Politicians are too eager to jump on the accusation bandwagon.
And they have nothing to lose. If it turns out to be false, everyone will forget about it and move along to the next accusation.
A racially-motivated attack in which a schoolgirl claimed a man tried to cut off her hijab has turned out to be a hoax, Toronto police concluded.
Quelle surprise.On January 12, an 11-year-old Canadian Muslim girl reported that a man tried to cut off her hijab with scissors as she walked to school with her brother. The story swept the nation with widespread attention on traditional and social media.
It even prompted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to tweet an official statement:
The mayor of Toronto, John Tory, also commented about the incident on Twitter:
Via AOS