[Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story

Mon Oct 27 15:17:17 EDT 2008

Well, Herb, they way things are going right now, I'll take 'em where I can get 'em.

elle

We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)

--- On Mon, 10/27/08, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:

> From: Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 3:13 PM
> Wow Elle, that's three or four things in a row that I
> could have almost 
> written myself!!! That guy thing HAS kicked in!
> 
> You know, rumor has it that. You keep it up, and the
> righties on are 
> here are going to start saying you're hot.
>  
> 
> elle wrote:
> > Can anyone say 'Tawanna Brawley?"
> >
> > elle
> >
> > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we
> can adjust our sails.
> >
> > 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"
>   (Lady in Red)
> >
> >
> > --- On Mon, 10/27/08, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> From: Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu>
> >> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up
> robbery story
> >> To: "Rhodes List"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >> Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 12:52 PM
> >> How bizarre. - rob
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >> October 24, 2008 
> >>
> >> Police: McCain volunteer made up robbery story 
> >>
> >> By JOE MANDAK   Associated Press Writer 
> >>
> >> A McCain campaign volunteer made up a story of
> being
> >> robbed, pinned to
> >> the ground and having the letter "B"
> scratched on
> >> her face in what she
> >> had said was a politically inspired attack, police
> said
> >> Friday.
> >>
> >> Ashley Todd, 20-year-old college student from
> College
> >> Station, Texas,
> >> admitted Friday that the story was false, said
> Maurita
> >> Bryant, the
> >> assistant chief of the police department's
> >> investigations division. Todd
> >> was charged with making a false report to police,
> and
> >> Bryant said police
> >> doubted her story from the start.
> >>
> >> Dressed in an orange hooded sweat shirt, Todd left
> police
> >> headquarters
> >> in handcuffs late Friday and did not respond to
> questions
> >> from
> >> reporters. The mark on her face was faded and her
> left eye
> >> was slightly
> >> blackened when she arrived in district court.
> >>
> >> Todd was awaiting arraignment Friday on the
> misdemeanor
> >> false-report
> >> charge, which is punishable by up to two years in
> prison.
> >> She will be
> >> housed in a mental health unit at the county jail
> for her
> >> safety and
> >> because of "her not insignificant mental
> health
> >> issues," prosecutor Mark
> >> Tranquilli said.
> >>
> >> Todd initially told investigators she was
> attempting to use
> >> a bank
> >> branch ATM on Wednesday night when a 6-foot-4
> black man
> >> approached her
> >> from behind, put a knife blade to her throat and
> demanded
> >> money. She
> >> told police she handed the assailant $60 and
> walked away.
> >>
> >> Todd, who is white, told investigators she
> suspected the
> >> man then
> >> noticed a John McCain sticker on her car. She said
> the man
> >> punched her
> >> in the back of the head, knocked her to the ground
> and
> >> scratched a
> >> backward letter "B" into her face with a
> dull
> >> knife.
> >>
> >> Police said Todd claimed the man told her that he
> was going
> >> to "teach
> >> her a lesson" for supporting the Republican
> >> presidential candidate, and
> >> that she was going to become a supporter of
> Democratic
> >> candidate Barack
> >> Obama.
> >>
> >> Todd told police she didn't seek medical
> attention, but
> >> instead went to
> >> a friend's apartment nearby and called police
> about 45
> >> minutes later.
> >>
> >> Todd could provide no explanation for why she
> invented the
> >> story, police
> >> said. The woman told investigators she believes
> she cut the
> >> "B" onto her
> >> own cheek, but did not provide an explanation of
> how or why
> >> and said she
> >> doesn't remember doing so, police said.
> >>
> >> Police said the woman reported suffering from
> "mental
> >> problems" in the
> >> past, and that they do not believe anyone put her
> up to the
> >> act.
> >>
> >> Tranquilli said Todd will remain jailed over the
> weekend
> >> pending a
> >> psychiatric evaluation, which won't happen
> until Monday
> >> at the earliest.
> >>
> >> The Associated Press could not immediately locate
> >> Todd's family.
> >>
> >> Bryant said somebody charged with making a false
> report
> >> would typically
> >> be cited and sent a summons. But because police
> have
> >> concerns about
> >> Todd's mental health, they are consulting with
> the
> >> Allegheny County
> >> District Attorney.
> >>
> >> Todd worked in New York for the College Republican
> National
> >> Committee
> >> before moving two weeks ago to Pennsylvania, where
> her
> >> duties included
> >> recruiting college students, the committee's
> executive
> >> director, Ethan
> >> Eilon, has said.
> >>
> >> "We are as upset as anyone to learn of her
> deceit,
> >> Ashley must take full
> >> responsibility for her actions," College
> Republican
> >> National Committee
> >> spokeswoman Ashley Barbera said in a statement.
> >>
> >> Police reported Todd's claims Thursday, as a
> photo of
> >> her injuries made
> >> it onto numerous blogs and news sites. By Friday,
> police
> >> said they had
> >> found inconsistencies in Todd's story. They
> gave her a
> >> lie-detector
> >> test, but wouldn't release the polygraph
> results.
> >>
> >> Police interviewed Todd after she contacted police
> >> Wednesday night and
> >> again on Thursday, Bryant said. They asked her to
> come back
> >> Friday,
> >> ostensibly to help police put together a sketch of
> the man.
> >> Instead,
> >> detectives began interviewing her.
> >>
> >> "They just started talking to her and she
> just opened
> >> up and said she
> >> wanted to tell the truth," Bryant said.
> >>
> >> Police suspected all along that Todd might not be
> telling
> >> the truth,
> >> starting with the fact that the "B" was
> backward,
> >> Bryant said.
> >>
> >> "We have robbers here in Pittsburgh, but they
> >> don't generally mutilate
> >> someone's face like that," Bryant said.
> "They
> >> just take the money and
> >> run."
> >>
> >>  
> >>
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