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(132,004 posts) Thu Nov 5, 2015, 08:30 PM Nov 2015

Ben Carson Fabricated Violent Juvenile Past, CNN Investigation Suggests [View all]

Ben Carson Fabricated Violent Juvenile Past, CNN Investigation Suggests

Jordan Chariton at Yahoo

https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/news/ben-carson-fabricated-violent-juvenile-past-cnn-investigation-145104502.html?ref=gs

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On the campaign trail, the former neurosurgeon has recounted being an angry juvenile in his native Detroit — stabbing, throwing rocks at people, hurling bricks and beating others with baseball bats.

But through interviews with nine former classmates and friends, CNN was unable to verify any incidents supporting those claims.

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One former classmate told the network: “I don’t know nothing about that… it would have been all over the whole school.” Another classmate
told CNN, “I personally do not have knowledge of those incidents… I wondered, ‘When did that happen?'”

A former friend of Carson said if he was as big a hothead as he described, it wouldn’t be a secret.”He got through his day trying not to be noticed… I remember him having a pocket saver. He had thick glasses. He was skinny and unremarkable.”

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Ben Carson Fabricated Violent Juvenile Past, CNN Investigation Suggests [View all] applegrove Nov 2015 OP

Ben is a real goofy man. Very very goofy. randys1 Nov 2015 #1

I look for him to say that he use to be Amish before becoming a Quaker. B Calm Nov 2015 #14

Walter Mitty Carson olegramps Nov 2015 #16

why do we let MSM owned by the oligarchy take our focus daybranch Nov 2015 #52

What is wrong with the folks on the right, that the way to gain popularity with them Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #2

Because if you can be on the side of the bully, OnyxCollie Nov 2015 #6

The Grover Dill party. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2015 #9

Yeah But Look What Happened To Grover ProfessorGAC Nov 2015 #15

I thought.. cannabis_flower Nov 2015 #35

Neither being a liar nor a crazy psychopathic felon are major problems for Republican candidates. nt lumberjack_jeff Nov 2015 #7

That is what I find most disturbing. smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #29

Because most republicans were juvenile psychopaths. He is trying to gain voters. Rex Nov 2015 #39

He probably convinced himself sharp_stick Nov 2015 #3

I have to agree.. VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #11

That being the case, VWolf Nov 2015 #17

YES bravenak Nov 2015 #51

So he lied about being a crazy violent felon? n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2015 #4

Hey, it makes for a dramatic "How I came to Jesus" story... JHB Nov 2015 #13

This is both funny and sad. yardwork Nov 2015 #5

it's more about having the christian redemption story to appeal JI7 Nov 2015 #10

he wants people to believe he overcame being one of THOSE people Skittles Nov 2015 #41

Just look at his house, I mean, his shrine to himself. valerief Nov 2015 #46

he made up the story about guy with gun JI7 Nov 2015 #8

Only one thing about this character is real. hifiguy Nov 2015 #12

But wait! MyOwnPeace Nov 2015 #18

I think Carson is just playing with us. RichGirl Nov 2015 #19

What about his story that he almost attacked his mother with a hammer? Glimmer of Hope Nov 2015 #20

Fabricated erpowers Nov 2015 #21

so this was all a ruse to make him seem more appealing? thesquanderer Nov 2015 #22

He's such a calm person. Why would fundies all these years just ASSUME he used to be a thug? Bucky Nov 2015 #23

After the most egregious bottom feeders chapdrum Nov 2015 #24

This guy lies for the sake of lying NastyRiffraff Nov 2015 #25

why would anyone do this? stage left Nov 2015 #26

Simple: A black man attacking Obama is nirvana for them. nt ErikJ Nov 2015 #45

Carson Says He did Those Things, If So, They Were Crimes, So Of Course, No One Else NonMetro Nov 2015 #27

Ben Carson Fabricated Violent Juvenile Past, CNN Investigation Suggests tcbrola Nov 2015 #28

What HASN'T Ben Carson lied about? Lionel Mandrake Nov 2015 #30

Christian redemption stories of quiet nerd to quiet brain surgeon aren't that interesting alcibiades_mystery Nov 2015 #31

+1 applegrove Nov 2015 #32

yup he grew up where people knew each other and adults all looked out for JI7 Nov 2015 #33

+1. DawgHouse Nov 2015 #36

LOL kwolf68 Nov 2015 #42

CORRECT Skittles Nov 2015 #43

been arguing all night with local Carson supporters. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2015 #34

I guess this means they are going to have to move his autobiography to the fiction section. nt cstanleytech Nov 2015 #37

Repukes are such horrible people, the only way to get creds with them is to have a horrible past. Rex Nov 2015 #38

geesh, just being a poor kid who became head of J. Hopkins pediatric neurorsurgery is enough wordpix Nov 2015 #40

Publisher told him, "Ben, come back when u got something exciting to tell...... ErikJ Nov 2015 #44

wonder why he Fabricated & is not proud about how well he actually did as a youth in a poverty sit Sunlei Nov 2015 #47

The fake aggression story is important to his political pitch because... hay rick Nov 2015 #49

He has zero machoismo "cred" with repukes. GOLGO 13 Nov 2015 #48

Maybe he's trying to get votes from republican jailbirds. Turbineguy Nov 2015 #50