Posted on 10/23/2008 4:38:01 PM PDT by Entrepreneur
"Politically Motivated" Mutilation - Real or Hoax?
Pittsburgh law enforcement sources tell TMZ they have serious questions about the authenticity of the alleged victim who says she had her face cut by a politically-motivated attacker.
We're told there are several things about the alleged attack that don't add up. A Pittsburgh PD official says they are conducting a "thorough investigation" and have not determined if the alleged attack is real or a hoax. But we're told there is definitely a level of skepticism.
As we reported, the alleged victim claims she went to an ATM and when she turned around, a large dark-skinned man took the money she withdrew. She says when he noticed she had a McCain/Palin bumper sticker on her car, he became enraged, knocked her down and cut a "B" in her face.
We're told the woman refused medical assistance at the scene and said she would go to the hospital the next day.
The investigation continues.
Maybe it is makeup. You are just assuming that it is a black eye. Maybe she had been crying.
A young woman who suspects that somebody with more than 100 pounds on her could hurt her much worse if she struggled?
Is there a link to this?
I’m not sure if it is a hoax or not, but the “B” could be upside-down. The man could have been standing over the top of her looking toward her feet.
He would have wrote the B correctly, but when she is on her feet it’s upside-down NOT backwards.
But it does seem nicely curved on someone who would be in a struggle.
I find it strange that an angry attacker could scratch the letter without cutting. Very steady hands or a terribly dull knife.
A 20 year old girl that’s scared out of her damn mind, perhaps? What the hell is wrong with you?
Not only did the media not show skepticism, bambi repeated it in the debate as fact even though the SS found no evidence of it ever taking place.
I am not sure if hoax or not, but we will find out soon as the nasty media goes digging into her past to find her tax returns, boyfriends and unpaid tickets.
and don’t rule out that her assaliant could fly, and he was flying upside down during the attack, also while he was doing this don’t rule out that he hypnotized her so she would flinch so he could write a perfect B. My bet is on a Vampire.
A key, perhaps.
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She also had to get a pretty good punch in the eye. If I had to guess this out as a hoax, I’d say she gets a black eye in an unrelated incident and then decides to turn it into this attack, with the B self inflicted.
IF the picture is correct and IF its a hoax she was dumb enough to do this in a mirror and got the B backwards.
But there is no way to know this until investigation is complete.
My main suspicion was how big she said the perp was, that guy would find it hard to hide.
This should be easy to determine as ATM machines have video cameras.
The contusions could have been caused by a knife edge or a fingernail. Draw a B on your face with your finger and see if your brain doesn't tell you when your are printing it correctly or incorrectly.
She says she got whacked in the back of the head. If the medical exam reveals a lump and contusions that corroborates, if not she's a nut. She still might be a nut but not because the B is backwards or because the alleged mugeer didn't carve her up nice and proper. Maybe he was a compassionate mugger.
I’ll wait for the facts. Right now, I’m looking at this with a skeptical eye.
That makes sense. I’m just trying to read through a couple of the other threads to get a better understanding of the story. But now I have to take daughter to bed.
Are you the theorizing that is what happened or is that in her police report?
That is such a lame and ignorant line of thought! If the attacker had her in a head lock, the B would be exactly the way it appears. Or do you think the attacker said "Excuse me, can you just hold still while I carve a B on your face?" "Oh thanks so much..."
The eye itself is not red and no there’s no swelling. It’s not a black eye, at least not one that ocurred in the last 24 hours and if it is older than that, there are people who could confirm it existed prior to last night.
Make sure that letter B is sans serif as well.
Not in the Hill District of Pittsburgh.
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