Topic: Woman Attacked At ATM
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Fri 10/24/08 09:57 AM


Woman Attacked At ATM, Assailant Carves Letter Into Her Face
Woman Robbed, Attacked With Knife At Bloomfield ATM

POSTED: 4:03 pm EDT October 23, 2008
UPDATED: 4:10 pm EDT October 23, 2008


PITTSBURGH -- A 20-year-old woman who was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield was also maimed by her attacker, police said.

Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Diane Richard tells Channel 4 Action News that the victim was robbed at knifepoint on Wednesday night outside of a Citizens Bank near Liberty Avenue and Pearl Street just before 9 p.m.

Richard said the robber took $60 from the woman, then became angry when he saw a McCain bumper sticker on the victim's car. The attacker then punched and kicked the victim, before using the knife to scratch the letter "B" into her face, Richard said.

Richard said the woman refused medical treatment after the assault, which happened outside the view of the bank's surveillance cameras.

The robber is described as a dark-skinned black man, 6 feet 4 inches tall, 200 pounds with a medium build, short black hair and brown eyes. The man was wearing dark colored jeans, a black undershirt and black shoes.


http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17789356/detail.html

Uh Oh, the liberals are coming....


Not even fair or right. The whole analogy of this OP is racist and uncalled for.

One person who acts badly does not imply that all do. I am sure McVay would be a McCain supporter so I guess that makes all righties bombers and murderers right?

Sick people.

My opinion of course.


McVeigh was a libertarian...

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Fri 10/24/08 10:03 AM
its going to be ugly, no matter who "wins" the election...

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Fri 10/24/08 10:03 AM
Edited by Winx on Fri 10/24/08 10:07 AM


"Richard said the robber took $60 from the woman, then became angry when he saw a McCain bumper sticker on the victim's car. The attacker then punched and kicked the victim, before using the knife to scratch the letter "B" into her face, Richard said."

This part doesn't make sense for the "robber" (in my mind much worse than robber would be the name) but if the McCain sticker is what made him mad why not mark her with something opposite to McCain, why a "B" anyway??? what huh

Did the "robber" say he beat her more for the bumper sticker? Is that how they know that?

Being a victim of violent crime myself, I would not "know" that someone "looked" at the bumper sticker and kicked me somemore. So how did she know that? Was she making an assumption?

It just doesn't make any sense put that way. Now if he said something about it why didn't they include that into the story?

Maybe the B was for Bull**** cause I smell some.


I am wondering why she didn't receive medical treatment for somebody carving a letter in her face.

Ooops - edit. She refused treatment.

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Fri 10/24/08 10:04 AM
she refused treatment

I saw the picture of her though. it looked more like a scratch and if you squinted your eyes you could kinda make it look like a sloppy B

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Fri 10/24/08 10:08 AM

she refused treatment

I saw the picture of her though. it looked more like a scratch and if you squinted your eyes you could kinda make it look like a sloppy B


Thank goodness for her that it was more like a scratch.

I can't even imagine what she went through.

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Fri 10/24/08 10:54 AM
hahaha I saw the picture again. I hadn't noticed, the B is backwards (like it was done in the mirror)

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Fri 10/24/08 10:55 AM

hahaha I saw the picture again. I hadn't noticed, the B is backwards (like it was done in the mirror)


Do you have the link? If that is true, that girl needs help!!

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Fri 10/24/08 10:57 AM
it was on TV

on CNN. they said the police are now calling it a hoax

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Fri 10/24/08 11:00 AM

it was on TV

on CNN. they said the police are now calling it a hoax


shocked

She truly needs help.

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Fri 10/24/08 11:00 AM
http://kdka.com/local/attack.McCain.Bloomfield.2.847628.html

Police: Campaign Worker Admits Making Up Story
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A Pittsburgh police commander told KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin that Ashley Todd confessed to making up the story & is facing charges
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Police sources tell KDKA that a campaign worker has now confessed to making up a story that a mugger attacked her and cut the letter "B" in her face after seeing her McCain bumper sticker.

Ashley Todd, 20, of Texas, initially told police that she was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield and that the suspect became enraged and started beating her after seeing her GOP sticker on her car.

Police investigating the alleged attack, however, began to notice some inconsistencies in her story and administered a polygraph test.

Authorities, however, declined to release the results of that test.

Investigators did say that they received photos from the ATM machine and "the photographs were verified as not being the victim making the transaction."

This afternoon, a Pittsburgh police commander told KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin that Todd confessed to making up the story.

The commander added that Todd will face charges; but police have not commented on what those charges will be.

According to police, investigators working on the interview process detected several inconsistencies in Todd's story that differed from statements made in the original police report.

Pittsburgh Police Public Information Officer Diane Richard released a statement earlier today, saying: "Because of the inconsistencies in her statements, Ms. Todd was asked to submit to a polygraph examination which she agreed to do."

No photos of Todd are being released by Pittsburgh Police at this time.

The investigation is continuing as officials determine what charges will be filed.

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Fri 10/24/08 11:01 AM


it was on TV

on CNN. they said the police are now calling it a hoax


shocked

She truly needs help.
laugh laugh

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Fri 10/24/08 12:47 PM
Yes, she needs help.

So do all the people who rabidly repeated her lie in an attempt to stir racial and political division.

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Fri 10/24/08 12:50 PM
Edited by JasmineInglewood on Fri 10/24/08 12:52 PM
oh btw... just thought i'd come back and mention that the story which started this post has been declared a hoax. The alleged victim has confessed. Have a nice day folks. All the best to you Republicans as well flowerforyou .

....i've seen i've been beat to it though lol... i take back my earlier comment about there being ignorant people of all political affiliations... they all seem to occupy only one side laugh

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Fri 10/24/08 12:57 PM
There's no shortage of ignorance in the extreme of any side.

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Fri 10/24/08 01:03 PM
Edited by singmesweet on Fri 10/24/08 01:05 PM
Yep..made up.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/report_mccain_volunteer_who_cl.php

Oops.. sorry. Someone already posted an article about it being made up.

Anyway, where's the OP now? Wonder what he has to say?

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Fri 10/24/08 01:10 PM
Edited by JasmineInglewood on Fri 10/24/08 01:11 PM

There's no shortage of ignorance in the extreme of any side.


True. i can't argue with that, but it seems that Obama supporters are doing a better job of hiding theirs... I seem to only be hearing about racial slurs and attacks associated with McCain and his campaign.
Palin, insists that Obama is not "like us" and that "he hates america" so much that he "pals around with terroristS" (terrorists being plural). There have been attacks as was mentioned by me earlier in this thread against black Obama supporters, and don't let us start on some of the Republican campaign rallies i been seeing...

If any of you guys have legitimate examples of such happening and condoned by the Democratic campaign i'd sure like to know.

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Fri 10/24/08 01:23 PM
:smile:It was found to be a hoax.:smile: The chick that said it was mentally ill and rascist.:smile:

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Fri 10/24/08 02:46 PM
I told you I smelled ****.Oh kerbear looks like this headcase is a Republican..rofl

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Fri 10/24/08 02:48 PM

:smile:It was found to be a hoax.:smile: The chick that said it was mentally ill and rascist.:smile:

Can you say Susan Smith?(one who claimed a black man stole her kids when she actually drowned them to keep a lover)

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Fri 10/24/08 03:08 PM
Edited by tngxl65 on Fri 10/24/08 03:09 PM
Yikes kerbear. How embarrassing for you. Not only were you wrong in your assertion and the story false, the wacko turns out to be a conservative.