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Georgia Acid Attack Victim Lashes Out at Savannah Mayor and Police For Withholding Video Evidence, Suggesting She Personally Knew Suspect
The Gateway Pundit ^ | May 15, 2026 | Cristina Laila

Posted on 05/15/2026 5:14:34 PM PDT by Red Badger

Last December, a Georgia woman sustained severe burns to her face, neck, and scalp after a stranger emerged from the bushes at a Forsyth park and doused her in acid.

According to law enforcement, a black male approached the victim, Ashley Wasielewski, while she was walking around Forsyth Park and hurled acid at her.

The suspect, who is still at large, approached the victim from behind and poured the liquid chemical on her.

Wasielewski suffered third-degree burns and received treatment at Memorial Hospital in Augusta.

According to police, the attacker was not known to the victim.

“I walk around this park a lot, even at night,” Wasielewski told WJCL. “You just don’t expect something like this to happen here.”

Police previously released a photo of the attacker and asked the public for help.

Anyone with information should call CrimeStoppers, 912-234-2020, or submit an anonymous tip through the SPD mobile app.

Savannah Mayor Van Johnson, a black man, has repeatedly suggested Wasielewski knew her attacker and called it a "personal thing."

The statements from Mayor Johnson rightfully angered Wasielewski and her family.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: ashleywasielewski; cristinalaila; forsythpark; furiousracism; furyspeople; gatewaypundit; georgia; itsthembooboo; vanjohnson

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1 posted on 05/15/2026 5:14:34 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Conspiracy to deny civil rights.


2 posted on 05/15/2026 5:19:46 PM PDT by The Free Engineer
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To: Red Badger

Acid attacks to the face have always been a special category of evil. Like torture and killing of dogs, the criminal has to face justice whether the faulty judicial system works or not.


3 posted on 05/15/2026 5:21:24 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: frank ballenger

3 of Islam’s favorite methods of Jihad......


4 posted on 05/15/2026 5:32:12 PM PDT by SPDSHDW (A sinner saved by Jesus)
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To: Red Badger
Savannah Mayor Van Johnson, a black man,……


5 posted on 05/15/2026 5:33:15 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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Seriously, I hope she is well on her way to a full recovery and that they catch the vile monster that did this.


6 posted on 05/15/2026 5:35:49 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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> Acid attacks to the face have always been a special category of evil. <

Yes, indeed. I’m not saying it happened here. Monsters come in all flavors. But acid attacks are often a Muslim thing. Sometimes it happens because the woman is not dressed “modestly”.


7 posted on 05/15/2026 5:36:43 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Red Badger

Notice that our phones can take a picture of a grasshopper from 20 feet away and get such a clear picture we can count its toes.

Security cameras in public places are so out of focus it’s almost hard to tell the sex or race of a perp. Bigfoot pictures have more clarity.


8 posted on 05/15/2026 5:36:53 PM PDT by CFW
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To: Leaning Right

Or because she rejected him.


9 posted on 05/15/2026 5:37:45 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: hole_n_one

Funny. How many here know who the real Van Johnson was?

Sort of like Larry Parks looked in The Jolson Story and Jolson sings Again.


10 posted on 05/15/2026 5:40:51 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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“I walk around this park a lot, even at night,” Wasielewski told WJCL. “You just don’t expect something like this to happen here.”

I am NOT blaming the victim here, but Ladies? Seriously? Don’t do stupid stuff to put yourself in danger!

And I agree with the other posters; hanging’s too good for this COWARD Jihadi.


11 posted on 05/15/2026 5:41:42 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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Btt


12 posted on 05/15/2026 5:55:50 PM PDT by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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The image on his hoodie looks pretty unique. I would try to track that item down as a start.


13 posted on 05/15/2026 6:02:04 PM PDT by xp38
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So no one in Savannah had noticed a black homeless guy wearing a sweatshirt with a pink cartoon bunny (and it looks to have been worn for a couple of months). Yeah.


14 posted on 05/15/2026 6:03:55 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: frank ballenger
I remember Van Johnson the actor and dancer.

He was on the Johnny Carson Show many times when I was growing up.

Why did he throw acid on that poor woman?

15 posted on 05/15/2026 6:18:45 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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“Funny. How many here know who the real Van Johnson was?”

His acting hey day was before my time but I remember his Post Oak Flakes Cereal commercials as a kid in the 70’s


16 posted on 05/15/2026 6:38:23 PM PDT by DAC21
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“Oats” but good old Euell Gibbons would have been up for some Oak in his Grapenuts.


17 posted on 05/15/2026 6:43:23 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: A_perfect_lady

Or because the attacker attempted to rape a white woman and she fought back.

This sounds more plausible.


18 posted on 05/15/2026 6:52:10 PM PDT by ReganFan4ever (No justice, no peace? No peace, no justice.)
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To: Red Badger

GBI needs to get involved if the police and mayor are trying to mis-direct the investigation, or maybe just straight up cover up.


19 posted on 05/15/2026 7:18:25 PM PDT by PAR35
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Van Johnson starred in one of my favorite movies, “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo”, and when I was watching the movie later in life, I noticed there was something odd about him-he had what appeared to be huge scars across his forehead and on his face that I hadn’t noticed before.

Turned out he had been in an accident the year before in 1943 that nearly killed him, had scalped him from the forehead up, and across his face, necessitating a metal plate in his head. So for the rest of his career, he had to wear heavy makeup to try unsuccessfully to fully conceal those scars.

Because of that, he was unable to enter the service during the war.


20 posted on 05/15/2026 7:23:09 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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