Here’s a recent Facebook post that started a raging controversy:
“I want to hatef*** Meg Lanker- so hard. That chick that runs her liberal mouth all the time and doesn’t care who knows it. I think its hot and it makes me angry. One night with me and shes gonna be a good Republican b****”
The comment was made on the University of Wyoming’s Facebook “UW Crushes” page, on which students anonymously confess their outrageous thoughts or deeds. (It’s not officially affiliated with the university).
Here is where it gets very interesting. The Blaze reports:
Meg Lanker-Simons reported the post to university administrators and campus police, telling the Laramie Boomerang that as a rape survivor this is “one of the worst things someone can threaten.”
On Tuesday, though, it was revealed by University of Wyoming Police Department that they had cited Lanker-Simons herself for the threatening post. In a separate article, the Laramie Boomerang reported police obtained a warrant to search the student’s computer and found substantial evidence verifying that the offending Facebook post came from Lanker-Simons’ computer, while the computer was in her possession.”
She has now been cited with a misdemeanor, the Laramie Boomerang reports. Meanwhile, spin on this thing is in full effect.
UW released a statement regarding the citation, the Boomerang reported.
“This episode has sparked an important discussion reaffirming that the UW community has no tolerance for sexual violence or violence of any type. The fact that the Facebook post apparently was a fabrication does not change the necessity for continued vigilance in reassuring that we have a campus where everyone feels safe. It’s important that this event does not undermine the progress that has been made in this area.”
Pamela Kandt, co-convener of the Episcopal Women’s Caucus and a Casper activist, told the newspaper this is a “classic case of blaming the victim” and that police have “bullied” Lanker-Simons.
“This is the worst episode of ‘Law & Order’ you can imagine,” Kandt told the paper. “I mean, my God, who would do this to herself?”
Who, indeed.
By the way, Lanker-Simons plans to plead not guilty, according to her lawyer.
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