Posted on 05/03/2005 4:53:17 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
An advocacy group for Hispanics is demanding an apology from the bride-to-be who skipped town days before her lavish wedding and falsely claimed she had been abducted by a Hispanic man.
The president of the group Hispanics Across America said Jennifer Wilbanks' cover story before admitting to a case of cold feet endangered Hispanic males across the country and contributed to bias.
"While I understand this is a troubled woman, we cannot and will not stand for any racial stereotyping of Hispanics as criminals and thugs," Fernando Mateo said.
Wilbanks, 32, touched off an extensive search last week when she vanished from her suburban Atlanta home days before her wedding and took a bus to Las Vegas. She then went to Albuquerque, N.M., where she called 911 and her fiance late Friday, giving them a phony story about being kidnapped by a Hispanic man and a white woman.
Prosecutors are investigating possible criminal charges against Wilbanks for falsely reporting a crime, and the city of Duluth is considering a lawsuit to recoup the estimated $40,000 to $60,000 cost of searching for her.
Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter said he has also received numerous complaints from members of the community about Wilbanks' false accusation against a fictitious Hispanic male.
"They're asking, 'What would've happened if the Albuquerque police had located this fake couple?' An unknown Hispanic male all of a sudden becomes the bogeyman," he said.
In addition to demanding an apology, Mateo said he would like Wilbanks to perform community service in a Hispanic neighborhood as part of any possible punishment.
Meanwhile, Wilbanks' fiance has said he still wants to marry her, but his father has advised his son to take it slow.
John Mason said Monday in an interview with Fox News' "Hannity & Colmes" show that he still wants to walk down the aisle with Wilbanks. The guilt she is dealing with "has got to be consequence enough to me," he said.
Mason's father, Claude Mason, said Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America" that he has told his son: "Take it slow and if this is what you still want, we're behind you."
Asked if he would be concerned if the couple heads into another big wedding, the elder Mason said: "I have mixed emotions about that. I think the wedding plans got a bit out of hand, but I couldn't say a whole lot. I'm the father of the groom."
John Mason said that Wilbanks was working on a public statement. No one answered the door Tuesday at the Duluth home shared by Wilbanks and Mason, or at the home of Wilbanks' parents.
Just as Spring follows Winter. As a Caucasian woman, I too demand an apology!
She claimed the woman was white - shouldn't we whites also be asking for an apology?
Oh yeah, as if that's gonna happen.. Has she ever been in a Hispanic neighborhood?
Victim status is the next thing to Godliness for some folks
Now why would anyone stereotype Hispanics as lawbreakers?
Apparently she's been to Albuquerque.
OMG LMFAO LOLOL111 !
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Dear America,
Please kill yourselves now. Don't wait for Islam to do it.
You are an embarrassment to the planet earth.
TYVM
I wonder how many of these "Hispanics" are Illegals.
They don't speak for me, and I'm an American.
Yeah! As a white woman, I too demand an apology.... or at least for Jennifer to do community service and do my vacuuming for me this week. :-)
Here's a reply I wrote on another thread.
I just got a super secret email with this early draft of the Jennifer statement. Here it is:
First, I would like to thank all the people who were worried about me on my recent trip. I know many of them prayed to God that I would be found alive. I am very glad your prayers were answered.
For those who are now mad at me for deciding to do a bit of traveling, I have only one word for you - Get Over It. I guess if I want to hop a Greyhound, I can. None of your business what I do on vacation. And for those of you who are jealous of my nice wedding and my 8 showers, I've got good news - now I've got time to have a few more but you will not be invited.
To my loving husband to be - I almost got cold feet and had to have a few days to think things thru. During that time I realized you are indeed the man for me. Thank you.
To the money-mad mayor of my home town - sorry witch, but I didn't ask you to spend an extra dime on me so bug off. By the way, you might want to explain to the taxpayers how you managed to spend $60,000 in cop overtime in only 3 days. Do the math.
To the prosecutor who is thinking about charging me - go ahead, make my day. You'll end up working for me when my lawyers get thru with you. You had some fat man who said he was the sheriff break into my phone call with hubby. I thought he sounded like some insane lunatic. No way anyone could think that was a real cop. Now that I've seen him, I still can't see how it's possible. I did tell the Arizona police a bit of a fib, but they're OK with it, so butt out you pompous as*.
And finally to Sean Hannity who's been spouting some drivel about me being insane and needing to make restitution - get real and just shut your pie hole. I did not suffer any kind of mental illness nor did I have to ask your or anyone's permission to hit the road. Nor will I pay a thin dime or do a second of "community service". You do it if you want to. So just get back to butting into the talk of your guests with another story about how you work out.
Get over it,
Jennifer
LOL - GREAT idea! I'm in line for that 8-)
I thought so. I hate vacumming. It just seems "right!" I hope she does a good job for us! :-)
I also want an apology - this idiot woman is an embarrassment to white people everywhere.
In fact... I want to sue. Can I sue? Im umm... like traumatized over this whole thing.
ROFLMAO!!!!!
Let's just make it a class action suit. That should get a little bundle for everybody on the thread right now.... Zlala and I really want some vacuuming out of this suit too. :-)
She's an embarassment only to herself, and her fiance is an embarassment to himself.
These idiots deserve each other.
The only people she owes an apology to are her family and her idiot fiance.
I get so sick of these "minority groups" crying all the time. Yesterday it was that idiot from the Muslim groups whining about something Pat Robertson said. We still have the First Amendment, and as long as we do, they need to get over it.
They have their own countries and I would suggest they go home any doggone time they don't like the way America is! I'm not changing just to please them. If they really want to make me happy they can take the ACLU with them! I blame them for creating this crap! We live in a "victim society" now, thanks to them.
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