Posted on 11/21/2016 2:12:34 PM PST by grundle
A Kirkland woman claims she was distraught over the recent election when she fabricated a story that she was sexually assaulted, according to Kirkland Police Department.
City staff received an email from a concerned citizen who saw a Facebook post by the woman. The woman wrote in the post that she was the victim of sexual assault in Kirkland.
She claimed that Kirkland police responded but would not investigate the case or file a report.
KPD’s investigation did not find a call in its dispatch center.
Investigators had no information on the writer of the Facebook post because the information was marked out on the email. When investigators finally found the woman on Thursday, they went to interview her at her workplace in Kirkland.
Police said the woman admitted during the interview that she had made up the story. She said she was not assaulted and Kirkland police were never called.
She said she posted the false claim because she was “distraught over the recent election.”
Donald Trump claimed victory on election night despite the West Coast’s overwhelming support for his Democratic challenger, Hillary Clinton. Locally,controversial measures were passed and new lawmakers were elected to office.
Kent police did not specify what in the election made the woman upset.
The department did not mention charges for the fabrication, but it wrote that such false reports can cast doubt on an agency's reputation.
It’s estimated that only 2 percent to 10 percent of rape reports are false allegations or are recanted, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.
KIRO 7 News’ media partners the Dayton Daily News talked to the executive director of a women’s empowerment group.
Executive director Kristin Shrimplin called false rape reports “concerning” because they can cause a rape victim not to come forward and file charges.
“It takes a lot of courage to stand up and say, ‘I’ve been sexually assaulted' out loud and to be believed,” Shrimplin said.
Thank you for not sticking this on your blog and taking credit for it.
Annnnnnnd ...... another one.
The thing is if there are this many people willing to make serious claims that are able to be checked out, think of how many people who make less serious claims that can’t really be checked out, such as “my boyfriend’s sister’s roommate said a guy in a Trump hat called me a racial slur”. It’s got to be up in the hundreds of thousands if not millions.
Ergo we get the media meme of a tsunami of “hate crime”.
Might as well make the lie good while you're at it.
Put her ass in jail for at least 1 Trump term!
Unexpected.
I’m wondering this after all the last 8 years - Do leftists EVER tell the truth anymore? Maybe the chemtrails they claim that the government is putting in the sky really does rot lefties brains and doesn’t affect righties for some reason.
Let me guess...Black Lies Matter?
I’d like to know the answer to that. If this thug wasn’t raped, the rape shield law shouldn’t apply.
“.......they went to interview her at her workplace....”
I love that part. LOL
“.......they went to interview her at her workplace....”
I love that part. LOL
Let's see, is there any other concern here? Anyone else who this might be a little inconvenient for... Anyone who's life might be ruined by a false allegation?
Hmm... Nope
Name withheld to protect the privacy of victims of fake sexual assault.
Oh yes, we all know, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So we will just have to go an treating it as if is were really, really, true.....
Lock this chick up and throw the book at her before she does more damage to someone’s character.
Charge her...falsely reporting a crime.
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