Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
FBI suspends hate crime investigation of burn attack on boy
This story was all over the right wing blogs this winter. Looks like this kid and his family made this story up.
FBI suspends investigation into burn attack on boy
The FBI has suspended its investigation into whether a 13-year-old white boy was the victim of a hate crime when two black teenagers allegedly burned him as he walked home from East High School earlier this year.
A fireball burned the victim’s face and singed his hair in the Feb. 28 incident.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation wanted a specially trained investigator to interview the boy to determine whether the crime was partially or fully motivated by his race. If it was, federal authorities would have jurisdiction.
But the victim’s mother refused to allow her son to be interviewed. Because of that, FBI officials notified Kansas City police this week that they no longer were pursuing the case.
Kansas City police already had shut down their investigation into the incident because they had exhausted all their leads.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/06/26/3678042/fbi-suspends-hate-crime-investigation.html#storylink=cpy
The FBI has suspended its investigation into whether a 13-year-old white boy was the victim of a hate crime when two black teenagers allegedly burned him as he walked home from East High School earlier this year.
A fireball burned the victim’s face and singed his hair in the Feb. 28 incident.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation wanted a specially trained investigator to interview the boy to determine whether the crime was partially or fully motivated by his race. If it was, federal authorities would have jurisdiction.
But the victim’s mother refused to allow her son to be interviewed. Because of that, FBI officials notified Kansas City police this week that they no longer were pursuing the case.
Kansas City police already had shut down their investigation into the incident because they had exhausted all their leads.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/06/26/3678042/fbi-suspends-hate-crime-investigation.html#storylink=cpy