So the media in Toronto has been going crazy the last few days over the story of an 11 year old Muslim girl who said that she was attacked by a man on the way to school last week. She said that he came up twice began cutting her hijab off with scissors.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/police-school-hijab-1.4484501
The only witness was her brother. Her mom (pictured below) was at her side at the press conference.
Something about this wasn't right. I'm very familiar with the area, the idea that nobody would have witnessed this at 830 in the morning is stretching credulity - it's a busy area. And she's holding a press conference like an hour after it happened from her classroom? Have you ever heard of something like this? An underage victim with her name and face plastered all over the media, within 2 hours of the alleged crime taking place. I've never seen anything like that.
Almost immediately, all 3 levels of government here weighed in. Mayor Tory, Premier Wynne, and of course:
Violent crime happens every day in this city, province and country but
this was such a big deal that they all had to signal their virtue - as soon as possible.
Well, the other shoe has dropped:
Alleged attack on hijab-wearing girl didn’t happen: Police
https://www.cp24.com/news/alleged-attack-on-hijab-wearing-girl-didn-t-happen-police-1.3759908
Interesting to note how the CBC is framing it with their headline:
Toronto police say attack on 11-year-old girl in a hijab did not happen as reported
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/scarborough-hijab-attack-1.4487716
"As reported" lmao, it's still real to them. I thought this was too convenient, coming as we're waiting for the M-103 recommendations to come back from the Heritage Committee. And her story was obvious bullshit: how do you cut a hijab off a struggling girl without hurting her?? The real question here is who put her up to it.