Robber cut face over McCain sticker on car

[MAGICBULLET]

Source: AP

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A woman robbed at knifepoint at a Pittsburgh ATM told police her attacker knocked her down and carved a "B" in her face after noticing a John McCain sticker on her car.

Police say the victim refused medical attention for the wound. An officer saw the injury, but a police report does not describe its size or severity.

Authorities say the woman is from Texas, but aren't identifying her.

Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Diane Richards says the woman was withdrawing money at 9 p.m. Wednesday when a man approached her from behind, put a knife to her neck and demanded money. She says she gave him $60.

The woman told police the robber then noticed the bumper sticker, punched her in the back of the head, knocked her down and carved a "B" on her face.


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I wonder whooooo in the world came up with this one?? There are rumors she works for the McCrazy campaign.

[CJCRANE]

1. It isn't a "B", it's a mirror-image of a "B" nt

[Warpy]

21. It also wasn't done with a knife

It looks self inflicted using a mirror and a dull pin, a paper clip, a fingernail, or some other object that irritates but does not break the skin.

This woman is a sicko. She's a white Tawana Brawley.

[JeanGrey]

62. I agree! That backwards "B" is a dead giveaway.

Nice try assholes.

[bulloney]

43. To get a backwards "B" that clear on her face, she'd had to have set still.

If she was attacked, she would have been shaking her head and moving all over the place to struggle away from her attacker.

Just sayin'.

[madville]

59. The image could have been flipped

Just sayin', the story still sounds thin as hell

[Taverner]

2. The fact that she won't seek medical attention is very telling

To me, it looks like she did it herself

[progressivebydesign]

5. what are the odds that a McCain worker from Texas would get assaulted that way in PA?

I mean... what are the odds???

[scytherius]

26. Agreed. That is what threw me. I mean, if it was a robbery, hope they catch the SOB, but

it sure is fishy.

[sam sarrha]

48. backwards cause she did it without a mirror... >>photo link>>

http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/23/politically-motivated-mutilation-real-or-hoax/

definitely not a "cut"

[Scairp]

66. Yes

When I read that she said she got the crap beaten out of her and a letter carved into her face, refusing a trip to the ER is deeply suspicious. I wonder if she realizes that ATM machines all have cameras and record things that happen in front of and around them. I think that's why the police are hedging when it comes to confirming her story. Sounds like they saw the tape and it didn't happen the way she claims.

[progressivebydesign]

3. from the stuff over in GD-P, she is in PA to work for McCain, there's a pic.

Frankly, looks like the guy who supposedly did this was... 1) using a fingernail, not a knife (there's no cut only scratch. 2) Writes backwards 3) Isn't clear that you would do an "O", not a "B" 3) Has remarkable penmanship considering he had already robbed her, and managed to do a perfect, backwards B on her face.,, with no other nicks or scratches.

Parlock comes to mind.

[devilgrrl]

4. Who did it to her? Morton Downey Jr.?

What a pile of B.S.!

[grantcart]

6. McCain supporter robbed, assaulted (sic)

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review

A knife-wielding man robbed a McCain-Palin campaign volunteer and etched a “B” into her face after he saw a McCain bumper sticker on the woman’s car, Pittsburgh police said.

Ashley Todd, 20, of College Station, Texas, was using an ATM at Liberty Avenue and Pearl Street in Bloomfield just before 9 p.m. Wednesday when a man approached her, put a knife to her throat and demanded $60, police said.

Todd handed the man $60 she had in her pocket and stepped away from him, investigators said. The man then noticed the bumper sticker on the woman's car, which was parked in front of the ATM. The man became very angry, made comments to Todd about John McCain and punched her in the back of the head, knocking her to the ground, police said.


"He continued to kick and punch her repeatedly and said he would teach her a lesson for supporting John McCain," said police Chief Nate Harper.

The man then carved the "B" into Todd's right cheek. Todd, who isn't familiar with the area, drove to a friend's house nearby and told her friend she wasn't sure of the exact location where the robbery took place but remembered a green sign above the ATM. The friend called police and the officer met them on Cypress Street in Bloomfield, police said.

Todd's friend offered to drive her back in the direction she came from to look at ATMs until she found the right one, police said. A police officer followed until Todd pointed out a Citizens Bank ATM at Liberty and Pearl, police said.

She declined medical treatment at the scene and said she would go to a hospital today.

Todd declined to comment.

"She is a volunteer for the McCain-Palin campaign," said campaign spokesman Peter Feldman. "Sen. McCain has reached out to her via telephone and has spoken to her and her family,” as has McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Feldman said. “Out of respect for her privacy we're not going to comment further."

Democrat Barack Obama's campaign released a statement saying: “Our thoughts and prayers are with the young woman for her to make a speedy recovery, and we hope that the person who perpetrated this crime is swiftly apprehended and brought to justice."

Police described the suspect as black, about 6-foot-4, and said he was wearing dark-colored jeans and a black undershirt.

The ATM has a security camera and investigators are trying to watch the video, police said.



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All of the activity was captured on the ATM camera - nope

The mugger got the money and ran away - nope

The mugger noticed her McCain shirt, button and hat - nope he happened to see a bumper sticker.

The woman was punched in the head, kicked and punched repeatedly and sought medical treatment - nope declined treatment.

The mugger then carved a bleeding ragged "B" on her face - nope a lightly traced perfectly formed backward "B" was perfectly written while the 'victim' struggled.

The victim received a bloody swollen black eye with damage to her face - nope see the pictures in GDP

[uppityperson]

22. Here is the picture of her. No. Way. is that a bruised eye.

[sarah FAILIN]

25. That is smeared mascara, nothing more

When is someone going to get on this and show it for the lie it is? Makes me mad...

[zelta gaisma]

41. what a moron....

*I* could do better drunk. it's NOT hard to cut a letter the right way around , even on your face come one sheesh, one little exacto knife and and 1/2 a brain (to remember the mirror makes the letter backwards). As for a black eye.... go into a bar before hand and get into a fight :P or run a door handle into your face...for real, I wonder if that would work...

[Raine]

54. I just saw a movie where a woman hit herself again and again

with freezer bag of ice cubes to get a black eye than claimed her married lover did it to her.

[sam sarrha]

51. boyfriend prob beat her up..

[Vattel]

32. funny,

in a mirror that "B" woould not look backwards. Maybe the robber used a mirror when he carved it onto her face. But why would he do that? Maybe he didn't want to look his poor victim in the eye. Yeah, that's the ticket.

[KamaAina]

55. Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review a/k/a Clinton-hater Richard Mellon Scaife's personal newsletter.

You remember Mellon Scaife from the "Arkansas Project", right? Well, he cobbled together a few suburban papers around the 'Burgh and created the "Pittsburgh Tribune-Review". It has about as much credibility as that martial arts fighter Kimbo Slice. :eyes:

[progressivebydesign]

7. Supposedly he said "I'll teach you to support McCain!" Yeah.. very plausible. n/t

[tabasco]

8. I love the smell of desperation.

Do they actually believe anybody's going to believe this shit?

LOL!

[bloomington-lib]

14. I bet there are people

who do believe this shit. Good thing dumb Republicans with their fearful mindset are the only ones that'll fall for it.

[KewlKat]

9. One thing that comes to mind on the backwards "B" thing

some gang use that symbol..........just a thought.

[GinaMaria]

23. Bob Barr?

[sam sarrha]

49. do it yourself.. it comes out backwards... >>LINK>>

http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/23/politically-motivated-mutilation-real-or-hoax/

not cut

[wordpix]

64. note it was a "dark-skinned man" who "did" it - another repuke plays the race card

The big bad black man did it! :puke:

[MAGICBULLET]

10. Could it have been a

(B)oston Red Sox fan ????

:shrug:

[Politicalboi]

11. I read on a post

At Huffington post that the B was backward which would mean self inflicted.

[jeepnstein]

12. It's a good shiner.

If McCain is smart they'll get her out of there and send her to some Caribbean Island with no internet or phone access. As it is, she'll probably be on Fox tonight telling her tale and making the talk show circuit this weekend. That is the last thing McCain needs right now is some poor little Young College Republican stirring up sentiment about being attacked by some anonymous black man. This will not end well even if it's true.

[lolly]

15. Here we go again

Remember that College Republican type who was assaulted by left winger (hit with a bottle of Orangina, of all things) by a bunch of mean ol' lefties? David Horowitch made him a cause celebre for a few days, featured him on his blog to show what evil thugs lefties were--then the police got suspicious, asked a few questions. It turned out that it was all made up.

[jeepnstein]

20. I remember it well...

That's why I'm saying that McCain needs to make this one just go away. He's letting every nut and bolt on his side of the fence take over his message far too often.

I know guys who like to use knives and are low enough to mug you. Her wound looks more like an eraser burn from junior high school.

[struggle4progress]

53. A fresh periorbital hematoma is usually reddish purple, turning blackish purple and then yellow as

the hemaglobin and other blood materials deteriorate and are reabsorbed

I'm not taking a stand on whether she was robbed or not, but it would be unusual for a bruise to blacken that quickly

[readmoreoften]

57. This is a good shiner?

No, that's halloween make-up.

This is a good shiner:




She forgot to add the swelling, but I guess that's a little difficult to pull off.

[jeepnstein]

71. This is a good comparison...

Photo 1 is our subject. Photo 3 shows a very fresh injury. The injury blackens at a fairly consistent rate but I cannot recall the time line, I'd have to check some reference materials. The guy in Photo 2 is somewhere in between because the shading will continue to spread on him. (edit. Struggle4Progress has a post above that is as good a definition of the injury as I've read in a while. Photo 2 is an old injury and Photo 3 is a fresh one.)

I believe it's a real black eye. It wasn't a serious beating because she doesn't have any burst blood vessels in her eye.

The letter "B"? I have questions about that and if I were taking the report I'd want a few answers. This incident has the potential to be very divisive and it deserves close scrutiny. The time line is everything in this case.

[scytherius]

13. A W a B or some other letter. Hope they find the scum. But what is sad . . .

is we now live in a society where my first thought was, "I wonder if this is a set up"?

[KayLaw]

17. I don't think there is a "scum" to find.

Come on. Have you seen her picture?

[sam sarrha]

50. ... here is the photo..>>LINK>>

http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/23/politically-motivated-mutilation-real-or-hoax/ not a cut

[wanpete]

16. this story is contrived. I bet money on it. no medical attention...hmmmm

[demodonkey]

18. A Brick was hurled through a McCain Headquarters window in Port Vue PA after the last debate...

I have family roots there and know the area well (near Pittsburgh.) And I highly doubt that this was done by any Obama supporter.

[LoKnLoD]

19. This smells

This smells like the Rove bullshit bugging of his own candidates office and then blaming the democrats for it back in Texas or where ever Turdblossom got started.

[DeadManInc]

24. My bullshit meter is going off the chart.

[fascisthunter]

27. Me Thinks She Scratched the "B" onto her own Face

That's why it's backwards and so damn legible...

[CGrantt57]

28. The Freepers are all over it.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113573/posts

It hit Drudge and then rocketed through Freeperville.

[brucefan]

33. Ha !

the threads been pulled.

[wordpix]

65. LMAO, bwahahaha

[Turbineguy]

29. OK all you robbers! Now listen up:

Most people who support McCain don't have any money, nor do they want any. They want to give their money to people who have plenty of money already and those people aren't hanging around ATM's.

And forget the Banks too.

Go steal a 150 foot yacht or something.

[Kingofalldems]

30. No blood?

That's strange, a little nick with a razor will cause a lot of bleeding.

[Indenturedebtor]

31. I think it was a dull butter knife with a sweater over the blade

Seriously though this is fucking rediculous. I've cut myself FAR worse than that with a piece of paper.

[HughBeaumont]

68. This chick is full'o bull paddies.

I carve pumpkins and work with Xactos and knives all of the time. Also, I cook quite a good deal. I cut myself a lot; it comes with the trade. That's no knife cut. The skin isn't even opened. Knifepoints do a hell of a lot more damage than that, even just with nicking. It's a scratch with a paperclip or a fingernail.

And as pointed out above, that's no black eye either.

This person isn't even brave enough to wound herself for her own photo-op.

Is there no low that they'll stoop to?

[blossomstar]

34. This is a crock of shit.

If someone did do this to her; it would be a freaking "O", what is the "B" about? Also, the B would NOT be backwards! This sick girl did this to herself. Oh my God, these people are totally rabid.

[Vattel]

35. moral of the story

she was too dumb to realize two things:

1. A "B" that appears normal in a mirror will actually be backwards.

2. She should support Obama.

[byronius]

36. Uh, I misread the story. I withdraw my comment.

[Bush h8ter]

37. crazy world

thats just not right.

[IsItJustMe]

38. A backward B. Stranger than fricking fiction it is. Mighty peculiar.

[appleannie1]

39. PGH PD are reinterviewing her. Saw it on the news.

[TerribleLarryDingle]

40. B for Bullshit.

[Snellius]

42. The photo may be flopped

The story is suspicious but the photograph could also be flopped so the B would appear backwards as if in a mirror. It would be interesting to know if the "attacker"(or the "victim") is right or left handed.

[louis-t]

44. I have a feeling

and I'm right 90% of the time, she will soon admit at least partial hoax.

[louis-t]

45. What needs to be verified:

Receipt from ATM, time/dated.
Let's see what security cam shows, and if her story starts changing to fit evidence.

[progressivebydesign]

46. TMZ reporting that Pittsburgh Police are having doubts about her story.

They're investigating it right now. She'd better hope she is telling the truth, cuz this will backfire on McPalin big time.

[TheCowsCameHome]

47. Hopefully the $60 went to the Obama campaign.

Bwahahahahahahaha.

[Judi Lynn]

52. Have NEVER heard of a robber sticking around to make a political statement in my LIFE.

The object would be to get the hell out of there and not go to jail.

I hate lies concocted by truly STUPID people.

Either it's one or the other. Either he saw the McCain sign and was driven to such heights of hatred he had no choice but to write "B" backwards on her face, to make it look as if she did it herself in the mirror, or he took the money and ran.

You've heard the expression "take the money and run." You've NEVER heard the expression, "Take the money, then take a knife and write the first initial of a Presidential candidate, very neatly, and backwards on someone's face, and THEN run."

[clspector]

56. I call

shenanagins...

[yardwork]

58. I already did that earlier today.

[bigworld]

60. Wonkette.com is all over this tonight.

with twitter pages, myspace pages, you name it.

[FM Arouet666]

61. I see a lot of knife wounds in the ER.

This story just does not sound right. The guy has a knife at her throat and makes this wound? Must be the dullest knife in the history of man kind. The level of violence just makes no since, he beats her up yet carefully makes a very shallow "B" wound to her face. Also, if he standing over her face to face why is the "B" a mirror image? Why demand only 60$? A thief will take everything you have. Makes no since.

Also, she is refusing medical attention. If I just had the shit kicked out of me I would go get checked out. Hope the ATM had a camera because without it I cannot believe this story is true.

[wordpix]

63. LMAO at the Zorro imagery. Sorry, can't help but lol

[Tulum_Moon]

67. The B is backwards

She did it in a mirror!

[MetaTrope]

69. If only all Republicans would disfigure themselves like that

That would make it easier to collect them for the labor camps later on.

[Robb]

70. Twitter blog pretty suspicious:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1080189/Young-Republican-claims-Obama-supporter-carved-letter-B-face-robbery.html

(snip)

She also left a somewhat unlikely trail of messages online leading up to the attack.

She started by writing: "This traffic in pittsburgh needs to go away!!!!" before adding:

"Stubbornly searching for a bank of america to avoid ATM fees."

She then wrote: "Pretty sure I'm on the wrong side of Pittsburgh" - even though she was in the financial area, not a rough part of town at all.

Later she wrote: "Oh the blog I will be making soon... Its been a rough night." And within hours she was already pressing campaign issues, writing:

"Thanks to everyone for your thoughts and prayers- I'm phonebanking so let's all work together and get John McCain elected."