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A Muslim woman in Louisiana who told police she was attacked with a metal object and robbed of her headscarf and wallet by two men wearing Donald Trump clothing just hours after Trump was elected president admitted to police she made it up, Lafayette police told ABC News.
Police said they weren’t able to identify any suspects and that she declined medical treatment.
The report of the attack garnered national attention and elicited outrage from the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, which issued a firm rebuke of the attack, tying it to the anti-Muslim rhetoric of Trump’s campaign.
The student will be charged with a misdemeanor for filing a false police report, but will likely not face any jail time.
The Lafayette Police Department said that during the course of their investigation into the woman’s complaint, she “admitted that she fabricated the story about her physical attack as well as the removal of her hijab and wallet by two white males.
She really helped no one. Just a thought.
