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Virginia Student Admits She Lied About Classmates Cutting Off Her Locs

Virginia Student Admits She Lied About Classmates Cutting Off Her Locs

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Oct 01, 2019
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A12-year-old Virginia girl who accused her white classmates of pinning her down and cutting her dreadlocks admitted that she made up the story, her family’s attorney and the school announced.

Amari Allen, a student at Immanuel Christian School in Springfield, Virginia, initially claimed three fellow sixth graders attacked her during recess on September 2…

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