Virginia Girl Recants Story of Boys Cutting Off Her Dreadlocks
Posted on AllSides September 30th, 2019
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It was a story bound to unleash a storm of news coverage: A black 12-year-old girl reported that three white boys had pinned her down in a school playground and cut off her dreadlocks.
It was the same private Christian school in Virginia where the vice president’s wife was a part-time teacher, which only fueled the social media outrage.
The police said they were investigating. The girl and her family gave interviews to TV networks and newspapers.
But in a matter of days, the story fell apart.
On Monday, the...
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