Fraudulently Reported Racial Crimes in Pittsburgh

Crimes are sometimes reported fraudulently by alleged victims. These types of crimes are dangerous and often result in other types of retailatory crimes being committed. Individuals should be severely punished for the crime of lying, especially when it could and does result in another crime as the lies result.

Below, I've posted information below that I obtained from the below link about another strange crime that occurred in - Da Burg after a 20 year old young lady Ashley Todd) lied about being attacked by a African American man.
http://www.truecrimereport.com/2008/10/insanity_and_politics_mccain_s.php

"Will Ashley Todd's Story Implode Tomorrow?""Putting Ashley Todd's Story Out With The Trash."

Original Post: Police in the Bloomfield area of Pittsburgh, PA say a 20-year-old Ashley Todd may have been viciously assaulted because she had a McCain/Palin bumper sticker on her car. Sounds like it began as a routine robbery; the robber pulled a knife, Todd gave him sixty bucks. Then the criminal saw the McCain bumper sticker on the woman's car. He beat Todd with his hands and fists. Then, bizarrely, he used his knife to scratch a "B" on her face. Police told local Pittsburgh media that Todd refused treatment.

One Pittsburgh news outlet says only that Ashley Todd had the bumper sticker on her car. Another, the Post-Gazette, described the victim as a "McCain staffer" from Texas. The paper also quoted police spokesperson Diane Richards, who said authorities couldn't "substantiate" Todd's story, yet.

The suspect is said to be a 6'4", 200-lb African-American male. He was wearing dark clothing. The robbery wasn't captured on the bank's security cameras.

According to the Pittsburgh Channel, the Obama campaign has issued a statement about the attack, saying that their "thoughts and prayers are with the young woman for her to make a speedy recovery, and we hope that the person who perpetrated this crime is swiftly apprehended and brought to justice."

CBS 13 published a report online stating that the Republican candidate for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, "spoke with the victim by phone." The McCain campaign has issued their own statement about the crime, calling it "sick and disgusting."

This crime is so bizarre and potentially politically-charged it's already produced a screaming, bold-red headline at the Drudge Report. Be prepared to hear a lot more about it.
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The bad thing about this situation is that Ashley accused an African American man of committing the crime. This is unfortunate because of the timing, with an African American man running for president and because there are many crimes that occur that result in death or almost based on race-related factors. You have to ask yourself, why did Ashley say that an African American man committed the crime, when in fact, she created the crime herself???

This concerns me because there are various unjust crimes committed against African Americans in the city of Pittsburgh; therefore, Why would Ashley Todd create a racially motivated crime, when knowing that by saying a African American man did the crime, could and would create unnecessary racial tensions, towards African American men, in an already racially tense city.