University of Michigan student lied about man threatening to burn hijab

[CBU-105]

A University of Michigan student who told police in November that a man threatened to set her hijab on fire could face charges after investigators discovered she fabricated the entire story, police announced Wednesday.

According to a statement from the Ann Arbor Police Department, detectives worked along with the U-M Division of Public Safety and the FBI to investigate the case, which had been classified as ethnic intimidation.

"Investigators conducted witness interviews and reviewed multiple surveillance videos of the area in question," the department said. "During the course of the investigation, numerous inconsistencies in the statements provided by the alleged victim were identified. Following a thorough investigation, detectives have determined the incident in question did not occur."
http://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2016/12/12/concerned-muslim-women-rethinking-hijab/95351734/
The student has not been publicly identified by police, but investigators said a completed investigation will be submitted to the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office for review, according to the release.

The student initially claimed the incident happened Nov. 11 when a man allegedly demanded she remove her hijab, a headscarf often worn by Muslim women, or be set on fire with a lighter.

The woman told police she complied, according to a crime alert from the university's division of public safety.

The university at the time called it a hate crime and said the off-campus incident occurred in the 600 block of East William, near State Street.

After the incident, the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called for the incident to be investigated as a hate crime, saying the “alleged attack is just the latest anti-Muslim incident reported since the election of Donald Trump as president.”

The student made the report during a post-election increase in reports of threats, intimidation and racially charged violence around the country.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...ent-lied-man-threatening-burn-hjiab/95704464/

there was also this one a week ago:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...rters-did-not-harass-her-grab-hijab/95450002/

 

[Avicenna]

If true, then obviously this individual is in the wrong. However it doesnt take away from the hostile events that have happened. In addition the language that is permitted by individuals when speaking about Islam and Muslims is unacceptable and vile. If you need examples go on any yahoo message board at the end of an article about anything muslim related. Islamophobia is real.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

@Syed.Ali.Haider

 

[VCheng]

@Syed.Ali.Haider

Yet another lying hijabi is no surprise, sadly.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Not to be confused with the recent Michigan hoax...yet another one was exposed over a week ago:

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/damage-yasmin-seweid-hijab-hate-hoax-article-1.2911776

Baruch College student Yasmin Seweid, we now know, was not herself the victim of a hate crime. She made it all up. But by telling the tale of her attack by men shouting “Trump,” ripping at her hijab, while a trainful of New Yorkers sat silent, she victimized many others.

First on the list: the New York Police Department, which spent precious resources chasing a fabricated assault. Cops tried to track down witnesses — there were none. They reviewed video for clues — there were none.

Next: her fellow New Yorkers, who did not in fact stand idly by while watching a woman be attacked because of her faith. We are not the city of Kitty Genovese; that story of passive witness to horror, so many years ago, was itself a myth. But the image persists that New Yorkers are a can’t-be-bothered-even-if-you’re-in-danger lot. It’s a lie.

Count among the wronged President-elect Donald Trump, who did not inspire three drunk men to home in on a vulnerable target who looked different from them.

And Seweid’s fellow Muslim Americans and others who are targeted by virulent hate. Credible sources, based on verified reports, have registered an increase in bias attacks in recent months, particularly since the November election.

Yet some Americans refuse to accept that it could be happening. They are ever eager to insist that it’s all a plot — by liberals, by the media — to vilify those with whom they disagree.

The next time a real victim of real hate comes forward, more cynics will scoff. They may even laugh. “Muslims lie,” now goes the reflexive accusation from some of the very people who claim bias against Islam is overblown.

Cynical, manipulative Yasmin Seweid, who looked police in the eyes and risked having innocent men rounded up, just fed those fever dreams.

She blames problems at home, a family that would have been angry that she was out past curfew drinking. At age 18, she is old enough to know better. Old enough to be held criminally responsible for her false report.

Shame, deep shame, on her.

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Sounds like another Tawana Brawley hoax scenario to hide being out late partying: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations