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| Student Pleads Not Guilty To Fabricating Attack |
| 2008-11-19 |
| A former Elmhurst College student who claimed she had been attacked on campus because she is a Muslim pleaded not guilty Monday to falsifying a police report. Safia Jilani, 19, was charged with felony disorderly conduct for allegedly telling police she had been attacked by a masked gunman on Oct. 9 after speaking at a diversity rally at the private, west suburban college. Authorities ultimately concluded Jilani concocted that story and filed the criminal charge against the sophomore, who has since been expelled from the college. Her attorney said Jilani is "in treatment'' but wouldn't disclose any details, though he said that could have some bearing on the case against her. "I just hope the public withholds judgment on her actions until all the facts are known and all her treatment is done," defense attorney Terry Ekl said. Police said Jilani told investigators she was attacked in a school restroom by a gunman after she found anti-Muslim graffiti scrawled on a mirror there. Jilani, who has no prior criminal history, is free on bail. She left the brief hearing without commenting. She faces a maximum 3-year prison sentence if convicted, though she also is eligible for probation. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #8 EU, Ya read it wrong. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2008-11-19 17:42 |
| #7 Authorities ultimately concluded Jilani concocted that story and filed the criminal charge against the sophomore, who has since been expelled from the college. The sophomore was expelled??? Has he since been reinstated? Or is this gonna be like Duke University where the young men are guilty until proven innocent? If I was a reporter I wouldn't want to leave such a big, obvious question unanswered. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-11-19 15:48 |
| #6 As has been repeated by the race industry charging someone for a crime is not enough. Racism is equal to terrorism in that the effects are designed to effect farther than the immediate target. She will probably be charged with filing a false report, in addition to that she should have every hate crime law that applies, otherwise the hate crime laws shoudl be stricken as racist themselves (being designed only to work against whites). |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-11-19 14:16 |
| #5 Yup. College did the right thing. We don't have the details as to how they figured it out, but it's generally a good bet that whenever a student or academic person claims to have been attacked, for found a noose, or found hate symbols on their door, etc., etc., etc., it's a fabrication. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-11-19 13:23 |
| #4 Authorities ultimately concluded Jilani concocted that story and filed the criminal charge against the sophomore, who has since been expelled from the college. Y'all missed this completely |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-11-19 12:29 |
| #3 Her actions should be tried as a hate crime. Her lies made other Muslims nervous about their safety when no nervousness was warranted. Her actions made whites and others feel guilty when such guilt was unwarranted. The effects of her lie are as bad as if it had been an actual hate crime so she should be tried. That would help put an end to the stream of fake hate crimes and when the number of anti-Muslim hate crimes drops to near zero the lie that the US is anti-Muslim will die as well. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-11-19 12:12 |
| #2 Her attorney said Jilani is "in treatment'' but wouldn't disclose any details It it isn't waterboarding she was misdiagnosed. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-11-19 09:08 |
| #1 "treatment" as in "quit lying you attention whore"? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-11-19 08:45 |