Michigan student's hijab 'set on fire' threat after election didn't happen
Days after the election, news outlets reported that a man near the University of Michigan campus threatened to set a Muslim student's hijab on fire unless she removed it, and the story was framed as part of a post-election wave of hate incidents.
The report fed the narrative of a surge in hate crimes by emboldened Trump supporters.
What was reported
Days after the election, news outlets reported that a man near the University of Michigan campus threatened to set a Muslim student's hijab on fire unless she removed it, and the story was framed as part of a post-election wave of hate incidents.
What actually happened
The university issued a campus alert and officials condemned the reported ethnic intimidation. In December, Ann Arbor police said the incident did not occur, citing inconsistencies in the student's statements, witness accounts and a lack of any surveillance footage. They referred the false report to county prosecutors.
The proof
Ann Arbor Police Department's December 2016 finding that the report was false.
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Michigan student's hijab 'set on fire' threat after election didn't happen — Debunked. Ann Arbor Police Department's December 2016 finding that the report was false. Full file: https://www.thepropagandafiles.com/case/ann-arbor-hijab-fire-threat-false/
Original reporting
- WDIV ClickOnDetroit: Woman forced to remove hijab after man threatens to set her on firehttps://clickondetroit.com/news/woman-forced-to-remove-hijab-after-man-threatens-to-set-her-on-fire-in-ann-arbor
Corrections, findings & records
- CNN: No evidence for Michigan student's hijab story, police sayhttps://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/12/22/us/michigan-student-hijab-incident-no-evidence
- CBS Detroit: Alleged threat to Muslim U-M student after Trump win untruehttps://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/police-alleged-threat-to-muslim-u-m-student-after-trump-win-untrue/
- Michigan Public: Police say alleged hate crime didn't happenhttps://www.michiganpublic.org/news/2016-12-21/ann-arbor-police-say-alleged-hate-crime-didnt-actually-happen
Archived copies
Stories get edited after publication. These open the Internet Archive's earliest saved copy of each original.
- Archived copy: WDIV ClickOnDetroit: Woman forced to remove hijab after man threatens to set her on firehttps://web.archive.org/web/2/https://clickondetroit.com/news/woman-forced-to-remove-hijab-after-man-threatens-to-set-her-on-fire-in-ann-arbor