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| Muslim College Student Who Lied About Trump Supporters Attacking Her On NY Subway Pleads Guilty |
| 2017-11-09 |
| [DailyWire] On Friday, Yasmin Seweid, 19, the Muslim college student at Baruch College who lied to police, telling them she had been harassed on the New York subway by white men who attempted to seize her hijab, pleaded guilty to falsely reporting an incident and disorderly conduct. Seweid had claimed the incident occurred on the No. 6 train on Dec. 1, 2016. She told The New York Daily News that three drunk white men screamed “Donald Trump!” and hurled anti-Islam slurs at her, then tried to rip her hijab off of her head. She stated, “I heard them say something very loudly, something about Donald Trump ... I also heard them say the word terrorist and I sort of got a little scared.” She added that they said, “Oh look, a (expletive) terrorist … Get the hell out of the country! You don’t belong here!” She said when she tried to ignore them, they pulled on her bag to get her attention and the strap broke. “That’s when I turned around and said ‘can you please leave me alone,’ and they started laughing,” she said. Days later, Seweid went missing, prompting a search for her. Seweid was arrested on December 14 on charges of filing a false report and obstructing governmental administration. Police sources stated Seweid lied because she didn’t want to get in trouble for breaking her curfew after being out late drinking with friends. In court, Seweid wrote an apology that was read by the prosecutor that read, "I was stupid. I plan to continue to find ways to better myself." She had already stated that she wasted police resources when she made the claim, which she made because she had missed her family’s curfew. Seweid must take six months of counseling and complete three days of community service. |
| Posted by:Bright Pebbles |
| #5 Prosecute her as if she had attacked a Muslim because the fear sent through the Muslim community (the justification for hate crime laws) was the same as if she had. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-11-09 14:56 |
| #4 "I was stupid. I plan to continue to find ways to better myself." Suicide vest? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-11-09 12:53 |
| #3 I wonder if her hair has grown out, or if her father has made her keep shaving her head as he did for her first day in court to show her shame -- though whether it was for sneaking around with a Christian boy or lying to everyone is not clear to me. Egyptian-American dads are tough. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-11-09 10:03 |
| #2 She should be punished as if she committed that crime. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-11-09 06:57 |
| #1 Seweid must take six months of counseling and complete three days of community service. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-11-09 05:46 |