This seems to be the go-to move for white criminals in distress. 23-year-old Eric Hunter Jones of Virginia is a convicted felon, which means he should not be handling a gun, but somehow he shot himself with a stolen gun at a motel. When police arrived, Jones told them that two black men were responsible.
Here are more details:
Detectives interviewed witnesses to try to identify a suspect and discovered Jones had shot himself. They searched the room he had been in and found a stolen gun. As a felon, Jones was barred from having any gun.
He was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, receiving stolen property, reckless handling of a firearm and filing a false police report.
He was taken to a hospital and later released into police custody. He was being held without bond. It was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer.
I think white criminals that invent imaginary black men to cover for their crimes continue to use this excuse because if there is one thing in America you can always count on, it’s racist fear of black people.
