Police Arrest Woman Who Reported Hate Crime
Political activism goes too far when you try to create a false event - other than the cause it purports to serve, there’s little difference between this stunt and the stunts that James O’Keefe pulls for the far right. All are based on exaggerations and lies and they are a disservice to their causes.
In the arrest warrant, investigators say they found no sign of a struggle in the living room where Rogers said she fought her attackers as they ripped off her clothes and zip tied her hands and feet.
Rogers told police one man held her down while another cut derogatory words into her arms and abdomen, sliced a cross into her chest and cut the front of her thighs and shins, the warrant states.
“There was no apparent blood on the bedspread, even though Ms. Rogers reported she was rolled on to her stomach after she had been cut on her arms, abdomen, chest and front of her legs while being held down,” according to the warrant.
And a forensic pathologist called in by the FBI, which assisted in the investigation, said she believes Rogers made the cuts herself or that they were done with her permission.
The cuts are superficial and symmetrical, avoided sensitive areas of the body and would’ve taken considerable time to inflict, pathologist Michelle Elieff said in the warrant.
“The lines were too straight to be made during a struggle,” Lincoln Police Chief Jim Peschong said during a Tuesday afternoon news conference.
Police found a pile of clothes, white knit gloves and a red box cutter on the living room floor. Rogers said the gloves were not hers, but DNA testing determined she was “the major contributor” of DNA inside of them, the warrant states.
Investigators discovered that the white knit gloves, zip ties, blades and a red utility knife were purchased July 17 at a hardware store on 27th Street. During one of four interviews Rogers had with investigators, she said she shops at that store.
Investigators then showed a store clerk a photo lineup, and the clerk identified Rogers as the person who probably bought the items, the arrest warrant states.
Police also matched bar codes from the items at Rogers’ house with the ones purchased from the hardware store July 17, Peschong said.