An inaccurate social media post about Haitian immigrants eating cats in Springfield, Ohio, has led to real-life problems for two local women.
Erika Lee and Kimberly Newton are neighbors in Springfield, which has between 15,000 and 30,000 Haitian immigrants. After a backyard conversation, Lee posted on Facebook that Newton had informed her that a daughter’s friend saw her lost cat butchered and hanging from a tree, where Haitian neighbors “were carving it up to eat.”
