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Related: About this forumShocking KKK Assault on Girl- Real or Fake?
&feature=plcp"A shocking alleged assault, in which a 20-year-old Louisiana woman was supposedly set on fire and her car vandalized with racial slurs, may have been entirely fabricated, according to local authorities.
According to reports, the police now believe that Sharmeka Moffitt, the alleged victim, actually set herself on fire and wrote the n-word and 'KKK' on her own car to create the appearance of a hate crime.
The Franklin Sun reports that Moffitt's fingerprints were found on the cigarette lighter and lighter fluid recovered in the woods near the crime scene. The writing on the car, which was done in toothpaste, showed traces of female DNA.
"Although I think what she did was wrong and had major consequences not only for her, but throughout our community and our country, there's something wrong here, and we need to help individuals like this. In the same way our community came to support her as a victim, I still hope the community will support her emotional and physical recovery," said Franklin Parrish Sheriff Kevin Cobb."* Cenk Uygur and Sam Schacher bring us the story and the very extreme acts of violence and why Moffitt may have been motivated to commit them.
*Read more from The Grio: http://thegrio.com/2012/10/24/kkk-racial-assault-on-louisiana-woman-likely-fabricated-says-police/
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Shocking KKK Assault on Girl- Real or Fake? (Original Post)
rachel1
Oct 2012
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dkar
(22 posts)1. not right to fake
its not right to fake stuff like this but i bet trump or romney would love to have set her on fire if they knew they could get away with it. how do they know she did it to her self? maybe she is scared to say who actually did it cause she didnt die and they will come an get her again?
i hope she gets better. this his horrible. and black people don't look good after being burned so she has a long rode ahead of her too
braddy
(3,585 posts)2. Girl? What do you call 20 year old black men?
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)3. ......heh.........