About that Missoula gay bashing? It didn't happen.

[lafinjack]

A 22-year-old man who reported he was the victim of an alleged hate crime in Missoula during the early morning hours of August 5 has admitted he made the story up. “It has now been determined that the assault did not occur,” Missoula Police Lieutenant Scott Brodie said in an August 7 statement

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[chaya]

[tiddlywinks103]

In Missoula, 560 people signed up to attend a pub crawl that aimed to support victims of such violence and make the city safer.

This is still great and needed across the board. But this guy is an assssssssssssssssssssssss for this, I mean shit. Failed backflip = false report? Fucking douche.

[ms_maree]

People will always make up false allegations. If there is a crime, then someone, somewhere will lie about being a victim. But it says nothing about the group they are part of (women, gay people, etc), and everything about the individual.

[nesmith]

That's the way it should be, but unfortunately with the way the world works, every false allegation makes it harder for real victims to get the attention and justice they deserve.

[ms_maree]

That was more about my feelings. When I'm God-King I'll fix the real world.

[nesmith]

I'll vote for you!

[redstar826]

ugg, what an idiot. How does someone even go from "failed back flip" to "I'm gonna go report a false gay bashing". Why would anyone think that would be a good idea?

[mahsox_mahsox]

I'm guessing it must have had something to do with not wanting to give the real reason to people. If you've got a smacked up face people are going to ask, right?

[homasse]

OP, your icon is exactly what my reaction was to this.