Woman Attacked At ATM, Assailant Carves Letter Into Her Face

[whopis01]

Source: WTAE-TV

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.

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

[DS1]

1. Damn Red Sox fans!

:grr:

[Lady-Damai]

26. Lmao.....Blame Bill Kristol .....n/t

[JPZenger]

83. Pittsburgh Police: McCain worker made up her story, faces criminal charges

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/24/134042/17/708/641021

[Love Bug]

2. Good lord, the tension of this election is really bringing out

the wackos!

[yardwork]

3. She refused treatment? I call shenanigans.

This story is absolute b.s.

[beam me up scottie]

15. Yeah, I smell a rat.

Or maybe a moose.

[yardwork]

32. Fits right in with the racist crap the Republicans are stirring up.

"If Obama gets elected big angry black men will rob your women and carve Obama's initials into their faces!!!!"

[CLANG]

72. And what a coincidence for McStain that it happened in PA!

[beam me up scottie]

78. Hide yer white wimmen!

No telling what those uppity n*****s will do if'n one of 'em is president...

I'm not really laughing, I've heard that kind of sentiment frequently down here-they're just not quite so blatant about it.

[RainDog]

23. exactly. this is too obvious - after 8 years of republican bullshit

if it smells like a republican bullshit smear, it probably is.

[Warpy]

43. Stinks out loud

No woman, no matter how ill favored, would risk facial scarring like that.

This story stinks like a hysterical pubbie with a safety pin and desire to smear.

[CLANG]

74. This is a boilerplate Rovian dirty trick!

[EFerrari]

53. Yep. I love that DU teaches us to spot this cr@P! so quickly. n/t

[Rambis]

58. I always refuse treatment when somebody carves up my face

where is the bag balm?

[Cronus Protagonist]

60. Perhaps she cannot afford the medical bills and the scratches were not deep?

I've refused treatment for that reason before. Perhaps jumping to conclusions based on flimsy reporting is not a good idea.

[yardwork]

68. That's exactly what I'm saying.

[Lorien]

67. Well, yeah. I find it hard to believe that it happened outside the view of

the cameras, and that she refused medical treatment. Come on; my bank has cameras all over the place, covering the entire parking lot. Where the heck was she parked?

[Alter Ego]

4. Countdown until we hear this breathlessly repeated on EVERY

right-wing media outlet (everywhere) as evidence that Obama supporters are thugs...

[fed_up_mother]

39. Exactly.

But I'm a troll because I was worried about that.

:(

[Alter Ego]

55. Oh, I'm not WORRIED, old chap, but I do know it's coming.

[fed_up_mother]

Well, I think there's plenty to worry about

The Cheney/Rove cabal is not going to let Obama win without a serious attempt at theft.

[slackmaster]

44. That would be OK with me

I'm tired of the Obama monkey woman, or whatever that thing is.

[chelsea0011]

5. Why do I not believe parts of this story?

[Dollface]

47. Because it is a BS story. If there was a B scratched anywhere it wasn't necessarily for Barak...

[Turbineguy]

6. Hmmm.... the perp sounds like

a freshly bankrupt hedgefund manager.

[marylanddem]

7. The woman refused treatment? This story smells to high heaven

[JuniperLea]

16. My first thought as well... eom

[TornadoTN]

20. Not only that - it somehow was also out of range of cameras and there were no witnesses

I'm very skeptical until I hear otherwise.

[Lance_Boyle]

8. scratching and carving are different

not to minimize the crime, but "scratched" and "carved" are two very different things. Someone whose face had been "carved" would not be able to refuse medical treatment. Faces bleed when cut. Lots. Not so much when scratched.

[marylanddem]

13. There's no way a "scratch" with a knife wouldn't require treatment

This story is bullshit.

[Lance_Boyle]

24. it's possible, but extremely unlikely

This story is manufactured. I expect that if we stay tuned, we'll find out that the young woman in question is somehow related to Charles Keating, and has a brother who races sled dogs in Wasilla. ;-)

[depakid]

17. Yep- that's a hole in the story big enough to drive a truck through

[Catherine Vincent]

9. That's not good.

But why would she refuse treatment?

[hedgehog]

10. Buried down further on the same page:

"PITTSBURGH -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center -- the largest employer in the region -- is laying off 500 workers, mostly non-clinical managers and administrators."

[onehandle]

11. Hmm... nt

[Bicoastal]

12. The guy was a mugger and a psycho. If someone tries to make political hay out of this...

...they're really falling to new depths.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

22. At least the Obama Camp wont have any qualms in calling him a 'whacko'

[yardwork]

35. If the supposed perpetrator actually exists. So far, I see nothing.

[RainDog]

14. I think this is a lie. Nothing but one woman's claim.

from the article:

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.

I honestly believe this is a republican smear. They are not above anything. This sounds like the woman who killed her children and blamed it on a black car jacker. Until there is some sort of physical evidence, I call BULLSHIT.

[Judi Lynn]

33. Absolutely. Anyone who'd had something CARVED into his/her faces by an assailant

would most certainly want it looked at as soon as possible.

Pathetic drivel. Imaginary "he" said/right-wing liar said.

They don't have anything going yet, they need some outrage to rally around. Typical.

Did he, by the way, throw down some baby he had taken from an incubator?

[TrogL]

59. Not necessarily

People who have been assaulted do strange things, like wanting to go home, lock themselves in and never come out again.

If they've been watching cops shows, they may fear what might happen at the hospital or if police or reporters become involved.

[whopis01]

37. Kind of like Morton Downey Jr. getting attacked by the KKK n/t

[TexasLawyer]

61. Karl Rove's politics as theater

This is just the kind of theater that Karl Rove (or a Rove wanna-be) might invent. Not saying that this scenario couldn't have happened, but it does fit the play book.

Rove's M.O.: Dirty Dealings and Whisper Campaigns
http://forum.newshounds.us/viewtopic.php?t=116&sid=8c79308869e02236dddcae009f7df3b2


Bugging devices!!!

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0418-26.htm

[RainDog]

66. exactly. like rove's lies about McCain's illegit. black baby

that was meant to stir up racists in So. Car. The same thing here. I would bet on it.

[xchrom]

18. refused treatment? -- hmmmm. nt

[redirish28]

19. WHY refuse treatment?

[mikelgb]

21. Uhm, I smell a Parlock, and this story is Drudge's baby...

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

and btw, how did the police spokeswoman say with conviction what happened to the victim?

[whopis01]

28. Drudge claims she is a McCain volunteer - the actual story doesn't say that at all n/t

[marylanddem]

25. It would take serious attention to "scratch" a "B" into a face

that is SUCH a crock of shit.

[yardwork]

27. If this really happened in front of an ATM, there will be a video.

So far, we have no evidence that this occurred beyond one person's statement. Where's the victim? Let's see her face. Why did she refuse treatment? If somebody robbed me at knifepoint, punched and kicked me, and then used the knife to scratch a letter into my face, I'd sure as hell get medical treatment!

[Connie_Corleone]

29. Someone scratches your face up with a knife and you REFUSE medical attention??

bullshit.

[slackmaster]

31. Must not have been much of a scratch

:shrug:

[Winterblues]

30. Carved a B into her face...for Bullshit...

I don't believe it...

[fed_up_mother]

46. who refuses treatment for anything more than a bad scratch

On the face? Aren't most twenty year olds a bit vain? Heck, even if they aren't, who wants a scar?

[LanternWaste]

34. Is there any valid reason why a person would refuse treatment...?

"Richard said the woman refused medical treatment after the assault..."

Is there any valid reason why a person would refuse treatment...? That ion and of itself has me a bit suspicious. :shrug:

[yardwork]

36. Yes, if the assault didn't happen.

[slackmaster]

41. The story will be discredited, DA will lose his job over it, and she'll write memoir in a few years

...saying that she really was attacked.

:nuke:

[Sentath]

45. yes, the bill.

lying or not was she insured?

(evil grin as I turn it back to a Dem strong point)

[slackmaster]

52. Nice one

:toast:

[Chimichurri]

38. I wanna see Citizens Bank video tape. Otherwise this story is nonsense.

[slackmaster]

49. You really should read the story

:hi:

[d_b]

40. I just robbed your ass, and I should probably be going now

But since you've a McCain sticker, I'm going to have to meticulously carve/scratch a B into your face.

Good thing the cameras are just out of range and no one else is around.

Did I mention I'm black?

[ladywnch]

42. I don't know where Pearl St is, but Liberty Ave is generally a very

heavily traveled street, how could no one have seen or heard this? and I agree, she had her faced cut and didn't want treatment?....smell test alert.

[maxrandb]

50. Rove is slipping

Wouldn't it have made more sense to scratch an "O"???

Or did it have to be a B because an O could be excused as an accident?

This smells in a "my campaign office was bugged" kind of way.

[CLANG]

75. That is exactly what I was about to post - It's all about the "O".

[endarkenment]

48. "refused medical treatment" = BULLSHIT

Somebody just carved your face up. Offered medical treatment you say "no thanks". What are the odds this is anything other than

TOTAL BULLSHIT

[BrklynLiberal]

51. The B could easily be for BARRACUDA BARBIE..

This whole story smells VERY FISHY...

[Mojambo]

54. How do they know it was a "B?" Maybe he was trying to make an "8" n/t

[Indenturedebtor]

56. Bullsheeeeeet! n/t

[frylock]

57. this story rates a parlock factor of 5..

cough*bullshit*cough

[Cronus Protagonist]

62. lol n/t

:P

[Ian David]

63. Why could people possibly be SO ANGRY at McCain supporters?

Oh, yeah.

I forgot.

We're anti-American.

[dbonds]

64. You don't see a bumper sticker on a car from an ATM,...

the car drives up to the atm, almost always with the headlights looking at the atm. If the guy was in hiding and came out at her then he could not see the back of the car where the bumper stickers go.

Anyway, it was because of McPain sticker, then he would have carved an O, for Obama, not a B.

[flvegan]

65. Damn Robert Barr supporters!

[WCGreen]

69. I bet she was the second person he robbed...

The alphabet guy...

[CLANG]

76. Or the eleventh person in base 16.

[Critters2]

70. How does she know he became angry "when he saw a McCain bumper sticker"?

She refused treatment, and it happened outside the view of the surveillance cameras.

And I'm the Queen of England. :eyes:

[d_b]

71. *****McCain Staffer?*****

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08297/922320-100.stm

[Critters2]

77. Here's the key:

"This is what she's telling police," police spokeswoman Diane Richard said. "We can't substantiate it at this time."

Even the police are skeptical.

[CLANG]

73. Oh and he was black all the way from head to toe!

No 20 year old woman facing possible permanent scarring of the face would refuse medical treatment!

I CALL BULLSHIT!

[beam me up scottie]

79. Did you see her picture? The "B" is backwards.

Just like it would be if you were to do it to yourself while looking in a mirror.

What a moran.

[JM]

81. Backwards B is for BULLSHIT

When I first hear this, I had sympathy. I don't live far from where this allegedly happened.

Then I saw the photo. It is not an 8. It is a B, and it is backwards. Betting my remaining cash this is self inflicted using a mirror.

My sympathy chart now more closely resembles the stock market.

JM

[beam me up scottie]

82. I'd like to see her prosecuted for falsely reporting a crime and race baiting.

:mad:

[Raine]

80. Self-deleted

posted in the wrong thread.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

84. Woman admits she MADE IT UP. In custody and facing charges. Link to KDKA story...

http://kdka.com/local/attack.McCain.Bloomfield.2.847628.html

[whyverne]

85. Well, I know what I'll be wearing on my face

come election day. The Backwards B. Wonder what the poll workers would say about that?
It's a sign, a sign from heaven!