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: Not enough "racism" to get enraged
: about?? Meh.. just make it up!...
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: Police: UL-Lafayette student made up story
: of being beaten, robbed of wallet and hijab
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: A University of Louisiana at Lafayette
: student admitted Thursday to making up a
: story about being attacked by two men, one
: reportedly wearing a "Trump" hat,
: who yelled ethnic slurs at her and then
: stole her wallet and hijab head covering,
: according to Lafayette Police.
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: The woman, identified only as an 18-year-old
: of Middle Eastern descent, had initially
: told police the attack happened about 11
: a.m. Wednesday on Smith Street near campus —
: a story quickly picked up by the national
: news outlets, sparking a social media
: firestorm.
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: Lafayette Police spokesman Officer Karl
: Ratcliff said the woman admitted to
: fabricating the story after police began to
: question her about key details.
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: "There were a lot of things that didn't
: make sense," he said, commenting that
: it was unusual that no one else witnessed an
: attack during a school day so close to
: campus.
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: Ratcliff said the woman offered no
: explanation for lying.
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: "That's only one that she can
: answer," he said.
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: Ratcliff said the woman might now face
: charges herself related to filing a false
: police report.
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: "We don't take this lightly, and it's
: made national headlines now," he said.
: "...There will be consequences."
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: The woman's claim of being attacked was
: reported online Thursday morning by almost
: every major news organization in Louisiana
: and several national news outlets, including
: The New York Times, The Huffington Post and
: ABC News.
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: http://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/crime_police/article_2e351106-a74b-11e6-86d9-cf799c2824a8.html
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