(H/T and thanks to Michelle Malkin)
Remember the attack that I reported here two days ago?
Turns out that it was a hoax.
The Story from TylerPaper.com:
A 13-year-old girl who claimed she was attacked by a group inside Athens Middle School was caught on a surveillance camera causing the injuries to herself.
The girl now faces disciplinary action from the school and will be charged with filing a false police report, AISD superintendent Fred Hayes said during a news conference today.
The parents of Melanie Bowers have since sent letters of apology to school and law enforcement investigators.
Not only is this an insult the Hispanic community, it’s an abuse of our Law Enforcement. I am quite glad to see that she will be charged.
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More from KLTV-TV:
After Melanie’s accusations, administrators reviewed school survellience videotape of the incident – which, instead of showing students beating or attacking her, showed Bowers scratching herself on her arms, face, and neck, and walking through the halls of the school calmly long after she claimed the incident happened.
After Melanie’s parents were presented with that information and the video, the school confronted Melanie, and she admitted that she made the story up.
The poster was indeed taken from Melanie, but she reported the incident to a teacher and was sent back to class. 3 students involved in taking Melanie’s project were in ‘in school suspension’ for today only.
Bowers’ parents have apologized to school administrators for their daughter, and Bowers’ father, Gary Bower Jr., is agreeing with the charges against her. "I have reviewed the recording and agree with the charges that will need to be filed," he has said today.
Melanie’s mother, Shera Bowers, released a statement which reads, "I see my daughter was not assaulted, and put the marks on her body. No gang violence as witnessed. She filed a false report."
I am glad to see that the people that did take her sign, were punished. But just as well, you can’t just go around making up lies, just because you happen to not like particular ethnic group.
Hopefully, she will learn her lesson from this. But will say this, how silly of someone to do something like this, didn’t she realize that most schools now have cameras in them? How dense can one person be? 🙄
Thankfully, this happened in a era of cameras and high tech security, had this been say, 20-30 years ago, it would have been her word against theirs.
It really sickens me to know that there are people out there, that would do something like this, as if that would solve our illegal immigration problem.
Cross Posted @ The Christian Nationalist