HERE WE GO AGAIN:
Michigan Woman Pleads
Guilty to Perpetrating Trump
Hate Crime Hoax
A 21-year-old woman in Ann Arbor, Michigan, saw her story about a violent
“hate crime” committed by a Trump supporter fall apart—and now, she’s
to one charge of filing a false police report.
On November 15, a week after the presidential election, Bass scratched up
On November 15, a week after the presidential election, Bass scratched up
her face—and then reported to police that she had been physically attacked
by Trump supporters. In pleading guilty, she admitted she made the whole
thing up.
“I was suffering from depression at the time,” Bass explained to the judge,
“I was suffering from depression at the time,” Bass explained to the judge,
Elizabeth Pollard Hines. “I made a superficial scratch on my face. It was
visible and I was embarrassed about what I’d done. So I made up a story
and told a friend that a stranger had done it while I was walking. I was
encouraged to report it to the police. I made the mistake of doing that.”
Bass claimed in her police report that, while she walked to a local movie
Bass claimed in her police report that, while she walked to a local movie
theater, a Trump supporter jumped out and slashed her face with a safety
pin—allegedly targeting her because she wore an anti-Brexit solidarity pin.
She described her attacker as a forty-five-year-old white man.
However, when police—who thought Bass’s story sounded “over the top” to
However, when police—who thought Bass’s story sounded “over the top” to
begin with—began investigating, the charade fell apart when they couldn’t
find Bass on any security footage from the street where the attack allegedly
took place.
Bass later admitted she made the whole thing up—and that she slashed her
Bass later admitted she made the whole thing up—and that she slashed her
face because she wanted a reason to be victimized, after a discussion in a
women’s literature class that left her “scared."
"It was more like I wanted a concrete reason to be scared then to just talk,
"It was more like I wanted a concrete reason to be scared then to just talk,
I guess,” she explained.
Bass will be sentenced on March 22. She faces up to 93 days in jail and/or
Bass will be sentenced on March 22. She faces up to 93 days in jail and/or
a $500 fine.
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