This latest hoax started on Nov. 16 on The Commons at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where, according toUMBC Police Chief Paul Dillon, “a student reported to a Commons staff member that an unknown male attempted to remove her hijab. UMBC Police are investigating, and the Division of Student Affairs is reaching out to students most directly impacted as well as shared governance leaders in our community.”
With “diversity” and “inclusion” being so strongly valued at UMBC, Dillon thought it necessary to inform the elect about the presence of heretics: “We believe it is important to alert our campus community about these divisive and hurtful occurrences.” After all, how else could campus Leftists feel that icy little thrill of fear of the lurking racists ready to brutalize them as soon as they were out of a lighted area under video surveillance?
After news of this incident hit campus, the Muslim Students Association was quick to respond: “It has come to our attention that yesterday a hate crime has occurred to a Muslim sister of ours on campus. As you can imagine, we are shocked, disgusted, and outraged that an event like this has occurred to one of our own sisters in Faith. As Muslims, our Faith requires us to stand up for Justice, especially for those who are constantly under oppression.”
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But as is so often the case, there wasn’t anything for Leftists or members of the Left’s favorite religion to fear at all, and yet again no sign of anyone being “constantly under oppression.” The College Fix reported on the Tuesday before Christmas that UMBC has ended its investigation of the incident, as video footage of the place where the assault was claimed to have taken place showed no sign of any such incident. Campus police officer Bruce Perry wrote in the police report that he and a detective “reviewed the camera footage of the area where this incident was reported to have happened. We watched from 5 pm up until the point it was reported to the Commons information desk. We did not [see] [redacted] on the footage during that time.”
Perry contacted the woman who had made the initial complaint and “asked her if [she] wanted to come in [and] give a statement about what happened. She indicated that she would come in and provide a statement if there is video of the incident.” However, she didn’t do so, and so lacking any further leads, UMBC ended its investigation.
Why are there so many fake hate crimes of this kind? The obvious answer is that they validate the Left’s view of the world. Reality certainly doesn’t do so, so some people try to force reality to fit their preconceptions. And in this age of absurdity, being a victim confers status, respect, and influence. That ensures that this silly non-incident at UMBC will not be even close to the last of its kind.
With “diversity” and “inclusion” being so strongly valued at UMBC, Dillon thought it necessary to inform the elect about the presence of heretics: “We believe it is important to alert our campus community about these divisive and hurtful occurrences.” After all, how else could campus Leftists feel that icy little thrill of fear of the lurking racists ready to brutalize them as soon as they were out of a lighted area under video surveillance?
After news of this incident hit campus, the Muslim Students Association was quick to respond: “It has come to our attention that yesterday a hate crime has occurred to a Muslim sister of ours on campus. As you can imagine, we are shocked, disgusted, and outraged that an event like this has occurred to one of our own sisters in Faith. As Muslims, our Faith requires us to stand up for Justice, especially for those who are constantly under oppression.”
Related: ‘Islamophobic Hate Crime’ in Virginia Turns Out to Be Fake
But as is so often the case, there wasn’t anything for Leftists or members of the Left’s favorite religion to fear at all, and yet again no sign of anyone being “constantly under oppression.” The College Fix reported on the Tuesday before Christmas that UMBC has ended its investigation of the incident, as video footage of the place where the assault was claimed to have taken place showed no sign of any such incident. Campus police officer Bruce Perry wrote in the police report that he and a detective “reviewed the camera footage of the area where this incident was reported to have happened. We watched from 5 pm up until the point it was reported to the Commons information desk. We did not [see] [redacted] on the footage during that time.”
Perry contacted the woman who had made the initial complaint and “asked her if [she] wanted to come in [and] give a statement about what happened. She indicated that she would come in and provide a statement if there is video of the incident.” However, she didn’t do so, and so lacking any further leads, UMBC ended its investigation.
Why are there so many fake hate crimes of this kind? The obvious answer is that they validate the Left’s view of the world. Reality certainly doesn’t do so, so some people try to force reality to fit their preconceptions. And in this age of absurdity, being a victim confers status, respect, and influence. That ensures that this silly non-incident at UMBC will not be even close to the last of its kind.
