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Authorities: Gay slur carved into Utah man's arm was staged
Yahoo News ^ | June 30, 2015 | LINDSAY WHITEHURST

Posted on 06/30/2015 10:52:59 PM PDT by InMemoriam

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who reported someone beat him and carved a homophobic slur into his arm staged the attacks, authorities in rural Utah said Tuesday.

Millard County Sheriff Robert Dekker said Rick Jones, 21, could face charges after officers investigating the series of reported attacks found inconsistencies in the evidence. The Delta man eventually acknowledged faking the harassment, Dekker said.

Brett Tolman, an attorney for Jones, said the reports were a cry for help initially directed toward people close to him, and Jones didn't realize how much attention they would get.

"I think it's such good evidence of the difficulties members of the gay community deal with, and some make better choices than others," Tolman said.

Jones has since begun mental health treatment, the lawyer said.

The purported attacks began with a beating at his family's pizza business in April that left Jones with head and facial bruising.

Five days later, the family's home was found spray-painted with a homophobic slur. On June 10, a rock and a molotov cocktail were thrown through the window of the home. That same day, the business was spray-painted, broken into and robbed of $1,000.

Jones told KSL-TV earlier this month he believed he was targeted because he is gay.

Dekker said prosecutors are considering possible charges including filing a false report and reckless burning.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: 201506; dumbass; fake; fakebutaccurate; fakehatecrimes; gaystapo; homophobia; homosexualagenda; liberalagenda; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; obamanation; utah; yesterday
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To: Organic Panic

“Fake but accurate”


21 posted on 07/01/2015 4:01:40 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: InMemoriam
That almost never always happens.
22 posted on 07/01/2015 4:18:03 AM PDT by mykroar ("Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck)
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To: InMemoriam

If you can’t find someone to actually oppress you, make it up!


23 posted on 07/01/2015 6:14:49 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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To: InMemoriam

Just noticing that he perpetrated more (and much worse) than self-mutilation while peddling the false accusations.


24 posted on 07/01/2015 6:18:20 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: InMemoriam
It's not worth the trouble to back-track through all my posts, but, I called this one exactly this way when the scam first surfaced.

These "slurs" are almost always carved so that the "victim" can read them -- not the "attacker". Such fakers are apparently incapable of writing right-to-left and upside down to make their scam credible. Instant bust!

25 posted on 07/01/2015 6:39:53 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias... "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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To: dfwgator

well, SOME of them are.


26 posted on 07/01/2015 6:45:53 AM PDT by QualityMan (Don't Tread on Me)
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To: InMemoriam
A man who reported someone beat him and carved a homophobic slur into his arm staged the attacks, authorities in rural Utah said Tuesday.

Millard County Sheriff Robert Dekker said Rick Jones, 21, could face charges after officers investigating the series of reported attacks found inconsistencies in the evidence. The Delta man eventually acknowledged faking the harassment, Dekker said.


Oh, you faked this episode? What a surprise.
27 posted on 07/01/2015 6:50:10 AM PDT by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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To: InMemoriam

The entire homo argument, from these fake crimes to their court cases, are one big hoax.


28 posted on 07/01/2015 6:51:01 AM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: InMemoriam

Let me guess, the slur was carved so that it would appear upside-down when read by anybody, like that black girl a few years ago that carved KKK onto her own chest.


29 posted on 07/01/2015 6:37:35 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Death before disco.)
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