PhatMack19 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Posted September 30, 2019 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Quote: A 12-year-old girl who This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up and called her hair "nappy" has now admitted to making up the allegations, according to a statement issued by her family and school. The grandparents and guardians of Amari Allen, an African-American sixth-grader at This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up in Springfield, Va., had filed a police report with the Fairfax County Police Department after she spoke of being harassed and pinned down by three white male classmates during recess on Sept. 23. A representative for the local NAACP chapter also told Yahoo Lifestyle last week that her family would be meeting with an attorney. "They put their hands on my back, they put their hand around my mouth, and they started to cut my hair," the girl told This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , adding that the boys had allegedly made disparaging comments about her This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . Quote: "We can now confirm that the student who accused three of her classmates of assault has acknowledged that the allegations were false," reads a statement sent to Yahoo Lifestyle on behalf of Stephen Danish, the head of school at Immanuel. "We're grateful to the Fairfax County Police Department for their diligent work to investigate these allegations. "While we are relieved to hear the truth and bring the events of the past few days to a close, we also feel tremendous pain for the victims and the hurt on both sides of this conflict. We recognize that we now enter what will be a long season of healing. This ordeal has revealed that we as a school family are not immune from the effects of deep racial wounds in our society. We view this incident as an opportunity to be part of a learning and healing process, and we will continue to support the students and families involved. Quote
stevenash Posted September 30, 2019 Report Posted September 30, 2019 Are there no consequences for filing a false police report? Quote
WOSdrummer99 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Posted September 30, 2019 1 hour ago, stevenash said: Are there no consequences for filing a false police report? Apparently not, more focused on healing. I thought you would have recognized the compassion and caring. Quote
stevenash Posted September 30, 2019 Report Posted September 30, 2019 Very good point. I am usually fairly alert when it comes to compassion. Point well taken. Quote
stevenash Posted October 1, 2019 Report Posted October 1, 2019 Jussie Smollett would be proud as would Tawan Brawley Quote
WOSdrummer99 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Posted October 1, 2019 This one in Texas was real and no charges filed. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Quote
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