From the Houston Chronicle: As community leaders mobilize support for a Yates High School
student who admitted she lied about being sexually assaulted last week,
Houston police have not ruled out the possibility of criminal charges
against the teen.
The 15-year-old girl told police that a man abducted her on Noah
Street near Cyrill Park on the way home from school, dragged her into an
abandoned house and sexually assaulted her. She provided a detailed
description of man, as well as other information....
Imam Khalis Rashaad
said the girl and her mother, a single working mom with two jobs, are
"apologetic and remorseful" about the situation. Rather than "throwing
the whole family under the bus," he said, "let's pull behind her and see
what assistance we can give to the family."
Rashaad, of the Ibrahim Islamic Center,
said the outreach center is available to organize services for the
family that could include tutoring, nutritional counseling and financial
management. And if it's needed, the center would arrange psychological
counseling for the teen.....
"We don't know what the true story is, and to give statements and
talk about facts that we don't know for sure would be inappropriate
because of possible legal repercussions," she said. Evangelista-X said
the girl could face criminal charges for making a false police report,
and the city "could file claims for using city monies in order to find a
perpetrator that did not exist."
HPD spokeswoman Jodi Silva
said the criminal investigation of the case has been closed. "However,
there is still an active and open investigation," she said, but declined
to elaborate. http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Teen-who-made-false-rape-report-offered-support-4004395.php
It's pretty clear from the pictures and the article that the girl involved is black.
Would these people who say that the girl should be forgiven be so forgiving if the story was about a white woman accusing a black man of rape/sexual assault?
Yeah, I didn't think so.
Sunrise — 6:57.
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