Keyon Harrold: Jazz trumpeter says son assaulted after false theft accusation

 

Keyon Harrold said the incident had "traumatised" his son / GETTY IMAGES

 

An investigation has been launched after a 14-year-old black teenager was allegedly assaulted by a white woman who falsely accused him of stealing her phone in a hotel lobby in New York.

 

Grammy award-winning trumpeter Keyon Harrold posted a video online showing the woman, who has not been identified, repeatedly shouting at him and his son.

 

Mr Harrold said the incident had "traumatised" his son.

 

Mayor Bill de Blasio said: "This is racism. Plain and simple."

 

Full Story: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55473125

 

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Oh dear.

Always interesting when the victim is identified, and the perpetrator remains anonymous.

 

Curious.

 

 

 

NYPD Identifies Woman Who Falsely Accused Black Teen Of Stealing Her Phone

 

The woman who attained viral infamy this week for falsely accusing a Black teenager of stealing her iPhone has been identified by the NYPD, according to a police spokesperson, and could face charges ranging from assault to grand larceny.

 

Police have not yet apprehended the woman, and the department is declining to release her name publicly. But according to Sophia Mason, an NYPD spokesperson, the suspect "has been positively identified and detectives are endeavoring to locate her."

 

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