McCain volunteer given polygraph over attack claim

Philly Inquirer ^ | 10/24/2008 | Staff

[Red in Blue PA]

PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh police say they gave a polygraph test to a McCain campaign volunteer who reported that a tall black man had robbed and later cut her face her after seeing a McCain bumper sticker on her car.

Police spokeswoman Diane Richard says investigators are "looking at some inconsistencies" in the 20-year-old woman's story.

[CatOwner]

Maybe there was an attack or mugging, but the rest is "embellished"?

That's my current belief. She WAS robbed and smacked around by an attacker who may have commented on her McCain sticker. The "B" may have been her way of thinking she would be back at Obama for this.'

Only a guess. We will have to wait.

[Mr. Know It All]

Rotate that photo 180, the B was scratched in from the back or or behind her, or while she was on the ground, feet away from the person who did it. The B isn’t backwards, it’s upside-down.

The logistics of this make it unlikely. The B was pretty smoothly drawn. The attacker would have to have had her pretty immobile to do such a careful job. That would be hard to do if most of her body was AWAY from you. Most attacker who carve letters into their victims do so in the arm, legs and chest because these can be immobilized successfully while carving.

[CatOwner]

“Officials have reportedly requested a polygraph test be performed because her “statements about the attack conflict with evidence from the Citizens Bank ATM where she claims the incident occurred.”

I wonder what the "conflicts" were? Time of her withdrawal doesn't fit in with the timeline of events as she states? Or maybe she didn't make a withdrawal at all?

[MikeFrancesa.com]

OK, nobody knows anything but come on, one thing we do know is that if you are involved in a REAL attack, your adrenaline can mess with your mind, this is why police lineups often involve the wrong man being picked. The accuser is certain it is the guy, then evidence comes out that it wasn’t him, how could this happen, because the shock of a mugging totally assaults your senses.

I’m sure most people here have been involved in a car accident. Think of how many things you get wrong, think of how shocked you were when it happened. It is definitely believable that she could have misremembered things.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Towana Brawley redux.

Crystal Gail Mangum, cubed.

[gidget7]

Looking in the mirror? I have heard that stated before. However, this woman and most women use a mirror to put on make up every day. The make up is not applied backwards. Most women are very accustomed to using a mirror, I call foul on that clam.

[stuartcr]

I heard that Obama has the entire Pittsburgh PD in his pocket.

[Rudder]

I called it fishy first.

And a great, big gold star for you!

[stuartcr]

You must have won then, good for you.

[Emperor Palpatine]

Not necessarily.

Jack the Ripper’s first victims and most of the Cleveland “Torso” Mad Butcher’s victims were done with almost surgical precision.

This is why Dr. Gull and Dr. Sweeney were chief suspects in those cases.

[stuartcr]

Either a crazed supporter or a true patriot that wants to do everything in their power to assure their candidate’s success.

[gidget7]

Oh come on now. Fondling briefly may not have been considered by the girl, as sexual assault!

[Hazwaste]

Must be a hoax. A single girl her age supporting McCain? What are the odds?

[GovernmentShrinker]

Almost too many to count. Including that she has now changed the location of the alleged attack to “nearby Pearl Street”, added stuff about being “sexually assaulted” and “losing consciousness”, retracted the part about giving the attacker the money . . . And police note that the ATM’s security camera doesn’t show her standing in front of that ATM at ANY time.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_595049.html

[gidget7]

Thank you Genoa, some rational language at last.

Look what the media did to Joe the Plumber! Back off the girl folks, till we know the whole story!

[diamond6]

She didn’t “look” traumatized to me. Wouldn’t they have the footage of the attack on the ATM camera?

[mquinn]

True, but other news reports (will look for a link) have said she told police that the assailant sat on her chest, knees on arms to pin her down, meaning he would’ve been facig her front. Not behind her.

As I said in last night’s thread, Obama’s cult of personality is absolutely capable of doing such a vile thing, but this particular incident just doesn’t seem to add up.

[Emperor Palpatine]

You know...I strongly believe that had she flunked the polygraph it would be all over the LSM by now, don’t you?

Especially since the PPD is long notorious for not being able to keep their mouths shut around reporters.

[retrokitten]

So was the Black Dahlia, but I don’t think those murderers were of the same caliber criminal as a guy mugging people outside ATMs.

Those killers had medical knowledge. Just a guess, but this guy probably wasn’t using the $60 towards med school. Probably more like supporting his local street pharmacists.

[gidget7]

I am not going to presume what a would be attacker might have been thinking when this occurred. Benefit of the doubt should go to the attacked until the whole case is disclosed, NOT the attacker.