False report charge for girl in Athens (TX) school attack

KLTV.com ^ | 9 April 2008 | Unknown

[Moose4]

New developments today in the case of a supposed beating of a student from Athens ISD.

13 year old Melanie Bowers is having charges filed against her by Athens ISD today through the Henderson County District Attorney's office for filing a false report, said Athens ISD officials today.

Bowers had claimed that she was beaten and threatened by a group of students at Athens ISD last Friday for creating a protest sign saying, "If you love our nation, stop illegal immigration."

After the incident, administrators reviewed videotapes of the incident - which instead of showing students beating her, instead showed Bowers scratching herself on her arm. Some students reportedly threw her project into the trash, but no physical attacks or threats were substantiated.

[TheThirdRuffian]

Whatever.

She needs to go to juvie hall (or whatever they call jail for kids now).

[evets]

"It was a racist assault, a hate crime!"

Fake but accurate.

[Moose4]

I guess she fished her sign out of the trash can where they (allegedly?) threw it.

I hope she learns a valuable lesson out of this.

}:-)4

[Trailerpark Badass]

Charges filed against her, but not against Crystal Gail Mangum?

I guess drug-crazed strippers really are a protected class in modern America.

[Melas]

How about her father who saw the tape and said he understood why charges needed to be filed? Do you believe him?

[trumandogz]

After Melanie's accusations, administrators reviewed school survellience videotape of the incident - which, instead of showing students beating or attacking her, showed Bowers scratching herself on her arms, face, and neck, and walking through the halls of the school calmly long after she claimed the incident happened.

She is one sick little girl and should still be charged to the fullest extent of the law.

[sourcery]

False claims such as this should result in severe punishment—regardless of the politics.

[I see my hands]

Thanks for tagging me. I'll take the opportunity to learn to be less sloppy in the future.

[SunkenCiv]

Still, gotta finish the Fence.

[LongElegantLegs]

Her poor parents. At least they’re not trying to cover for what she did.

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999163/posts?page=29#29

[Dane]

Ugh. Just ugh. Stupid, stupid, STUPID girl for faking something like this.

She got her 15 megabytes of fame, and I notice the most strident posters on this thread washing their hands of this, although they are the ones who promote and thrive on this type of rhetoric(akin to al sharpton).

[mnehring]

Update,
The news is showing the video of the incident. You can see it here.
http://www.kltv.com/global/ad.asp?type=single&src1=loc&spct1=100&sz1=wnsz_53&cls1=News&rndNumOverride=91356500

It is pretty clear what happened, or I should say, didn't happen.

[BlackVeil]

Texas is having a good week!

Cases like this are why I always like to wait for confirmation on stories. One colorful story after another turns out baseless.

[DoughtyOne]

I agree. I stand back and watch the stories play out as well. If I comment early on, I try to couch it with the provision that all facts are as stated and don’t change.

[Grizzled Bear]

I notice the most strident posters on this thread washing their hands of this, although they are the ones who promote and thrive on this type of rhetoric(akin to al sharpton).

Back to using your old favorite word, I see.

Sorry Dane. Most of the FReepers I associate with are disgusted by this dumb girl's behavior. They want to see her punished much the same way they would demand a Soldier get punished for committing a genuine war crime.

The Sharpton's of the world would justify her lies.