1) Her black eye isn't swollen at all.
Looks like it's an on the scene police photo. Give it some time, looks like both eyes will be blackened.
2) The "B" doesn't appear to have penetrated the skin, but only reddened it. How could it be that way when it was supposedly carved with a knife during an attack?
I didn't read anywhere that a knife was used for carving. I don't know what he used, fact remains, he chose to brand her right then and there.
3) Would you hold still while someone carved your face? Still enough so he could carve an even, legible letter?
Let me see...the six foot four dude comes out of nowhere smacks her in the face, probably screams epithets ar her, robs her and throws her to the ground. She looks to be a tiny thing, so I'm going to guess she was petrified"
My BS sensor is twitching a bit...Well, since I was ten I seemed to have spent way too many hours in emergency rooms. People react differently under different kinds of stress and damage but I have observed that the most defenseless ones are the ones that are the most devastated. Their whole world view has been instantly and irrevocably altered. The truth is that the world is a harsh and cruel place still and they now know that anyone can take whatever they want from them at anyime.
Heck, even a “fighter” like myself has their world-view altered in the aftermath of an attack - even when you are able to get the “upper-hand” during the event, and make THEM beg and plead.
I feel very bad for this girl...
I haven’t read through all 600+ posts on the thread, but I have seen some saying that she might have done this to herself seeing as the “B” is backwards... If you are dealing with a psychopath there is also a chance that he purposefully “wrote” the B backwards to cause doubts. The other theory - writing from behind and above her makes a lot of sense as well.
As for the black eyes though - unless SHE is a psychopath, I would think it’d be VERY hard to give yourself a black eye such as the one she has. I doubt anyone could even punch themselves hard enough due to the weird angle your arm and fist would be in.