space to debunking something he didn’t say.
People who don’t take the time to find Trump’s actual comments will only get the media version, which is completely inaccurate, but that seems to be the point.

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Media Claims Trump Called Coronavirus A ‘Hoax.’ Here’s What He Actually Said.

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is vowing to &#8220;aggressively&#8221; hold embattled former &#8220;Empire&#8221; star Jussie Smollett &#8220;accountable&#8221; for the &#8220;total hoax&#8221; police say he orchestrated last year.
&#8220;He needs to face the charges,&#8221; said Lightfoot on Sunday, as reported <a href="https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/23/mayor-lightfoot-says-jussie-smollett-needs-to-be-held-accountable/">CBS Chicago</a>. &#8220;He committed a crime, and he needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and we are going to continue to aggressively make him accountable for the wasted police resources that went into investigating what turned out to be a total hoax.&#8221;
Lightfoot has maintained, like her predecessor former Mayor Rahm Emanuel, that Smollett is guilty of having orchestrated a hoax hate crime last January, as concluded by the Chicago Police Department after a high-profile investigation that followed initial sympathetic coverage of Smollett&#8217;s claims by mainstream media outlets.
Smollett was slapped with 16 charges related to the alleged hate crime hoax, but was infamously let off the hook just over a month later — without so much as an admission of guilt or a fine — by Cook County State&#8217;s Attorney Kim Foxx.
Amid outrage over Foxx&#8217;s widely criticized decision to abruptly drop all of the charges, a special prosecutor has been appointed and a special grand jury has since indicted Smollett on six counts of disorderly conduct related to allegedly filing bogus police reports on the &#8220;hate crime.&#8221;
In a Cook County courtroom on Monday morning, the day after Mayor Lightfoot promised &#8220;accountability,&#8221; Smollett pleaded not guilty to all six counts in front of Judge James B. Linn.
Smollett&#8217;s lawyers attempted to get the case tossed out, filing a motion claiming the new charges amounted to &#8220;double jeopardy,&#8221; but, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jussie-smollett-pleads-not-guilty-to-six-new-charges-of-lying-to-chicago-cops">The Daily Wire</a> reported, Linn rejected the argument on Monday.
“The circumstances surrounding the initial case in 2019 did not reach the legal level warranting the appointment of a special prosecutor,” the attorneys&#8217; motion stated. “Under the terms of the law, in order to appoint a special prosecutor, the office [of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx] had to file a former recusal with the court . . . and that didn’t occur here.&#8221;
Judge Linn denied the motion, maintaining that case does not qualify for “double jeopardy” protection since Foxx refused to prosecute him the first time. Linn released Smollett on a $20,000 &#8220;personal recognizance bond,&#8221; allowing him to walk free without having to put money down, but the actor is scheduled to return to the court on March 18.
In January 2019, Smollett claimed that two white Trump supporters attacked him, dousing him with an unknown liquid, putting a rope around his neck, and yelling &#8220;Welcome to MAGA country!&#8221; as they fled the scene. But Chicago police concluded after a multi-week investigation that the actor had orchestrated the attack himself with the help of two Nigerian-American brothers, who detailed their role in the scheme to investigators.
He was charged with 16 counts of disorderly conduct for the allegedly false claims, but Foxx abruptly dropped the charges just over a month later, sparking strong criticism, including from the Chicago Police Department and other state&#8217;s attorneys, who said Foxx&#8217;s actions were indefensible.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-prosecutor-responds-to-new-jussie-smollett-charges-blames-donald-trump">Chicago Prosecutor Responds To New Jussie Smollett Charges, Blames Donald Trump</a>

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Chicago Mayor On Jussie Smollett: We Will ‘Aggressively Make Him Accountable’ For ‘Total Hoax’

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A 16-year-old who was reportedly kidnapped earlier this week in New York City has been found and is now being accused by law enforcement officials of staging the entire incident.
&#8220;Sixteen-year-old Karol Sanchez and her mother, who are from Poughquag in Dutchess County, were in the city for a doctor&#8217;s appointment earlier Monday,&#8221; NBC New York <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/police-investigate-possible-kidnapping-of-16-year-old-girl-in-the-bronx/2243255/">reported</a>. &#8220;They were walking to a train station on Jackson Avenue around 11:30 p.m. when four men in a tan four-door sedan pulled up, according to law enforcement sources and police. Two men got out, pulled Sanchez in and drove off.&#8221;
The New York Times noted that many in New York City were captivated by the shocking kidnapping of Sanchez after law enforcement officials released a video of the alleged incident.
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Several hours later, law enforcement officials declared victory in the case, writing on Twitter: &#8220;WE HAVE A VICTORY TODAY !! Karol has been found !!! Thank you to all who have worked very hard to track down the people involved in this case !!!&#8221;
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WE HAVE A VICTORY TODAY !! Karol has been found !!! Thank you to all who have worked very hard to track down the people involved in this case !!! <a href="https://t.co/TYD7IlU49N">pic.twitter.com/TYD7IlU49N</a>
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Yet soon after Sanchez was safely recovered by authorities she reportedly made a stunning confession: she made the whole thing up.
&#8220;Shortly after she was found on Tuesday afternoon, Karol was questioned by officers from the 40th Precinct, where she admitted to setting up the kidnapping and then was released to her family,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/nyregion/karol-sanchez-bronx-amber-alert.html">The New York Times</a> reported. &#8220;During the interview, one police official said Karol described her mother as &#8216;overprotective.'&#8221;
The <a href="https://nypost.com/2019/12/17/karol-sanchez-staged-her-own-kidnapping-police-sources/">New York Post</a> reported that Sanchez allegedly staged the kidnapping &#8220;so that she could be with her boyfriend, a 23-year-old reputed Crips gangbanger once arrested for murder.&#8221;
The Times noted that during the incident Sanchez&#8217;s mother tried to intervene to stop the men from taking her daughter, at which point the men reportedly threw her on the ground.
Authorities are now reportedly weighing whether they will file criminal charges against Sanchez or the men who helped her stage the hoax.
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KAROL SANCHEZ FOUND: source telling me she was found on Eagle Ave near her home. She’ll be taken to Lincoln Hospital in a bit to be evaluated. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bronx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bronx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/News12BX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@News12BX</a> <a href="https://t.co/8Xob30HJrW">pic.twitter.com/8Xob30HJrW</a>
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Reaction online to the story was overwhelmingly negative with many comparing the case to the incident from earlier this year involving Jussie Smollett.
One Twitter user wrote: &#8220;Karol Sanchez and Jussie Smollett trynna set black folk back fifty years single handily.&#8221;
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Karol Sanchez and Jussie Smollett trynna set black folk back fifty years single handily🤦🏽‍♂️😒☹️🤯 <a href="https://t.co/jSPd34y2gM">pic.twitter.com/jSPd34y2gM</a>
&mdash; Babyface Kese (@BabyfaceKese) <a href="https://twitter.com/BabyfaceKese/status/1207077670967742465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Another Twitter user added: &#8220;So we had to start 2019 with Jussie Smollett&#8216;s hoax and now end it with Karol Sanchez&#8217;s staged kidnapping?! I am too through! 2020 can&#8217;t come soon enough!&#8221;
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So we had to start 2019 with Jussie Smollett&#39;s hoax and now end it with Karol Sanchez&#39;s staged kidnapping?! I am too through! 2020 can&#39;t come soon enough! <a href="https://t.co/jMi1n0BuSy">pic.twitter.com/jMi1n0BuSy</a>
&mdash; Giselle J. Phelps (@GisellePhelps) <a href="https://twitter.com/GisellePhelps/status/1207070237117603840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Another Twitter user wrote: &#8220;So the black community started off 2019 with the Jussie Smollett, and we’re ending it with Karol Sanchez. Boy I swear&#8230;. can’t win for losing.&#8221;
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So the black community started off 2019 with the Jussie Smollett, and we’re ending it with Karol Sanchez. Boy I swear&#8230;. can’t win for losing. <a href="https://t.co/oO37IXfgHw">pic.twitter.com/oO37IXfgHw</a>
&mdash; Kiana Jackson✨📚 (@kianarenai) <a href="https://twitter.com/kianarenai/status/1207074130253819905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Tariq Nasheed issued a series of tweets on the story, writing: &#8220;Why are all the details so sketchy about this Karol Sanchez abduction case? She has been found safe, but there are zero details about what happened. Who were the suspects? Where did they take her? Why did they take her? How was she found?&#8221;
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Why are all the details so sketchy about this Karol Sanchez abduction case? She has been found safe, but there are zero details about what happened. Who were the suspects? Where did they take her? Why did they take her? How was she found?
&mdash; Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸 (@tariqnasheed) <a href="https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/1207058799997018112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We know this Karol Sanchez story is a hoax now, but things still seem fishy about it. The whole &#8216;sHe wUz sCarEd tO gO BaCk tO HoNdUrAs&#8217; story seems sketchy too. Whats REALLY behind this story?&#8221; Nasheed added. &#8220;We have to watch these non-Foundational Black Americans pulling these types of hoaxes that Karol Sanchez pulled. Because Black Americans somehow end up getting blamed.&#8221;
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We know this Karol Sanchez story is a hoax now, but things still seem fishy about it. The whole &quot;sHe wUz sCarEd tO gO BaCk tO HoNdUrAs&quot; story seems sketchy too.
Whats REALLY behind this story?
&mdash; Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸 (@tariqnasheed) <a href="https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/1207110363709198336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2019</a></blockquote>
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We have to watch these non-Foundational Black Americans pulling these types of hoaxes that Karol Sanchez pulled. Because Black Americans somehow end up getting blamed
&mdash; Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸 (@tariqnasheed) <a href="https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/1207112929478209537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Group Of Men Kidnap Teen Girl In The Bronx. Police Say The Girl Staged It.

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A 16-year-old who was reportedly kidnapped earlier this week in New York City has been found and is now being accused by law enforcement officials of

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After being accused of rape and sexual assault, even if a man is found “not guilty” or proven to be innocent, the mere accusation can and will haunt him for life.
People often only hear about the accusation and not the outcome. Those who have been falsely accused struggle intensely with their ordeals. In a recent <a href="http://thewarrzone.blogspot.com/2019/11/no-rehabilitation-for-innocent.html">blog post</a>, Simon Warr – a BBC broadcaster and falsely accused man – details the difficulty that one British man has had since his rape conviction was overturned.
The Daily Wire will not name the man, because his accuser cannot be named. We feel it is unfair to name an innocent person, especially if their accuser enjoys permanent anonymity.
This man, whom we will call John Doe, was charged with raping a woman after a brief sexual relationship. He was convicted in 2013 and sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison plus lifetime registry as a sex offender. Jurors never heard or saw the full messages between John and his accuser because she had edited them to give a misleading account of their interactions.
It wasn’t until after John was convicted that his sister-in-law began helping him prove his innocence. In doing so, she quickly discovered the full messages, which gave the impression that the sex between John and his accuser was consensual, as he had maintained.
Further, the messages between the two provided a motive for the accuser to lie: She was upset that John did not continue to speak with her after their encounter.
“Of course, the detectives who dealt with the allegations against [John], prior to his being charged, could have found this vital evidence in a matter of minutes, because that is how long it took his sister-in-law to unearth the unedited messages via his Facebook account,” Warr wrote. “But the police officers didn’t bother doing any investigation into his accuser’s very serious allegations, in order to verify whether or not she was telling the truth &#8212; they just presumed she was.”
Armed with the newly discovered evidence, John appealed his conviction and it was overturned. As he left the court a free man, John explained: “[I]t’s always going to smear my name … there’s always going to be people out there who have the doubt.”
Indeed, John’s words were prescient.
As Warr explained, “Innocence in sexual allegation cases, whether established by a jury’s verdict or via the Court of Appeal, means, in reality, next to nothing these days.”
John tried to claim compensation from the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Justice for the false accusation. His claim was denied, based on the following:
The Secretary of State for Justice has concluded that the conviction was not reversed as a result of a new or newly discovered fact that shows beyond reasonable doubt that you did not commit the offence.
Warr asked where are “the charities, think-tanks and social enterprises queuing up to help those blameless folk whose lives have been utterly devastated by cruel and calculating liars, fantasists and fraudsters,” and suggests that men falsely accused of sexual assault and rape are merely “the wrong kind of victim.”
“What a cruel society we can be when dealing with unfashionable minority groups, such as the falsely accused,” Warr concluded.

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‘The Wrong Kind Of Victim’: Man Falsely Accused Of Rape Still Struggling With Suspicions

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After being accused of rape and sexual assault, even if a man is found “not guilty” or proven to be innocent, the mere accusation can and will haunt him

‘The Wrong Kind Of Victim’: Man Falsely Accused Of Rape Still Struggling With Suspicions | The Daily Wire

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In late September, a 13-year-old student at Anderson High School in Ohio claimed a teacher at the school grabbed her right arm, unzipped her hoodie, and touched her breasts in a classroom.
The teenager also claimed that when the teacher let her go, he said, “if you tell anyone about this, I’ll kill you.”
Neither the teacher nor the student have been named in news reports about the incident. At least one media outlet, <a href="https://www.fox19.com/2019/10/25/charges-filed-against-anderson-student-who-falsely-accused-teacher-sexual-assault/">Fox 19</a>, is still referring to the girl as a “victim” even though she has now been charged with “first degree making false alarms,” a misdemeanor.
The teacher was placed on administrative leave during the investigation, but cleared to return to teaching after police determined the accusations against him were false.
On October 11, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) released <a href="https://www.hcso.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AndersonTwp-HighSchoolTeacher-10-11-2019.pdf">a statement</a> saying the investigation was concluded.
“As a result of the investigation it was determined that no criminal or inappropriate activity of any kind occurred, and that the alleged incident was fabricated by the accuser. Forest Hills School District and Anderson High School are aware of the situation, and the investigation into the false accusations is ongoing,” the statement said.
On October 25, Sheriff Jim Neil released another <a href="https://www.hcso.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AndersonTwp-HighSchoolTeacherUpdate-10-25-2019.pdf">statement</a> saying the girl had been charged.
While local media outlets reported on the charges and that the girl had made a false accusation, they did not report what led police to determine she had made up the incident. In response to a Daily Wire inquiry, a spokesman for HCSO said the girl “disclosed the allegations were false.”
Forest Hills Superintendent Scot Prebles <a href="https://www.wlwt.com/article/sheriff-anderson-student-fabricated-sex-assault-claims-against-teacher/29442351">told WLWT5</a> that the school district was “working through” the ordeal.
&#8220;Although we&#8217;ve had a tough day, we&#8217;re all working through it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The repercussions of this do have long term impact.&#8221;
Prebles added that school staff are now “jittery,” due to the false allegations.
“We have a staff who is jittery right now, because this could be done on any day to any one of us,&#8221; Prebles said. &#8220;We&#8217;re also going to make sure that we are supporting our staff member. We have a staff member who has been hurt by an accusation. It was not an accurate accusation.”
As with many false accusations of sexual assault made by women, rather than treating the accuser as a criminal, the school district is concerned with helping her.
&#8220;We&#8217;re going to do everything we can to help our students, to help this particular student, to work with their family, to make sure that they&#8217;re in a good place and they&#8217;re maturing and they&#8217;re growing from this situation,&#8221; Prebles said.
Such consideration is rarely afforded to males who commit misdemeanors.
Since the teenager was only charged with a misdemeanor, despite the serious nature of the allegations, she will likely face community service or a fine, if any punishment at all.
This is common for women who make false accusations of rape and sexual assault, since they are only considered misdemeanors relating to filing a false police report. Making such a false report is a unique kind of crime, however, one that causes severe harm to those falsely accused. The flippancy with which police departments can handle such accusations does nothing to help real victims of sexual assault or the victims of false accusations.

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13-Year-Old Girl Charged After Falsely Accusing Teacher Of Sexual Assault

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In late September, a 13-year-old student at Anderson High School in Ohio claimed a teacher at the school grabbed her right arm, unzipped her hoodie, and

13-Year-Old Girl Charged After Falsely Accusing Teacher Of Sexual Assault | The Daily Wire

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Speculation about whether “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett may yet be charged for orchestrating a hate crime hoax intensified after the two brothers who say the actor hired them to attack him met with the special prosecutor working on the case.
Abel and Ola Osundairo said earlier this year that Smollett hired them to attack him while he was out in Chicago one early, frigid morning so that he could negotiate a higher salary on “Empire.” TMZ <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2019/10/05/jussie-smollett-osundairo-brothers-meeting-special-prosecutor/">reported</a> this weekend that the brothers met with Special Prosecutor Dan Webb, who was assigned to look into the deal that allowed Smollett to get off the hook for faking the attack by paying $10,000 and performing 16 hours of community service.
“Sources close to the case tell TMZ &#8230; Abel and Ola met with Dan Webb&#8217;s team this week because the special prosecutor wanted to hear their full story &#8212; their version of Jussie&#8217;s alleged attack,” TMZ reported. “Our sources say the brothers each spent a couple hours with the special prosecutor&#8217;s team.”
Smollett was original indicted on 16 felony accounts for allegedly making up the attack. Smollett had claimed in late January that he went to a Subway sandwich restaurant at two in the morning during a polar vortex. As he was returning home, he claimed, two white men wearing pro-Trump hats attacked him, poured bleach on him, tied a noose around his neck, and shouted racial and homophobic slurs. This account required people to believe there are Trump supporters in Deep Blue Chicago who spend their nights trawling for someone to attack – and that these same people watch “Empire” and knew who Smollett was.
The charges against Smollett were dismissed by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office. State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said she had recused herself from the case due to a conflict of interest yet <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-prosecutor-kim-foxx-deputies-subpoenaed-emily-zanotti">her influence was still seen</a> in the plea deal. Then-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel called the office’s decision to drop the charges a “whitewash of justice.”
A special prosecutor was appointed to look into how the case unraveled. The City of Chicago is also still looking into ways to force Smollett to repay them for the time and resources spent on investigating the alleged hoax.
TMZ also reported that Webb has his own conflict-of-interest issues, but a Chicago judge ruled Friday that it does not appear as though Webb is biased. Webb had donated $1,000 to Foxx’s campaign and hosted a fundraiser for her.
Page Six <a href="https://pagesix.com/2019/10/05/special-prosecutor-meets-with-nigerian-brothers-in-jussie-smollett-probe/">reported</a> that Webb has the power to reinstate charges against Smollett.
Last week, Smollett <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jussie-smollett-lashes-out-after-being-compared-to-girl-who-faked-hate-crime-i-havent-lied-about-a-thing">lashed out</a> at a self-help guru who compared him to 12-year-old Amari Allen, who had claimed white boys at her school held her down, cut her dreads, and hurled racial slurs at her. After the media incredulously reported her crimes, Allen admitted she made up the story and her grandparents apologized on her behalf.
Smollett claimed he was nothing like Allen despite the similar stories:
<blockquote>With all due respect brother, y’all can clown me all you want but my story has actually never changed and I haven’t lied about a thing. Y’all can continue to be misinformed, internalized sheep, who believe what actual proven liars feed you or you can read the actual docs. Either way, I’mma be alright. I know me and what happened. You don’t. So carry on. All love.</blockquote>

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Jussie Smollet May Still Be Charged Over Hate Crime Hoax

Speculation about whether “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett may yet be charged for orchestrating a hate crime hoax intensified after the two brothers who say

Jussie Smollet May Still Be Charged Over Hate Crime Hoax | The Daily Wire

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Shannon Maley had a seeming vendetta against a 20-year-old man with learning disabilities who was dating her sister. She barely knew him, yet claimed he sexually assaulted her and her friends. Maley then created multiple social media accounts under the young man’s name and sent herself disturbing and threatening messages in order to frame him.
She has since pleaded guilty to “perverting the course of justice and also to harassing witnesses,” The Daily Record <a href="https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/coatbridge-man-driven-brink-suicide-20378894">reported</a>.
The young man, who will not be named by The Daily Wire because he is the victim and will instead be referred to as John Doe, told the Record he was on the brink of suicide until he was acquitted last November on five charges of sexual assault. The outlet reported that he “sat on the ledge of his 14th-storey flat window seriously contemplating whether life was worth living because of the vicious lies that had ‘destroyed’ him.”
Maley’s messages to herself included threats “to set you on fire and watch you burn alive” and claims that John was “not going to stop causig [sic] you pain.”
Maley had apparently intimidated her friends into making accusations against John as well. One of those friends eventually admitted that the young man had not sexually assaulted her and that Maley had harassed her and tried to influence their testimony at John’s trial.
John was also accused of sexually assaulting two 15-year-old girls who were also allegedly friends of Maley. A witness explained that John didn’t do what he was accused of doing, leading to acquittal on those charges.
Maley’s story unraveled after she accused John of sending a threatening message while he was in prison without access to the Internet.
No reason has been given for Maley’s vendetta against John, and the young man still fears for his safety.
“It feels like Shannon Maley has destroyed my life. I still can’t walk down Coatbridge Main Street without people shouting abuse at me,” John told the outlet. “I’ve had voicemails from people I don’t even know saying they’re going to blow up my house.”
“Unfortunately, people believe what they see online and it’s a very dangerous situation. I walked free from court and now she’s admitted making up all these messages and telling witnesses what to say,” he added. “She’s an absolute monster.”
John also told the Record that he tried to slit his wrist while he was on remand, which is what led to him being relocated. But he was relocated to an apartment on the 14th floor, and he sat on the ledge and contemplated jumping.
“But I didn’t want to die because of someone else’s lies,” he told the outlet. “I’m happy I didn’t, because now I will hopefully see her punished for ruining my life.”
He said he would like to thank the woman who came forward to admit Maley was lying, but that he still doesn’t “feel safe to walk the streets because of what Maley has made people think about me.”
His mother said that she received angry messages from around the world, including in America, where any accusation made by a woman is supposed to be believed.
“She saw [John] as an easy victim because even though he’s 20, his difficulties mean he has a mind more like a young teenager,” his mother told the Record. “Like [John], I want to see her punished for the devastation she has caused.”

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She Accused Him Of Rape. She Then Sent Herself Threatening Messages To Frame Him.

Scotland

Shannon Maley had a seeming vendetta against a 20-year-old man with learning disabilities who was dating her sister. She barely knew him, yet claimed he

She Accused Him Of Rape. She Then Sent Herself Threatening Messages To Frame Him. | The Daily Wire

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Jussie Smollett lashed out this week after being compared to the pre-teen girl who falsely claimed three white boys at her school held her down and cut her dreads.
On Monday, The Shade Room posted a photo on Instagram of its article about the Virginia teenager, Amari Allen, after she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/african-american-girl-claimed-white-classmates-forcibly-cut-her-hair-now-the-truth-is-out">admitted to making up the story</a>. Her grandparents apologized for her lies and the hurt she caused to the three white students she falsely accused.
Self-help guru Derrick Jaxn responded to the post, writing, “Jussie really is a trendsetter [face palm emoji].” The post was an obvious reference to Smollett’s claims earlier this year that two white male supporters of President Donald Trump viciously attacked him in Chicago and placed a noose around his neck. The case was later determined to not be true, as the men were actually of Nigerian descent and knew Smollett personally. The two men said Smollett paid them to orchestrate the hoax.
Jaxn’s comment apparently irked Smollett, who responded:
<blockquote>With all due respect brother, y&#8217;all can clown me all you want but my story has actually never changed and I haven&#8217;t lied about a thing. Y&#8217;all can continue to be misinformed, internalized sheep, who believe what actual proven liars feed you or you can read the actual docs. Either way, I&#8217;mma be alright. I know me and what happened. You don&#8217;t. So carry on. All love.</blockquote>
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Smollett’s claim was ludicrous on its face. It requires one to believe that there are emboldened Trump supporters in Deep Blue Chicago wandering the town at 2 a.m. during a polar vortex with a bottle of bleach and rope just hoping to run into someone they could attack. It also requires one to believe that these two predators watched “Empire” and recognized Smollett as an actor.
Smollett went to a Subway restaurant in the early hours of January 29, 2019. On his way back to his friend’s apartment, the two men allegedly attacked him. He returned to the apartment with the noose still around his neck and his Subway meal intact.
Police investigated Smollett’s claims, eventually learning that two brothers of Nigerian descent were behind the attacks. One had been paid by Smollett for personal training and had been a guest star on “Empire.” The two claimed Smollett paid them to orchestrate the attack and even purchased the red baseball hats they wore that were meant to look like Trump’s “Make America Great Again” hats.
Police charged Smollett for staging the attack in an attempt to negotiate a higher salary on “Empire,” but the charges were dropped in what many believe was a corrupt deal. Smollett paid a $10,000 bond and performed 16 hours of community service for his actions, though he maintains his victimhood. The city of Chicago is currently attempting to recover the costs of the investigation into Smollett’s claims.
Last week, media outlets fell for yet another hate crime hoax after a Virginia teenager claimed three white classmates held her down, cut her dreads, and called her hair “nappy.” The teen later admitted she made up the incident.

Jussie Smollett Lashes Out After Being Compared To Girl Who Faked Hate Crime: ‘I Haven’t Lied About A Thing’

Jussie Smollett lashed out this week after being compared to the pre-teen girl who falsely claimed three white boys at her school held her down and cut

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Charges have been dropped against an Uber driver accused of raping a woman in April.
In May, the driver, who will not be named by The Daily Wire because he is a victim, was charged with sexually assaulting a woman in his SUV after picking her up as a passenger. He was ordered to be held without bail, based on the woman’s claims.
The woman, who has not been named in news articles, <a href="https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/05/07/uber-driver-rape-charge-melvin-guerrero-encarna-wrentham/">claimed</a> the male Uber driver picked her up after she left a party in Franklin, Massachusetts, early one morning. The woman ordered the Uber because she was too drunk to drive to her friend’s house, CBS Boston reported. The woman claimed the Uber driver stopped short of her destination and then raped her for more than an hour in the back seat of the vehicle. She claimed she received bruises on her arm, leg, and back as a result of the attack.
Uber records showed the 3.53 mile trip did last one hour and 13 minutes, but the driver’s attorney, Robert Carmel-Montes, said the woman had spent the hour talking about her problems.
“There was no assault here,” Carmel-Montes told reporters in May. “I think that the facts will bear out here there’s a predator in this case, but it’s not the man behind bars.”
“I think the facts will bear out that the alleged victim knew exactly what she was doing,” Carmel-Montes continued. “She left him her phone number at the very end of their interaction.”
As to the length of the ride, Carmel-Montes said the woman was “discussing all of her problems with him and she had asked to be dropped off a little bit before her final destination, claiming that there were dogs or something outside and she didn’t want them barking while she was talking to him.”
Four months later, DNA evidence excluded the Uber driver as having committed the alleged rape, and the <a href="https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/09/17/uber-driver-rape-charges-dropped-melvin-guerrero-encarnacion-wrentham/">charges were dropped</a>. He had worked for rideshare companies for five years without incident but was let go as soon as the woman made her allegation.
There is no indication the woman who made the claim will be arrested.
This is not the first ride-hailing driver to be falsely accused of rape. In August, Linda Hood was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/50330/she-accused-taxi-driver-rape-tracking-data-proved-ashe-schow">found guilty</a> of perverting the course of justice after she claimed a taxi driver detoured from their route in order to rape her. Tracking data proved no such detour was taken. Hood also claimed the driver who raped her was in his 50s and was clean-shaven, yet the accused driver was 29 and had a full beard. Still, her accusations sent him and another taxi driver with a similar license number to jail for nearly a full day. In this case, DNA also proved the men were not responsible.
Hood maintained her status as a victim for nearly two-and-a-half years before finally accepting her claims were false.
In September 2017, another woman, Sophie Pointon, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/21397/student-jailed-falsely-accusing-taxi-driver-sexual-amanda-prestigiacomo">was sentenced to 16 months in prison</a> after falsely accusing her taxi driver of assaulting her five months earlier. The falsely accused driver proved his innocence with a voice recording, which showed Pointon was “extremely intoxicated and became aggressive after he refused to take her £10 because it was covered in kebab oil,” as reported by The Daily Wire’s Amanda Prestigiacomo.

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Yet another hate-crime hoax attempting to paint President Donald Trump’s supporters as racists.
Former NFL player Edawn Louis Coughman, who played for the Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys, and Arizona Cardinals between 2012 and 2016, was caught spray-painting pro-Trump and racist graffiti in his own restaurant in an apparent hate-crime hoax.
The New York Daily News <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-ex-nfl-player-painted-slurs-staged-fake-hate-crime-20190914-tpcmt5yl2fbsdb7v2rsm6l47pe-story.html">reported</a> that a “maintenance worker at the shopping plaza where Coughman’s establishment is located saw someone burglarizing the restaurant around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday and called the cops.”
Nearby cops saw a black truck driving without a license plate and pulled it over as a possible suspect. Coughman was driving the truck, and police found several suspicious-looking flat-screen TVs.
Cpl. Michele Pihera of the Gwinnett County Police <a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/gwinnett-county/man-accused-of-destroying-his-own-business-in-fake-hate-crime/985998170">told WSB-TV</a> that the TV “brackets were still attached and there was still drywall attached to the brackets, meaning, someone took them off very quickly.”
Police showed up at Coughman’s restaurant and found holes in the wall where the TVs appeared to have been removed. They also found graffiti on the walls saying “monkey,” the n-word, and “MAGA” — a reference to President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan “Make America Great Again.”
Police also said the paint on the walls was fresh, and Coughman had black spray paint on his hands.
Coughman owns Coughman’s Creamery in Gwinnett County Georgia. Police said the motive for the alleged fake hate crime was not immediately apparent.
“We don&#8217;t know if it was financial motivation or what the case is,&#8221; Pihera told WSB-TV.
Officers quickly became aware that Coughman had reported the incident to his insurance company before he was pulled over.
“He had reported this incident to his insurance company prior to officers conducting that first pull-over,&#8221; Pihera said. &#8220;He was attempting to leave that shopping center when our officers conducted that felony stop. Everything lined up for this perfect arrest.&#8221;
Coughman now faces three charges, including insurance fraud, making a false report, and driving without a license plate.
The faked hate crime comes months after “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett allegedly faked a hate crime against himself in order to negotiate a bigger salary. Smollett said he went to get a sandwich at 2:00 a.m. during a polar vortex in Chicago when two racist, white Trump supporters recognized him and attacked him. The attackers apparently were wandering the frigid streets with a bottle of bleach and some rope and just happened to recognize Smollett – who is also gay. The men allegedly used racial slurs when attacking Smollett and claimed Chicago was “MAGA country.”
Smollett returned to his friend’s apartment with his food intact and called police. When authorities arrived, he was still wearing the noose the men allegedly wrapped around his neck. In reality, the “attackers” were black men from Nigeria who claimed Smollett paid them to orchestrate the attack against him. They provided a check from Smollett and said he told them to purchase red hats to claim the attack was motivated by Trump’s rhetoric. Smollett is currently trying to get out of repaying Chicago for the resources it expended investigating his claim.

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Ex-NFL Player Allegedly Staged A Hate Crime By Trashing His Own Restaurant

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In a story that&#8217;s quickly gained national attention — and sparked rampant &#8220;hoax&#8221; speculation — a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Illinois was arrested Monday night and charged the next day with a felony hate crime after another student reported that he had hung a rope tied to look like a noose in a residence hall elevator.
&#8220;Andrew Smith, 19, found some rope in the elevator in Allen Hall over the weekend and tied it into a noose, Champaign County Assistant State’s Attorney Kristin Alferink said during the arraignment,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/u-of-illinois-student-arrested-after-noose-found-in-elevator/">Associated Press</a> reported Tuesday. &#8220;University spokeswoman Robin Kaler said students in the hall on the Urbana campus reported finding the noose early Sunday.&#8221;
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">Judge Roger Webber set 19-year-old Andrew Smith’s bond at $5,000 and scheduled another hearing for Oct. 22.<a href="https://t.co/H6VX97EwEq">https://t.co/H6VX97EwEq</a>
— CBS 42 (@CBS_42) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBS_42/status/1169032329257525248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 3, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Reports of the noose exploded online, students taking to social media to post about the incident. Smith became a suspect when another student, whom <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/illinois-student-charged-hate-crime-after-noose-found-hanging-dorm-n1049606">NBC News</a> describes as &#8220;female friend&#8221; of Smith&#8217;s, told authorities that she was with him when he tied the noose.
After he was arrested, Smith admitted that he did tie and hang up the noose, saying he &#8220;only spent about 30 seconds thinking about his actions,&#8221; AP reports. Even after he saw the noose go viral online, he said he didn&#8217;t think his actions were serious enough to turn himself in to authorities.
&#8220;No motive has been provided for the purported display of hate,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7425635/Illinois-college-student-faces-hate-crime-charge-hanging-noose-residence-hall.html">The Daily Mail</a> reports.
Smith was charged Tuesday with a felony hate crime and misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges. He pleaded not guilty. He was released on a $5,000 bond and his hearing was scheduled for October 22.
Smith is a math major with a 3.79 GPA and what his attorney says are enough credits to graduate this year.
Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a statement online responding to the incident. &#8220;I&#8217;m committed to fighting intolerance and bigotry everywhere in our state and building a culture of learning at our universities that serves all students,&#8221; the governor <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/gma/illinois-college-student-charged-hate-crime-placing-noose-025842342--abc-news-topstories.html?soc_src=community&amp;soc_trk=tw">wrote</a> Tuesday. &#8220;Hate has no place in Illinois or in its educational institutions, and I’m glad swift action was taken to address this incident.&#8221;
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">I’m committed to fighting intolerance and bigotry everywhere in our state and building a culture of learning at our universities that serves all students.
— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPritzker/status/1168996053636567040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 3, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Since the story began to gain traction <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=student%20noose%20hoax&amp;src=typd">online</a>, speculation about the potential motive of the incident took off, with many describing it as a another &#8220;hate crime hoax,&#8221; while some claimed that the student&#8217;s appearance suggested that he might be &#8220;transgender,&#8221; though no official reports describe the crime as a hoax or identify Smith as transgender.
The incident comes amid heightened racial tensions on campus, as reported by the <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-university-of-illinois-noose-20190903-otb7gdnw3bdrrobsvnetjnbscm-story.html">Chicago Tribune</a>. &#8220;In 2016, someone drew three large swastikas at three campus buildings the same year a university employee was fired for tossing a noose down on a table in front of a black employee,&#8221; the Tribune reports. &#8220;Early this year, black employees in the U. of I. system filed a <a href="http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5699676-Racial-Harassment-Lawsuit-UIUC-January-2019.html">lawsuit</a> saying they were &#8216;exposed to threats of racial violence, such as nooses, swastikas, KKK garb, racist graffiti and confederate flags.&#8217; The lawsuit also alleged that university staff members used racial slurs and other racially charged language against black workers.&#8221;
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Student Charged With Felony Hate Crime For Making ‘Noose’; Sparks ‘Hoax’ Theories

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