Sharmeka Moffitt, Louisiana Woman, Tells Police 3 Men Set Her On Fire, Wrote KKK On Her Car

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You should post more stories like this one seeing how they usually have the same ending.

You think most claims of racism are fabricated? Interesting.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

You think most claims of racism are fabricated? Interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_lacrosse_case

Duke lacrosse case

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations

Tawana Brawley rape allegations

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You think most claims of racism are fabricated? Interesting.

If you believe some people the only real racists are black people or anyone who defends black people. What they probably refer to in private as n****r lovers.

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http://en.wikipedia....e_lacrosse_case

Duke lacrosse case

http://en.wikipedia....ape_allegations

Tawana Brawley rape allegations

That's mighty scientific of you. Do you have any actual scientific studies that support your claim that women and blacks in particular, fake being attacked or assaulted?

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http://www.fbi.gov/sandiego/press-releases/2011/fbi-releases-2010-hate-crime-statistics

Of the 6,624 single bias incidents, 47.3 percent were motivated by a racial bias, 20.0 percent were motivated by a religious bias, 19.3 percent were motivated by a sexual orientation bias, and 12.8 percent were motivated by an ethnicity/national origin bias. Bias against a disability accounted for 0.6 percent of single-bias incidents.

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NEW ORLEANS -- A 20-year-old black woman told police she was set on fire by three men who wrote the initials KKK and a racial slur on her car in northeastern Louisiana.

Louisiana State Police spokeswoman Lt. Julie Lewis says Sharmeka Moffitt was found with burns on more than half of her body when police responded to her 911 call Sunday night.

Moffitt was in critical condition Monday at a hospital. Lewis said the FBI is investigating the attack as a possible hate crime, but that no arrests had been made as of late Monday.

Moffitt told police the men doused her in a flammable liquid and set her on fire in a town park. Lewis said she extinguished the fire using water from a spigot before a police officer arrived.

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And, big surprise, it is another fake. White people just aren't that bad after all.

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http://news.yahoo.com/woman-roils-race-relations-fake-kkk-burn-story-140855451--abc-news-topstories.html

Woman Roils Race Relations with Fake KKK Burn Story

By CHRISTINA NG | ABC News – Wed, Oct 24, 2012

Race relations have been riled twice this week in a Louisiana town where police say a woman fabricated a violent KKK attack in which she "self-inflicted" burns on 60 percent of her body.

Sharmeka Moffitt, 20, called 911 around 8 p.m. on Sunday from a park in Winnsboro, La., to report that three men in white hoodies had doused her in liquid and set her on fire. A racial slur and "KKK" were written on her car.

Police were at the scene within minutes of the call, but found no suspects.

The community rallied around Moffitt, who is in the hospital with severe burns, and several law enforcement agencies immediately joined together to pursue her alleged attackers.

But in a news conference on Tuesday, authorities said that Moffitt's fingerprints were found on a cigarette lighter and on a can of lighter fluid recovered nearby.

"I feel hurt for the victim because that could have been my child, my sister or my mother, so I'm frustrated about that," Winnsboro Police Chief Lester Martin said at the news conference.

Police did not immediately respond to request for comment today and have not said if Moffitt will be facing criminal charges.

Residents were angered by the fake and divisive attack.

"She had all these people believing that it was racial issues and everybody was hating everybody because of this," resident Ta'Nikqua Smith told ABC News' Shreveport affiliate KTBS. "Nobody felt safe anymore."

Alice Prescott, another resident, said that the news of the attack followed by the news of the attack's fraudulence has strained the community.

"I'm absolutely frustrated because of all of the tension that's been placed on everybody," she told KTBS.

Others expressed frustration with the cost of an investigation that involved numerous agencies.

"This has been a very disturbing case for everyone involved and it has involved multiple agencies and a lot of hard work," Franklin Parish Sheriff Kevin Cobb said at the news conference.

Moffitt is in critical condition at a Shreveport hospital. Her family has asked for privacy, but released a statement saying they were "devastated to learn the circumstances surrounding our daughter's injuries."

"We are sincerely sorry for any problems this may have caused and wish to express our appreciation for the outpouring of love, prayers and support we have received from friends, acquaintances, church organizations and government officials," the family wrote.

The family said they would be focusing on Moffitt and her recovery over the coming weeks.

Authorities reminded the community of how they rallied for Moffitt and encouraged them to continue doing so.

"When we felt it was an attack situation, our community was coming together," Cobb said. "They were coming in to support her from all sides and we should continue to do that."

This is not the first time this year that someone has faked an allegedly hate crime.

Earlier this year, a Nebraska woman was arrested for faking an anti-gay hate crime in which she claimed three masked men bound her, cut words into her skin and spray-painted slurs on her wall before setting her house on fire.

Charlie Rogers, 33, had told police that the three assailants broke into her Lincoln, Neb., home on July 22.

Rogers, a lesbian and a former University of Nebraska women's basketball star, became a face for anti-gay hate crimes after the alleged attack.

Reports of the alleged assault outraged the gay community, and hundreds of people participated in rallies outside the Nebraska capitol building, and at a park in Omaha.

Police charged Rogers with false reporting after disclosing evidence that contradicted her story and pointed to a faked attack.

Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate crimes, told ABCNews.com today, "There's a real danger in the entire notion of hate crimes coming into question."

Potok added, "We spoke to people on the [Winnsboro]City Council yesterday and heard universally that this was a town that was at peace in terms of race relations."

Edited October 25, 2012 by Bad_Daddy

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has this woman been charged w/ filing a false police report yet?

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has this woman been charged w/ filing a false police report yet?

None that Iv'e read.

Edited October 25, 2012 by Bad_Daddy

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http://www.fbi.gov/sandiego/press-releases/2011/fbi-releases-2010-hate-crime-statistics

Of the 6,624 single bias incidents, 47.3 percent were motivated by a racial bias, 20.0 percent were motivated by a religious bias, 19.3 percent were motivated by a sexual orientation bias, and 12.8 percent were motivated by an ethnicity/national origin bias. Bias against a disability accounted for 0.6 percent of single-bias incidents.

I like how everyone ignored this post.

[Danno 1,228]

I like how everyone ignored this post.

That might be because you gave no further info..... like who is hurting who based on race.

I know someone who put a mit Romney sticker on their car, the next morning KKK was scratched beneath it.

Cops came out, took a report and cautioned him several times not to take any action on his own and that was it. (what more could he do)

If that crime were committed on a car with a new Obama sticker would it have been elevated to a more serious matter, might it have been a news story?

It is no secret race-bias crimes are not judged even handedly. It takes very compelling evidence to deem a white victim a victim of a bias crime.

Even so, when you look at inter-racial crimes, the numbers are stunning.

Edited October 25, 2012 by Danno

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That might be because you gave no further info..... like who is hurting who based on race.

gave no further info? did you actually click through?

doesn't matter if it's white on black or black on white or hispanic on black - catch my drift..

racially motivated doesn't mean the minority must be the victim..

who is hurting who?

racists hurt their victims - pinpointing the color shouldn't be the issue.

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None that Iv'e read.

how about who gets to pay for the investigation & medical cost?

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That might be because you gave no further info..... like who is hurting who based on race.

I didn't give ANY info. I didn't post it.

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And, big surprise, it is another fake. White people just aren't that bad after all.

Yeah, because we know white people would never fake a crime against minorities:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Smith