Post by OffTheBoatPsycho on Jan 16, 2018 21:39:14 GMT
On Monday afternoon, the prime minister said he was relieved that the incident hadn't in fact taken place.
Pugash said police don't know how the story escalated. He stressed it's "quite rare" for someone to make false allegations of this type, and said he hopes it will not discourage others from coming forward.
In a brief statement, the school board said it is "very thankful that this assault did not in fact happen.
"We won't be commenting further." Big surprise.
Sabreena Ghaffar-Siddiqui, a researcher at Hamilton's McMaster University who focuses on hate crimes against Canadian Muslims, said her initial reaction to news that the incident did not happen was concern that it might eclipse real hate crimes.
"Hate crimes toward Muslim people are real," she said. "I have heard stories of Muslim girls having their hijab pulled off their head, pushed, thrown to the ground. These are real stories ... and the reaction that we got from the government and leaders needs to still be there."
Yep, so real you have to make them up.
Pugash said police don't know how the story escalated. He stressed it's "quite rare" for someone to make false allegations of this type, and said he hopes it will not discourage others from coming forward.
In a brief statement, the school board said it is "very thankful that this assault did not in fact happen.
"We won't be commenting further." Big surprise.
Sabreena Ghaffar-Siddiqui, a researcher at Hamilton's McMaster University who focuses on hate crimes against Canadian Muslims, said her initial reaction to news that the incident did not happen was concern that it might eclipse real hate crimes.
"Hate crimes toward Muslim people are real," she said. "I have heard stories of Muslim girls having their hijab pulled off their head, pushed, thrown to the ground. These are real stories ... and the reaction that we got from the government and leaders needs to still be there."
Yep, so real you have to make them up.
