McCain volunteer Ashley Todd arrested for making false mugging story

Another example of many of how corrupt, racist, and desperate the McCain/Palin campaign is becoming. In Pittsburgh, 20 year old college student Ashley Todd was arrested after filing a false police report claiming a big black man assaulted and mugged her, scratching a letter B on her face, because she supported McCain.



Police: McCain volunteer made up robbery story

PITTSBURGH -- A John McCain campaign volunteer admitted Friday she made up a story of being robbed, pinned to the ground and having the letter "B" scratched on her face by a black man in a politically inspired attack, police said.

On her third day of questioning, Ashley Todd, a 20-year-old college student from College Station, Texas, "just opened up and said she wanted to tell the truth," said Maurita Bryant, assistant chief of the police investigations division.

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.

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.

Dressed in an orange hooded sweatshirt, Todd left police headquarters in handcuffs late Friday on her way to court, where police said she was to be charged with making a false report to police.