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There is no dispute that Zach Tennen was seriously injured early Sunday. But witnesses interviewed by detectives have not confirmed Tennen's account that he was attacked after revealing he's Jewish, East Lansing police Capt. Jeff Murphy said.

Police also have no evidence that Tennen's mouth was stapled as he maintains, Murphy said.

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Murphy said Tennen felt a wire in his mouth that he believed was a staple.

"We haven't found anything about staples. ... This was one punch to the mouth," the police captain said.

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Good to see someone was on this one before I saw it.

Short story (from various sources): he drunkenly provoked another drunk, who gave him a single [undeserved] shot to the jaw. A couple people put frozen veggies on his jaw, put him in a cab, and sent it to the hospital. No Nazis, no extended beat down while witness did nothing, no anti-semitism, no mouth stapling.

He is the victim of assault and battery. He's also a liar, possibly to belatedly save face (multiple puns intended).

The Anti-Defamation League actually withdrew its statement on this being a "hate crime..."

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“Police also have no evidence that Tennen’s mouth was stapled as he maintains, Murphy said.”

Well,,,, with my experience with staplers,,,, the kid would have to have really, really thin lips for them to be stapled shut.