Cops Eye Inconsistencies in Alleged McCain Campaign Worker Attack

[jmichna]

Malkin:

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Why that McCain volunteer’s “mutilation” story smells awfully weird; Update: Police to administer polygraph; conflicting evidence at scene
By Michelle Malkin • October 23, 2008 06:43 PM

Scroll down for updates…”Police planned to administer a polygraph test to Ashley Todd, 20, because her statements about the attack conflict with evidence from the Citizens Bank ATM where she claims the incident occurred, police said”…and more below on following her MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook trails…10/24…more fishiness

Throughout my career, I’ve covered dozens of fake hate crimes — campus hate crime hoaxes, Muslim hate crime hoaxes, fake noose hangings, etc., etc., etc. Most were perpetrated by liberals, but there have been some shameful ones on our side of the aisle as well.

I’ve reported on the great lengths that warped attention-seekers have gone to in perpetrating fake hate crimes, including beating themselves up, carving swastikas on their dorm room doors and walls, locking themselves in bathroom stalls, and burning down their own houses.

Which is why I’m not jumping up and down with outrage over Drudge-promoted story of a McCain volunteer claiming to have been attacked by a black man whom she accused of carving a “B” in her face after spotting her McCain bumper sticker.

She refused medical treatment after reporting the incident to police. Why on earth would she do that?

Look at her face (photo via Hot Air):

What’s wrong with the “B?”
I share my reader Kathy’s suspicions on this. She writes:

Notice how the “B” is backwards on the right cheek……if you were looking in a mirror and put it on your own face…it would appear backwards and would probably be on your own right cheek (due to most folks are right handed)……she put it on her own face but forgot it would show up backwards.
She may have been robbed and beaten but I think she added the “B”….
Take a close look at the picture.

Maaaaybe the alleged robber straddled her upside-down while carving it into her face.
Maybe.
But I’ve got my doubts.
(Update: And yes, as many readers have pointed out, it’s also the neatness and superficiality of that “B” that also raises red flags. See my police officer reader’s e-mail below.)

The woman has been identified as GOP volunteer Ashley Todd of Texas. Her Twitter page is here and I find it, well, odd.

This seems to me to have shades of Paul Mirecki (note that there was a photo in that case, too), Sarah Marshak, and Tawana Brawley all over it.
If I’m wrong, I’ll apologize. If I’m right, will this woman?

It needs to be said — and since it is not said often enough by those on the other side of the political aisle, I’ll say it again:

We have enough low-lifes and thugs in the world running loose and causing campaign chaos and fomenting hatred without having to make them up. I’ve been blowing the whistle on the real, left-wing rage not on the front page and in-your-face tactics throughout the election season.
Hate crimes hoaxes — by anyone, of any political persuasion, and of any color — diminish us all.

Either way, I hope that Todd gets the help she needs, that the whole truth comes out, and that justice is served on the perpetrator.
Whoever he or she may be.
***
Ace weighs in.
And from a reader who is a police officer:

“I’m a cop - 8th year now - and this McCain supporter attack just didn’t pass the “smell test” as soon as I read about it.
At this point, I’ll guess the shiner was inflicted either by a friend willingly as part of this hoax or a boyfriend in a domestic dispute.

The “B” is far to[o] shallow and clean to be taken seriously. Reminds me of the stab wounds that a “hero” would get when fighting off a phantom attacker - far to[o] superficial to have been done in what is a fairly violent encounter.
Either way, I’m voting McCain

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Update 1am Eastern: Via 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 her car, the woman told Pittsburgh police.
Police planned to administer a polygraph test to Ashley Todd, 20, because her statements about the attack conflict with evidence from the Citizens Bank ATM where she claims the incident occurred, police said.

FYI: Todd’s MySpace page has been turned private, but cached links are here.
Her Facebook profile has been deleted, but the cached front page is here.
Update 9:30am Eastern 10/24: She told police the assailant sat on her chest and pinned her hands down with his knees.
So much for all those thinking the attacker was upside-down with her head between his knees.
Posted in: Nooses, Race Hustlers, Race relations

[gsx1138]

It's time for McCain supporter (I'm one of them) to stop hating Obama so much that they're willing to jump on anything. Instead of bagging on Obama supporters in this thread you should be burning this dumb ***** at the stake. She does more damage to the campaign than anything Obama has said.

[Breadfan]

Originally Posted by longtalltechsan

You just love this don't you?

Love it as the air I breath.

[JhankG]

I think thats a great way to look at the sitaution. This lady is as stupid as anyone who would actually be willing to carve a B into someone's face. Just as everyone thought this made Obama supporters as a whole look bad, this woman has made McCain supporters look bad. How about ragging on her instead of Obama for once...

Originally Posted by gsx1138

It's time for McCain supporter (I'm one of them) to stop hating Obama so much that they're willing to jump on anything. Instead of bagging on Obama supporters in this thread you should be burning this dumb ***** at the stake. She does more damage to the campaign than anything Obama has said.

[Powerman]

Originally Posted by Breadfan

Love it as the air I breath.

Why???

[longtalltechsan]

Originally Posted by JhankG

I think thats a great way to look at the sitaution. This lady is as stupid as anyone who would actually be willing to carve a B into someone's face. Just as everyone thought this made Obama supporters as a whole look bad, this woman has made McCain supporters look bad. How about ragging on her instead of Obama for once...

Well the article did say she is from College Station, TX. No smart people have ever come out of that town.

Originally Posted by Breadfan

I must admit, my favorite CNN and MSNBC are too harsh on her..to the extent that it becomes pretty obvious.

This right here tells more about you and your opinions than anything else could.

[Breadfan]

Originally Posted by Powerman

Why???

Why not???

[longtalltechsan]

Originally Posted by Powerman

Why???

Because he loves anything that could possibly put Obama into office and possibly reward his country. Apparently he thought that Croatia was mentioned in the Global Poverty Act.

[Breadfan]

Originally Posted by longtalltechsan

Because he loves anything that could possibly put Obama into office and possibly reward his country. Apparently he thought that Croatia was mentioned in the Global Poverty Act.

No we're not poor. We're exporting lots of XDs to yahoos like yourself.

[jmichna]

I read the confession article. Fifteen minutes of fame to be regretted for years. Still wonder who popped her in the eye? That would be pretty tough to do to yourself. Unless she was drunk at the time (might explain why she said she "doesn't remember" scratching the 'B' into her face).