I've read several articles and watched several videos about this. Why doesn't the lawyer ever explain, in more detail, how she misinterpreted the situation?
There's probably a statute on filing false reports that has a punishment cap. Which isn't bad, given that police sometimes make mistakes and charge DV and sexual assault victims with filing false reports when really those crimes are just really really hard to prove.
I'd call filing a false report because of racism a hate crime, though.