[Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story

Herb Parsons hparsons at parsonsys.com
Mon Oct 27 21:41:18 EDT 2008 

Hey now, don't talk about my mamma, and I won't talk about your Auntie 
Cousin Mary who is a Transgendered lesbian.

Chris Geankoplis wrote:
> Touche' and so's yo mama
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 4:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story
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>   
>> You liberals are so funny. You're just jealous because half of something
>> doesn't exist is still nothing.
>>
>> That's OK, though, you still suck, so you've at least got THAT part down.
>>
>> Chris Geankoplis wrote:
>>     
>>> Elle,
>>> Don't let that go to your head, you still have to have to have half your
>>> brains sucked out and that's gotta hurt!
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:13 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story
>>>
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>>>
>>>       
>>>> 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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