It Wasn’t Racial: Police Say Victim Of KKK Attack Harmed Herself

October 24th, 2012 - By Brande Victorian

Source: Guardian Express

I have no idea what her motive was but according to Louisiana police, 20-year-old Sharmeka Moffitt who alleged three men set her on fire after writing the n-word and “KKK” on her car made the whole story up.

Local KSLA 12 news reports:

Winnsboro Police Chief Lester Thomas said Tuesday afternoon that authorities linked Moffitt’s fingerprints to a lighter and a bottle of lighter fluid found at the scene.

“The investigation (of) Ms Moffitt has revealed that this was not an attack but a self-inflicted incident that happened to her,” said Chief Thomas.

When Chief Thomas was asked about a motive, he said that remains unknown.

Sharmeka’s initial story when she called 911 Sunday at 8pm while walking a trail in Winnsboro park was that she had been doused in flammable liquid by three men wearing white hoodies. That’s now thought to be untrue. Regarding the writing on her car, police believe Moffitt used toothpaste to draw the KKK initials and racial slur on her vehicle.

The State Police are now turning their evidence over to the Franklin Parish District Attorney’s office who would be the one to bring charges against Sharmeka for falsifying her story. Though they haven’t yet announced whether they plan to do that, Franklin Parish Sheriff Kevin Cobb concurred with Chief Thomas’ conclusion that Sharmeka did indeed harm herself, based on the forensic evidence obtained.

“Basically we had to follow the facts,” he said during a press conference yesterday. “This was a disturbing case for all involved. All indications show this was a self-inflicted situation.”

For now, Sharmeka remains in critical condition in the Regional Burn Center at LSU Medical Center while her family is trying to digest the findings of the investigation. They said in a statement yesterday:

Our family is devastated to learn the circumstances surrounding our daughter’s injuries. While this was not the resolution we had expected, it is a resolution, and we appreciate the thorough investigation by the local and state police as well as federal agencies.

We are sincerely sorry for any problems this may have caused and wish to express our appreciation for the outpouring of love, prayers and support we have received from friends, acquaintances, church organizations and government officials.

Over the coming days and weeks, our focus will be on Sharmeka and her recovery.

Hopefully a mental evaluation will follow to give this young woman the help she needs because as Chief Thomas said in a news conference yesterday:

“Nobody knows, it could be you, it could be me, it could be one of our family members struggling like this.”

 

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  • Bianca

    To the person that said her “white knight” did this to her is a load of crap. Her finger prints were found on everything. Her “white knight” probably ended the relationship and she couldn’t bear the pain and wanted to retaliate. The girl needs help. A lot of women have hurt themselves because their man broke up with them.

    • get real

      If she tried to kill herself over “white daddy” then yeah she really is a mental case.

  • Candacey Doris

    Either it’s a coverup or she’s mentally ill. Either way this is messed up.

  • Island man

    I hope this young lady get the help she needs and have a speedy recovery. I post my thoughts on this topic earlier today but I guest it’s to positive for madamenoire to allow. Personally, I feel this was a selfish act done by this lady because all the legitimate attacks therefore are going to be question since this attack was self-inflicted. If you don’t believe me, just look at the comments on yahoo,the huffington post any news website pure hate towards this lady and BLACK PEOPLE. In addition, I would like to address the hate toward BM this article brought out yesterday when it was first post on this website by this anarchist feminist (1Val) and her goons who criticize the lack of responses by BM in particular.(so not true) This incident was fishy from begin but BM/BP still ask for justice for this lady.Stand United.

    • get real

      I agree but I don’t why they would question future attacks. This is the 3rd time where I can remember a black person (blk woman) lied and said a white boy attacked her. Tawana Brawley (who white men love to bring up when you are kicking their @ss in debates). The Duke Lacrosse case, now this. Now I can give you about 30 “the black man didn’t it” which came out to be lie cases.

      • Island man

        Exactly it’s only been three times but they bring it up every time a black person claim racism to down play the validity on their accusation.Some of these people dont care about the plethora of attacks that’s taken place against black people they only care about those fake attacks which is minuscule.

  • Machelle Kwan

    I hope all you black women who love vanilla ice cream realize what can happen to you when you cross that river. Those men are evil. This is all a lie and coverup.

    • KamJos

      Umm, a Black man just shot his wife in Wisconsin the other day….I don’t think you want to play that game, so don’t even start.

      • Niceman

        Are we keeping counts of inter-gender BM/BW crime statistic now?..Guess whose not?The majoirty? Ni&&a is NI%%a don’t matter if BW/BM.

    • Bianca

      You are out of your damn mind. And yes I love my vanilla ice cream because he is good to me. Why don’t you google the black man that barbecued his girlfriend!

  • Tamz

    I commented. That is crazy!! Not only should her physical health be prayed for but her mental health as well.

  • kierah

    Crazy is as crazy does…

  • iluvm

    The devil is doing his job. It is up to us to remain in the will of God so that we can overcome satans weapons. He has been using the same tricks for centuries. I will uplift her in my prayers.

  • Trisha_B

    She must have a mental illness. How could you inflect such pain like that on yourself then blame someone else?! smh

    • JaneDoe

      Not only on herself but she vandalized her vehicle before she torched herself with hate slurrs… She needs some serious help.

  • JaneDoe

    The story seemed fishy to me from the very beginning so I didn’t comment but now they are saying it was due to a failed relationship.. I hope thats not the case but either way at 20 yrs taking such extreme action behind anyone or any problem is a bit much. Pray she gets well and gets some help.

    • Shirl

      You took the words right out of my mouth…that’s exactly why I did not want to comment until after the investigation.

      • diggy.p

        I think I’m going to have to start doing the same thing because people out here are clinically insane and just waiting to be diagnosed.

    • It’sMe

      EXACTLY!! ME TOO!! I knew something seemed off but just wanted to wait until the investigation. The whole situation rang very “Helter Skelter” to me.

    • http://twitter.com/Nerdstradamas Kendra

      I felt the same way, a few details didn’t add up or wasn’t mentioned.

      Like: Once she was set aflame, how did she distinguish the flames? How did she reach her phone? I still want to know this…

      But this is an unfortunate event, and I don’t know what to believe at this point.
      I just hope everyone involved in investigating and releasing this story are credible/reliable.

    • Machelle Kwan

      Oh please. Her precious “white knight” did this to her. I will never believe she did this to herself. She was probably dealing with a married white man and was threatening his marriage in some way. He retaliated.

      • get real

        Lol. Now you know I’m hard on ‘white daddy” but I think this idiot did this to herself. Unless she comes out and make her case.

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