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Police: Student lied about reported racially motivated beating (Not charged with lying to police)
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Posted on 05/17/2016 10:06:41 AM PDT by TigerClaws

Police said a black University of Iowa student lied about being the victim of a racially motivated beating and that he instigated at last one of several alcohol-fueled fights.

Marcus Owens told police that he was attacked April 30 by three white men who hurled racial slurs as they damaged his eye socket and knocked out his front teeth.

The alleged hate crime stoked safety concerns and distrust among some minority students in the university.

But police said Tuesday that his report was false. Investigators obtained surveillance video showing Owens had been a participant and instigator of fights that started inside a bar and continued outside.

Owens will not be charged, and police won't seek restitution to cover the cost of the investigation. He and his family issued an apology.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; afroturf; astroturf; blackkk; blackliesmatter; blacklivesmatter; election2016; iowa; marcusowens; newyork; redistribution; reparations; trump; uofiowa; whiteprivilege
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Another day, another hoax 'hate crime.'
1 posted on 05/17/2016 10:06:41 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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Owens will not be charged, and police won't seek restitution to cover the cost of the investigation.

Why not?
2 posted on 05/17/2016 10:08:02 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: TigerClaws

For Leftists, believing is seeing. They believe hate is everywhere, and when it’s not, they create the lie.


3 posted on 05/17/2016 10:10:14 AM PDT by twister881 (Politics)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Why not?

That would be racist!

4 posted on 05/17/2016 10:11:50 AM PDT by Nacho Bidnith (America is a country founded by geniuses and run by idiots. Trump 2016)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

He’s black


5 posted on 05/17/2016 10:12:10 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: TigerClaws

I thought making fake police reports was against the law.


6 posted on 05/17/2016 10:14:02 AM PDT by Tzimisce
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Making a false racist charge should be a hate crime.


7 posted on 05/17/2016 10:14:21 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Lex rex)
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Pretending a hate crime needs to be the exact same criminal violation as the crime pretended.


8 posted on 05/17/2016 10:15:31 AM PDT by KyCats
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Good question. There needs to be a way to force the police to do the right thing in cases like this, but what would it be? A lawsuit to recover taxpayer costs of the investigation, maybe?


9 posted on 05/17/2016 10:18:01 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: TigerClaws

This has become a very common occurrence. The left always has to make things up to further their agenda.


10 posted on 05/17/2016 10:19:42 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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How many is this now?
Have there ever actually been any?...............................provable?..............


11 posted on 05/17/2016 10:20:46 AM PDT by Red Badger (WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING TAGLINES!...........................)
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To: Tzimisce

so is entering the country illegally, but potential democratic voters are judged by different rules.


12 posted on 05/17/2016 10:21:05 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
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To: twister881

Red Badger’s Rules of Politics:

1) If a particular political party gets its power through proposing to ‘solve’ certain ‘problems’, whether real or imagined, then it is in the best interests of that party to make damn sure those problems never get ‘solved’.

2) If a particular political party gets its power from ‘the poor’, then it is in the best interests of that party to make damn sure the number of poor increases.

3) If a particular political party gets its power from there being a constant friction between the races, then it is in the best interests of that party to make damn sure the that friction is aggravated at all times.

4) If a particular political party gets its power from fear of ‘what might happen’, then it is in the best interests of that party to make damn sure the fear is promulgated and multiplied whenever possible.


13 posted on 05/17/2016 10:22:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING TAGLINES!...........................)
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To: Tzimisce

Apparently laws are now prosecuted depending on the politics of your situation.


14 posted on 05/17/2016 10:22:34 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

No good reason why not.

He should be charged with a hate crime (hurting whites).
He should be charged with lying to police.
He should pay all legal costs, be fined and serve time.
He should be expelled from that school.

That’s how this thuggery is stopped.


15 posted on 05/17/2016 10:23:21 AM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough!)
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To: Truth29

A lawsuit to recover taxpayer costs of the investigation, maybe?....Good luck with that.


16 posted on 05/17/2016 10:25:14 AM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: TigerClaws

Another example of dual law systems. A white person does this and it is jail time. Since this is one of the half breed’s stepchildren, it is an apology and no compensation to the PD.

Sad part is, IF ever a real hate crime is committed, police will be less likely to answer the call or investigate. That’s what happens when you cry “Wolf” one too many times.


17 posted on 05/17/2016 10:26:48 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: TigerClaws

The Lefts entire philosophy is based upon a fake hate-crime against the fake oppressed.


18 posted on 05/17/2016 10:27:05 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: TigerClaws

Would it be racist to call this another case of the BOY who cried wolf?


19 posted on 05/17/2016 10:28:02 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: Red Badger

"...How many is this now?..."


Well, there was always that Tawana Brawley case. Oh...wait.

20 posted on 05/17/2016 10:29:59 AM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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