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Meriadoc · 4131 days ago · link · · parent · post: 15 Years Later, Tawana Brawley Has Paid 1 Percent Of Penalty : The Two-Way : NPR
I know this is a subject that people love to jump on Sharpton and women in general for, but it's just a sad case for everyone involved. Sharpton actually believed her because he had no reason not to-- these inhuman rapes happen all the time, unfortunately. He really has nothing to apologize for, he simply was tried helping a young victim of rape and hate crimes, not matter how angry he was. I always thought there was a reason why she made it up, as though she was afraid of something more than 'being out late', but I refuse to defend her because no matter what it was a terrible thing to do, but it's caused all sorts of misogyny and MRA's yelling about false rape accusations.