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Anyone Remember "Backwards 'B' Girl"? (Original Post) Skraxx Aug 2012 OP
Something's not quite right sadbear Aug 2012 #1
what is it ? JI7 Aug 2012 #2
I hear ya... alpizzy Aug 2012 #3
The two cases aren't all that alike RZM Aug 2012 #4
 

RZM

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4. The two cases aren't all that alike
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 10:52 PM
Aug 2012

'Backwards B' was a classic hoax, a la Tawanna Brawley. She made up bullshit out of thin air and got called on it.

But the shooting at the FRC wasn't a hoax. It really happened. Corkins really was involved in an altercation where there were witnesses. He really was there and he really did shoot that guard (allegedly, of course).

I think what you're implying is that he was put up to it. I find that very unlikely. A nutjob with a gun is a lot more plausible than dark forces possibly exposing themselves to criminal charges in order to gain sympathy for the FRC.

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