Posted on 08/25/2018 3:10:41 AM PDT by hiho hiho
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A story about a white man urinating on a 5-year-old black child and calling her a racial slur was fabricated, police said.
Grand Rapids police and prosecutors late Friday, Aug. 24 said they determined the story was not valid and said no charges would be issued against a 60-year-old man arrested following the initial report on Wednesday.
Police said several children, all 7 or younger, were playing together sometime before 6 p.m. Wednesday when one of the children urinated on the 5-year-old girl.
Kent County prosecutors said the parents of the children, in talking with them, ultimately determined the children "concocted the story to avoid trouble."
"We appreciate the conscientiousness of the parents in bringing the matter to the attention of the police, and continuing to ask their children questions as new evidence was obtained," prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said the 60--year-old man had a "verifiable alibi" from other people who vouched for his whereabouts.
The allegations, when first reported late Wednesday, caused concern across the community and NAACP leaders on Friday said the incident should be considered both a hate crime and sex assault.
In the initial report, the children told police they were playing hide-and-go-seek along Courtney Street NW, just west of Tamarack Avenue, when a man urinated on the girl through a chain-link fence.
The suspect was a person who lived in the neighborhood and did odd jobs.
"The community and members of the media were understandably interested and concerned about the allegations, Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker said.
"But this is a prime example of why it's so important to wait until all the evidence has been gathered and the criminal investigation has been completed before jumping to any conclusions," he said.
Becker said the children involved with making the complaint were first interviewed by trained specialists with the Children's Advocacy Center, but they didn't admit the truth until later when their parents talked with them further.
he could be the creepo neighborhood guy that does not get the benefit of the doubt
But you have to give credit to at least one parent who delved further into their kid's story and let the police know it was false.
He could be.
I remember hearing back in the 60s that in the South, white folk didn't care how close blacks got, as long as they didn't get too big...while in the North, whites didn't care how big they got as long as they didn't get too close.
Been that way for a long time. Even that gray-haired grandmother raising her absent daughter's kids will teach them that ALL their problems are because of the white devils.
C'mon! The guy just avoided arrest! How much more consideration should he get? /s
The media lies about everything, all the time. "Reporters" are professional liars, who get paid piecework for their fabrications.
You are a cruel, cruel man to demand such a thing.
Please add me to the fake hate crimes list?
I’d be interested to know how many hoaxes have been proven false vs actual hate crimes. I’m betting 99% to 1%.
It's part of the culture, doncha know.
How in the world does one turn that around? Even if the progressives didn't encourage this behavior, it would take generations.
I agree, I dont have time to go out of my way to hurt another race of people. and even the people I know who dont like blacks don’t go out of their way to interact with blacks. and The few black people I interact with are decent husbands and fathers with wives and kids and grand kids and sons and daughter who are the same kind of teens everyone has. So yes, i agree, I believe most hate crimes are perpetrated by the person themselves. Or someone of the same race trying to scare someone for whatever reason. Or some mental midget with a grudge against another race looking for any reason to start a race war.
Duh.
I. ever fell for it. the story to me was B.S. from the start and I could have told you who peed on the little girl. and it wasn’t a 60y.o. white man. little boys do it to each other all the time. usually on the leg or foot. not on the head. Any guy on here who hasnt peed on their friend? sober or drunk?
I guess I should have known.
I remember working for Section 8. Four and Five year olds waiting for their mamas to finish their recertification decked out in their expensive nike running suits and sneakers were able to recite the latest rap tune flawlessly but when asked how to count to five and the alphabet, you got this glazed over look.
Also they were already adept at practicing their hate stare at any one who wasn’t shall we say “urbanesque.”
I used to live “in the hood” back in the early nineties. A nine year old kid who lived up the street from me took a leak right on my front yard and flower bed. I told him he could have asked to use my bathroom or used his own one block down. I made the mistake of saying “only dogs do that.”
He ran off to his Auntie and told her that I “called him a dog.” At that point it became a black vs white thing. The Auntie told me (a homeowner, she was a subsidized renter) that her nephew could piss anywhere he wanted to....that it was all public property and if I didn’t like it I should move out.
Gray haired at age 32?
I’m seeing a trend here. You can expect a surge in these fake stories between now and the election.
What are you talking about? I was just painting a verbal picture. Never mentioned age.
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