Mcain Supporter Attacked and Mutilated!

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  • meistereder
    meistereder Posts: 1,577
    I just heard yesterday that an Obama supporter was mugged by a McCain supporter down the street from me.

    And this morning, the 405 freeway was shut down because a fire was burning by the Getty Center. The majority of residents who were evacuated -- Obama supporters. Arson is not being ruled out. (I think it may have been a McCain supporter).


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    Honestly, this story is ridiculous. I feel bad for the victim, but to politicize this?
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  • inmytree
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    Police: McCain Worker Mugged, Attacked
    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Police are investigating after a local woman working at a campaign call center says she was attacked by a suspect who became enraged after seeing a McCain bumper sticker on her car.

    According to police, the 20-year-old woman said she was mugged at an ATM in the Bloomfield area around 9pm last night after leaving a Republican phone bank.

    The woman told police that the suspect, described only as a dark-skinned African-American man about 6'4", stole $60 from her and became enraged after seeing a bumper sticker supporting Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain on her car.

    The woman said the suspect punched and kicked her.

    http://kdka.com/politics/McCain.Campaign.Worker.2.847449.html
  • fugawzi
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    Yea the title of this thread is misleading. Makes it sound like some lady was campaigning for McCain at the time she was attacked. She was at an ATM and she got robbed. Mutilated is a little strong, she was allegedly cut by knife and he cut a B into her face. If indeed her McCain bumper sticker had anything to do with it, then he's probably a RACIST in addition to a scum bag thief and assaulter.
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  • Solat13
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    The newspaper says she was a staffer:

    http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08297/922320-100.stm
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  • Mrs.Vedder78
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    meistereder wrote:
    I just heard yesterday that an Obama supporter was mugged by a McCain supporter down the street from me.

    And this morning, the 405 freeway was shut down because a fire was burning by the Getty Center. The majority of residents who were evacuated -- Obama supporters. Arson is not being ruled out. (I think it may have been a McCain supporter).


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    Honestly, this story is ridiculous. I feel bad for the victim, but to politicize this?


    LOL!!!
    That's what I thought as soon as I opened this thread and read the "news" and looked up a few articles on Google...
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  • mammasan
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    Solat13 wrote:
    The newspaper says she was a staffer:

    http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08297/922320-100.stm

    She may have been but she was not attacked because of her political affiliation. She was attacked because she was at an ATM. The mugger scratched the B into her face after he saw the bumper sticker. I'm in no way defending his actions because they are fucking disgusting, but the thread title implies that she was attacked because she was a McCain supporter.
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  • digster
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    No matter the motive, we all know how this is going to be seen.

    And I'm hoping there's not a "retaliation."

    I'm hoping our country can get through this moment peaceful and relatively unscathed. We have a great opportunity for the country to either let a black man win or lose for the first time peacefully. I hope we don't collectively fail that test.
  • meistereder
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    I am a little worried about the aftermath of the election.
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  • stickfig13
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    "dark-skinned black man, 6 feet 4 inches tall, 200 pounds with a medium build, short black hair and brown eyes. The man was wearing dark colored jeans, a black undershirt and black shoes."

    Barrack?
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  • puremagic
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    Police Prepare for Unrest (and Riots Come Election Day)
    The Hill ^ | Tuesday, October 21, 2008 | Alexander Bolton

    Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 20:25:10 by kristinn

    Police departments in cities across the country are beefing up their ranks for Election Day, preparing for possible civil unrest and riots after the historic presidential contest.

    Public safety officials said in interviews with The Hill that the election, which will end with either the nation’s first black president or its first female vice president, demanded a stronger police presence.

    Some worry that if Barack Obama loses and there is suspicion of foul play in the election, violence could ensue in cities with large black populations. Others based the need for enhanced patrols on past riots in urban areas (following professional sports events) and also on Internet rumors.

    Democratic strategists and advocates for black voters say they understand officers wanting to keep the peace, but caution that excessive police presence could intimidate voters.

    Sen. Obama (Ill.), the Democratic nominee for president, has seen his lead over rival Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) grow in recent weeks, prompting speculation that there could be a violent backlash if he loses unexpectedly.

    Cities that have suffered unrest before, such as Detroit, Chicago, Oakland and Philadelphia, will have extra police deployed.

    In Oakland, the police will deploy extra units trained in riot control, as well as extra traffic police, and even put SWAT teams on standby.

    “Are we anticipating it will be a riot situation? No. But will we be prepared if it goes awry? Yes,” said Jeff Thomason, spokesman for the Oakland Police Department.

    “I think it is a big deal — you got an African-American running and [a] woman running,” he added, in reference to Obama and GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. “Whoever wins it, it will be a national event. We will have more officers on the street in anticipation that things may go south.”

    The Oakland police last faced big riots in 2003 when the Raiders lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Super Bowl. Officials are bracing themselves in case residents of Oakland take Obama’s loss badly.

    Political observers such as Hilary Shelton and James Carville fear that record voter turnout could overload polling places on Election Day and could raise tension levels.

    Shelton, the director of the NAACP’s Washington bureau, said inadequate voting facilities is a bigger problem in poor communities with large numbers of minorities.

    “What are local election officials doing to prepare for what people think will be record turnout at the polls?” said Shelton, who added that during the 2004 election in Ohio voters in predominantly black communities had to wait in line six to eight hours to vote.

    “On Election Day, if this continues, you may have some tempers flare; we should be prepared to deal with that but do it without intimidation,” said Shelton, who added that police have to be able to maintain order at polling stations without scaring voters, especially immigrants from “police states.”

    Carville, who served as a senior political adviser to former President Bill Clinton, said that many Democrats would be very angry if Obama loses. He noted that many Democrats were upset by Sen. John Kerry’s (D-Mass.) loss to President Bush in the 2004 election, when some Democrats made allegations of vote manipulation in Ohio, the state that ultimately decided the race.

    Experts estimated that thousands of voters did not vote in Ohio because of poor preparation and long lines. Carville said Democratic anger in 2004 “would be very small to what would happen in 2008” if the same problems arose.

    Carville said earlier this month that “it would be very, very, very dramatic out there” if Obama lost, a statement some commentators interpreted as predicting riots. In an interview Tuesday, however, Carville said he did not explicitly predict rioting.

    “A lot of Democrats would have a great deal of angst and anger,” said Carville, who predicted that on Election Day “the voting system all around the country is going to be very stressed because there’s going to be enormous turnout.”

    Other commentators have made such bold predictions.

    “If [Obama] is elected, like with sports championships, people may go out and riot,” said Bob Parks, an online columnist and black Republican candidate for state representative in Massachusetts. “If Barack Obama loses there will be another large group of people who will assume the election was stolen from him….. This will be an opportunity for people who want to commit mischief.”

    Speculation about Election-Day violence has spread on the Internet, especially on right-wing websites.

    This has caught the attention of police departments in cities such as Cincinnati, which saw race riots in 2001 after police shot a young black man.

    “We’ve seen it on the Internet and we’ve heard that there could be civil unrest depending on the outcome of [the election,]” said Lt. Mark Briede of the Cincinnati Police Department. “We are prepared to respond in the case of some sort of unrest or some sort of incident.”

    Briede, like other police officials interviewed, declined to elaborate on plans for Election Day. Many police departments have policies prohibiting public discussion of security plans.

    James Tate, second deputy chief of Detroit’s police department, said extra manpower would be assigned to duty on Election Night. He said problems could flare whichever candidate wins.

    “Either party will make history and we want to prepare for celebrations that will be on a larger scale than for our sports teams,” Tate said.

    He noted that police had to control rioters who overturned cars after the Tigers won the 1984 World Series.

    “We’re prepared for the best-case scenario, we’re prepared for the worst-case scenario,” he said. “The worst-case scenario could be a situation that requires law enforcement.”

    But Tate declined to describe what the worst-case scenario might look like, speaking gingerly like other police officials who are wary of implying that black voters are more likely than other voting groups to cause trouble.

    Shelton, of the NAACP, said he understands the need for police to maintain order. But he is also concerned that some political partisans may point their finger at black voters as potential troublemakers because the Democratic nominee is black.

    Shelton said any racial or ethnic group would get angry if they felt disenfranchised because of voting irregularities.

    Police officials in Chicago, where Obama will hold a Nov. 4 rally, and Philadelphia are also preparing for Election Day.

    “The Chicago Police Department has been meeting regularly to coordinate our safety and security plans and will deploy our resources accordingly,” said Monique Bond, of the Chicago Police Department.

    Frank Vanore, of the Philadelphia Police Department, said officials were planning to mobilize to control exuberant or perhaps angry demonstrations after the World Series, which pits the Phillies against the Tampa Bay Rays.

    He said the boosted police activity would “spill right over to the election.”
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  • meistereder
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    stickfig13 wrote:
    "dark-skinned black man, 6 feet 4 inches tall, 200 pounds with a medium build, short black hair and brown eyes. The man was wearing dark colored jeans, a black undershirt and black shoes."

    Barrack?


    I think Barrack would need to be carrying a stack of phone books to weigh 200.
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  • puremagic
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    Something is not right about this story. If I was robbed and beaten and had my face carved by a knife, I WOULD NOT have REFUSED medical treatment.
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  • Austicman
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    puremagic wrote:
    Something is not right about this story. If I was robbed and beaten and had my face carved by a knife, I WOULD NOT have REFUSED medical treatment.

    For sure!! And a McCain staffer to boot. I smell a rat.
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  • digster
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    I'm worried about this.

    I'm also worried about that group of guys who sees this as a racially motivated attack, and decide to go beat that black Obama supporter down the road to death.

    I'm worried that when that comes out, a bunch of angry African-American youths set fire to a white business near them

    And so it begins.

    I'm very worried because big things like that start dreadfully small. Unspeakable stuff like that is not far removed in our nation's history at all. There have been quite a few people I've heard of them that have been assaulted due to their support for a candidate thus far, but this is the most violent and extreme thus far (and unfortunately, it also going to get more coverage because it's black on white crime). I'm worried it starts a chain reaction.
  • Commy
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    it makes it sound like she was killed and mutilated because she was a Mccain supporter.

    reality is if you look past the media spin she was simply robbed. happens all the time...sucks, and whoever did it is a piece of shit, but fairly common.
  • anotherclone
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    WOW, that's really terrible. Not to doubt that poor gal, but it was her and another person outside of the video camera's range. Unless the attacker said "I'm attacking you because you are a McCain supporter" and there is a recording of it, how does anyone know why it happened?

    I don't remember but, was there a similar outrage when the Arkansas Democratic party chairman was shot and killed in August? Or is this only particularly shocking because a black man attacked a white woman?
  • pateljam
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    digster wrote:
    I'm starting to think we're going to be lucky if we get through this election without riots or mass examples of violence, from either side.

    I agree I think it doesn't matter what happens now... The shit just may hit the fan after the election...

    I hope we are wrong....
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  • jimed14
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    Damn, I went by here around 1 pm yesterday, it's near the malls on Market and Powell ... there are quite a few folks with stands sellig buttons and t-shirts for Obama ...

    http://cbs5.com/local/obama.supporter.stabbed.2.805834.html

    San Francisco
    CBS 5 CrimeWatch
    SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ― Politics turned violent on the streets of San Francisco Thursday evening when a supporter of Sen. Barack Obama was slashed in the face by someone with clearly different opinions.

    The incident occurred just after 6 p.m. when the victim, who had a permit, was working a stand in support of Obama for president at Fifth and Market streets, according to police.

    Another man approached the victim and began to argue with him, police said. The suspect left but returned with a knife and allegedly stabbed the victim in the face.

    Two officers were nearby and one was able to take the suspect into custody while the other transported the victim to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.

    EDIT, this happened a few months ago, I thought it happened yesterday ...
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  • Rider
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    Gee, I thought muggers were all nice guys. I do not see any reflection on Obama at all. A lady got mugged and robbed, sad but true, happens every day.
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  • jimed14
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    by the way, there is a photo here ...

    http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/23/mccain-supporter-maimed-for-her-politics-by-robber/
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