The University of Iowa freshmen who earlier this month sparked widespread outrage with his report of being assaulted during a racially-fueled attack will not be charged for making up the story so the community can begin to heal.
And Iowa City authorities said that is important because this community has real social justice issues needing attention.
Like in communities and on college campuses nationally, Iowa City and university leaders have been working to address concerns around race relations and tensions, and Johnson County Attorney Janet Lyness on Tuesday said she worries Marcus Owens’ false report of a hate crime might set back those efforts.
“I fear it will,” Lyness said. “I do think people make racist comments in Iowa City and elsewhere, and I fear people don’t report it.”
Owens, 19, could have faced a false-report charge — not to mention underage drinking and disorderly conduct charges, but Lyness said filing charges would have kept the community from learning the truth until much later.
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Once upon a time, Iowa was a good state. Not so much anymore. As an Iowan, I'm sad at the loss of common sense.
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All the states are edging commie.
DeleteAs with everything else leftist they turn morality on its head and call it right side up.
ReplyDeleteIf there are indeed racial inequity problems at U of Iowa, which I seriously doubt, why the need to manufacture them or make them worse by this idiots own inheriently racist act? If he were white and made up a story about being assaulted by blacks (something we all know never happens) he would have been expelled, blacklisted from entry into any other university in the country a sued sixteen ways from Sunday. But this asshole just skates right by because being black makes him immune from the laws that any to everyone else.
he would have been expelled, blacklisted from entry into any other university in the country a sued sixteen ways from Sunday. But this asshole just skates right by because being black makes him immune from the laws that any to everyone else.
DeleteAs you alluded, an upside down world.
He's part of the protected class and can do no wrong.
ReplyDeleteYou got it. :)
DeleteHere's to hoping some good ol' strapping Iowa farm boys find the pile of vile protoplasm and stick a long bar up his arse and plant him in a corn field way in the back so he can play "scarecrow"...
ReplyDeleteHa! :)
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