Posted on 10/23/2008 12:48:03 PM PDT by flyfree
Do they still do police lineups? : ) Call Monk.
Hypothetically, would you expect us to doubt you?
typo fix: When is Joe Scarborough going to MAN up and leave MSNBC?
The police union is probably for BHO. They’d leak disinformation to sources for their Bambi.
Nothing wrong with healthy skepticism. :-)
...with black eyes would indicate that bright swelling precedes the black tinge. As a junior high and high school wrestler, I’ve had a few in my lifetime. That sort of color didn’t set in before at leat two-three days.
She had just finished phone banking which imo is torture. No way would she phone bank and then be up for harming herself. Any Texas freepers know her?
Actually, a mirror-guided incision is much more difficult than a non-reversed freehand. The former will have hesitation marks which make the lines look as if made up of many slightly off-angle lines and has a jerky look to it. Also, reversed-vision corners are seldom neat or smooth.
This wound could have been made with a blade like a BP 12 http://www.bd.com/surgical/pdfs/surgical_blades_handles_and_disposable_scalpels.pdf
or a linoleum knife used to score the skin, but not cut it much, hence the lack of scab as pointed out by some astute posters. (On a weird note, the wound looks a lot like a cryo freeze burn, but this would require access to a medical liquid gas cryo system, and then someone would have to rough her up on the other side)
Her periorbital bruising seems real and consistent with stated mechanism of injury, as does her eyelid edema, both worse on the side opposite the wound. I would like to see some close-ups of the wound line to further help sort this out, but for now her story is the most plausible.
Even if this is a superficial wound, it is a horrible terrorizing of a young girl and an attempt to abrogate our essential freedoms. It is not coincidence that this mutilation was exactly where BO told his supporters to get: in their faces.
philomath
Well, BHO is succeeding at planting doubts among us. He’s good, really good.
She had mris. We don’t know why there is discoloration under her eye. It wasn’t from wrestling however.
I don’t watch crime shows but they give lots of ideas to criminals who all have cable.
The Aztecs did it without cable.
I see what you’re saying; looks too red and angry to be a scratch.However, she has a lot of red in her skin and her wheal reaction to tissue damage will be more prominent. This looks like skin deeply scored but not completely cut at the dermis in the time frame of 1-3 days post injury in a fair-skinned person.
philomath
A self-shot Youtube video of Ashley Todd: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGxhshrCssc
And her self-shot photo after the incident: http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j99/mocowboysfan/bcarvedintoface.jpg
Notice the nose piercing stud alongide the right nostril, visible in both.
Update from Hot Air:
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/23/mccain-supporter-maimed-for-her-politics-by-robber/
Update VII: I spoke with two executives at the College Republicans on the record about this story. Charlie Smith, the National Chair, and Ethan Eilon, the Executive Director, both say the photo is legitimate and that it came from Ashley Todd, the victim in this case. The attack began at 8:50 pm ET and Ashley called the police at 9:30 PM ET. Initially, she was robbed, ran away after the robbery, and the robber followed her to her car. At that point, he became enraged at the bumper sticker and began beating her and scratched the ‘B’ into her face. Ashley went to the hospital early this morning after initially refusing medical attention last night, and had an MRI and/or a CAT scan. Doctors believe her cheek will heal fully.
Eilon spoke with her personally today about the incident and confirmed the above with me. He first met Ashley in June, when she came to DC for training with the College Republicans. She works for them as a contract employee. She does not work for the McCain campaign. Both Eilon and Smith expressed revulsion over an attack on a young woman just getting involved in politics, but they consider this the act of a lone lunatic.
I’m not going to blame people for keeping a healthy skepticism on this case, but so far, the two media reports appear to check out.
If the B were put on from the top of her head facing down, would it look right? Yup.
It could have been put on with the woman’s head against the attackers shoes, and the attacker seeing her face upside down.
Don’t know if that’s the answer, though, there are a number of aspects of this that need some investigation.
http://www.tmz.com/As I have posted on the OTHER threads, see also, from FReeper Anonymous coward, on a previous thread: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.
Thursday, October 23, 2008 3:26:08 PM · 360 of 503
Anonymous coward to FishrrmanI am a Plastic Surgeon. I have treated a lot of facial trauma.
It is my opinion that this is a Tawana Brawley moment. Here’s why:
1- As many have noted, the “B” is way too neat for somebody to have carved on anybody other than an unconscious patient.-- snip --
2- Although she has a “black eye”, there is NO swelling. All the anatomic landmarks are intact, there is fine wrinkling in the eyelid skin, etc. The “black eye” comes from blood vessels burst under the skin. There is no way the swelling would have resolved 24 hrs later. If anything, swelling is worse the next day as fluid extravasates into the injured tissues.Thursday, October 23, 2008 3:39:20 PM · 380 of 503
Anonymous coward to Travis McGeeThe story will be scrutinized by everybody and the holes in the story will become obvious.
There was a similar case at Princeton last spring, a pro life student claimed to have been attacked by pro choicers. The injuries were self inflicted.
This is a major bummer as it will boomerang on Republicans and allow democrats to claim ALL abuse claims are bogus.-- snip --
Thursday, October 23, 2008 3:53:15 PM · 397 of 503
Anonymous coward to cdga5for4I’m no expert on criminal investigations, just a plastic surgeon who treats facial trauma. I just don’t see evidence of trauma in the face other than a neatly carved or branded “B”. I can’t speak about the back of the head.
When you work in an ER, as I have, the first place an out of towner goes after an event like this, ESPECIALLY if alone when attacked, is the Emergency Room. They feel protected from the alien an hostile environment within the “safe” confines of a hospital. The police report, as a matter of fact, tends to be generated from within the hospital, after a call from social services.
Like I said, this just doesn’t add up.-- snip --
Thursday, October 23, 2008 4:05:52 PM · 412 of 503
Anonymous coward to beagleoneLook, I really think Obama would be a disaster. I think Obama supporters are rude. There have already been documented attacks on Republicans by deranged Obamabots (most recently in NYC- witnessed).
BUT this smells fishy.
“Most women I know would not take kindly to getting a black eye.”
I agree, but this doesn’t look like a black eye, unless you mean makeup. Read my previous posts, I’m a surgeon who treats facial trauma.
This looks like a self inflicted deal and I will watch in horror as the whole story unravels.-- snip --
Thursday, October 23, 2008 4:59:17 PM · 477 of 503
Anonymous coward to JemianAgreed, this is what makes us better, and more credible than Kos or DUmmies.
We will be taken for complete fools if we swallow every tempting morsel thrown our way.
This is legit!
“The robber approached the woman from behind and placed his knife on her throat, demanding money from her. He stole $60 from the victim, then became very agitated when he observed a McCain bumper sticker on the woman’s vehicle . The assailant proceeded to punch the woman in the head and kicked her, he then used the knife to carve out the letter “B” in her right cheek, investigators said.
The robber has been described as a dark-skinned black man, approximately 6 feet 4 inches tall, and around 200 pounds with a medium build. The man was wearing dark jeans, a black t-shirt with black shoes when he attacked the woman. The woman was in Pittsburgh volunteering for the MacCain-Palin campaign. The attack occurred out of the view of the surveillance cameras operating at the bank.”
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1138656/mccain_volunteer_assaulted_attacker.html
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