Combining elements of two of the most upsetting stories of the summer, a 15-year-old girl in Richmond, CA claimed this weekend that she was gang-raped, then admitted she had lied about it.

"I'm like 'We should call the cops because that's the right thing to do.' I didn't think about it twice." — Margarita Vargas, 18, who reported the gang-rape in Richmond while others simply watched [Crimesider]

At a rally at Richmond High School yesterday, a pastor read a statement from the victim of last weekend's horrific gang rape — she acknowledged her community's anger, but cautioned against letting violence beget more violence.

[Richmond, California; November 2. Image via Getty]