On November 28, 1987, Tawana Brawley, 15, was found wrapped in a garbage bag behind an apartment building in Wappinger Falls, NY. The teen, who had been missing for four days, was barely conscious. Her clothes were torn and burned, and her face and body smeared with excrement.
Emergency room doctors found racial slurs written on her body. When Brawley regained consciousness, she had a story to tell.
She said three men, including a uniformed police officer, took turns raping and beating her. But there were no bruises or abrasions on her face and body. A forensic rape kit found no evidence of rape.
Over the next few days, Brawley’s story changed. She could provide no descriptions of the men other than they were white and one was a police officer. Her story fell apart when a witness came forward to say she saw Brawley climb into the garbage bag and lay still on the cold ground.
The media, which at first was sympathetic, began to turn on her. The Rev. Al Sharpton and other black leaders pledged their support and advised Brawley to stop talking to the media. Her claims made headlines around the country.
In October 1988, a grand jury concluded Brawley was lying.
Twenty years later, on October 22, 2008, Ashley Todd, a McCain volunteer claimed she was attacked by a knife wielding “Obama supporter” as she stood at a bank ATM machine.
Todd claims her assailant was a 6-foot-4-inch man who jumped her when he spotted a McCain bumper sticker on her car. The man allegedly punched and kicked the 20-year-old before carving the letter ‘B’ in her right cheek with a knife.
She claims the thug robbed her of $60. She couldn’t provide a description of the man or the direction he ran off in.
Police say Todd waited until the next day to report the beating and robbery.
A photo of the “victim” shows what appears to be two black eyes. We don’t know the true extent of her injuries because Todd refused medical treatment.
There is no swelling around her eyes and the whites of her eyes are clear. The ‘B’ is backwards — the way it would look if she carved the ‘B’ on her own face while looking in a mirror.
All signs point to another Tawana Brawley like hoax. But the media storm is already gathering strength and the satellite TV trucks have been dispatched.
Oh, and McCain and Palin have already called Todd to pledge their support.
So the B is supposed to stand for Barack ….? or maybe she’s just an annoying little beyatch and that’s what it stands for. Either way her story is bogus. Dude had time to carefully carve out letters on your face but you don’t remember what he looks like. Please.
oh please now this takes desperation to a whole different level..it’s real convenient this close to the election that this should happen to a “supporter”..gtfoh!Ony a dumbass would choose to blame Barack for this like he can control someone’s actions if true)you can already see where this is heading..McCain/Palin probably put her up for it..take one for the team..just shows no one is playing with a full deck over there
The B is backwards and she has eye shawdow smudged all around her eye. Doesn’t take a doctor to see that. Makes sense that she refused treatment.
The B is backwards, because her dumb ass was looking in the mirror (like Sandra said.) WHAT A DUMB BITCH!!!
yeah i remember the tawanna brawley story (is that her real name). this is crazy too; obama supporter? stop tying my name to that bull sshit; i’m tryna win an election.
Good Morning, Desperate times cause for desperate measures
I live here and Pittsburgh. I’m not gonna say she’s lying because I, for a fact, know the type of neighborhood Bloomfield has become. However this is highly convenient considering McCain was just here the other day and tanked bad.
Now why couldn’t this be a rabid Beyonce fan that attacked her for not purchasing a new album? You know some of them get like that. Hell it could be a Bush supporter.
But that is not a black eye, Sandra you’re a nurse you can confirm, they’re usually layers of color and other injuries visible too.
I think the B is for lying ass dumb momofuku bish
Good morning people!
Good Morning everyone – This crazy….she must have been drunk. Why would someone write the “B” backwards duh!
Good Morning … Now .. dude was SUPPOSED to be 6’4 and 200 and summin lbs .. only got you for 60.00 and a black-ish eye .. if he was an Obama supporter why an “B” and not a “O” …
I’m so tired of the big black boogey man did it.. Put her in Jail for filing a false police report … and lets see how many other letters get carved into her stupid azz.
Trick Please !!
Oh and Auntie .. the Tawana Brawley reference wasn’t needed .. You could have used SOOOO many other stories about White women who Cry Big Bad Black Man did it to prove your point.
Even though i was only a month old when this happened,this is one of those stories that was just a major story in nyc. This chick is obvious liar. I personally CANNOT stand liars. If she made up such a tale of being raped then, who’s to say she’s not lying about this too. And the B is backwards, it wouldn’t be, if someone put it there.
She states here that she was still looking for a bank. Notice the time. After midnight… At almost four in the morning she talks about the horrible night she had… And yet, she claimed to have been mugged and carved at 9pm. Still looking for a band after midnight, but mugged at the bandk at 9pm. This isn’t liberal rhetoric. This is just paying attention to what has been said straight from the woman herself… Again, Here is her blog. lifeinthefield . com /users / ashley-todd .. remove the spaces
It ain’t adding up .. if she got mugged at 9pm-ish .. why was she out looking for a bar with a band at midnight ? ?
http://lifeinthefield.com/users/ashley-todd
in the words of Sarah Palin with a wink ‘you betcha ;-)’ it’s a hoax… probably her drunk boyfriend did it.
@pointhimout tawana changed her name to maryam and converted to islam last i heard. last year was the 20 year anniversary of the case so i recall reading that….so you are very right…her name is NOT tawana anymore.
as far as the tawana brawley comparison goes…why not compare this lady to the runaway georgia bride who said black and mexican folks kidnapped her and beat her? why use tawana?
runaway bride with her ole weird azz eyes is ALOT more recent.
okay my bad…runaway bride lady said it was a mexican who kidnapped and raped her. NOT a black person.
anyhow she still pointed to a minority as the culprit when comes to find out in the end that she had an overactive imagination and staged the whole thing herself is my point.
i am still confused with what tawana brawley has to do with this?
It’s BULL#)($*T
So with stuff like this beginning to come out (hoax or not)… Is anyone else curious about what may happen on November 5th? Regardless of which candidate wins, I am not looking forward to November 5th, and what may come.
I have to take my son to the Dr on Nov 5th .. thats all I’m worried about…
I don’t give Fear any place in my life… God has my family protected …
the “B” looks too perfect was what i first thought. at least she ain’t screaming “the black man with the knit cap” did it; however, it’s almost inferred. these mccain-o-phytes are really trying to start some sh*t. i took off work on the 5th because it’s gonna be off the chain.
all i know is i already cancelled my trip to the nc mountains once (during the gas shortage last month)
and it is resked for nov. 7-10. so whatever happens nov. 5…best be the hell ova by the 7th…
p.s. i was at howard when tawanna brawley attended and ran into her on numerous occasions. the chick had issues.
Good morning SR Fam and TGIF!!
I can understand why Sandra would reference Tawana Brawley, that case was way more sensational than the runaway bride, IMO, and it definitely stirred up racial tensions. The whole black and minority community rallied around Ms. Brawley, as I’m sure the non-minority (read=Republican/white)community will do for this trick. We may want to forget or move on from it, but unfortunately, the Brawley scandal/fiasco is one that will haunt us blacks for a very long time.
kwallace, you don’t want to go up into those woods no time this year if barack gets elected. hell, white folks had STILL not gotten over OJ until he was recently found guilty. if you go, you better take some heavy artillery!
Good Morning Fam ..
This chick is deranged and crazy w/this unbelievable story ….. ha ha try harder Republicans … is this the best you have?
Yes We Can 08!
And she refused medicalvtreatment, that’s because these are all self inflicted injuries – GTFOH!
Good morning everyone….
If I had to base it off this picture…that chick is lying. That dumb azz look on her face gave it away. But, what is the smeared mascara supposed to be? A black eye?
Just like that dude yesterday, just stirring up trouble for no reason. She looks like she has some issshh-shooooees!
@ bk2atl … i can get the connection now … I haven’t had any breakfast ..
I cant stop looking at the Halloween make-up around the eye.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! GO SIT DOWN!
Ummmmmm no one should have any mud to sling after this.
Remember Susan Smith? She drove her sons into the lake and then blamed it on a brotha?
She is locked up having sex with prison guards and iiissshhhh! Ole triflin behind
@bk2atl i get the connection but you said it yourself “the Brawley scandal/fiasco is one that will haunt us blacks for a very long time.”
so why is it being bought up…again? that is one i think and it is safe to say i am not alone…i would rather forget.
@free you made me laugh…the mountains it is a big tourist destination here in nc in the fall. yes parts are full of YT’s but where i am going it is full of native americans too (cherokee) and they are STILL against the “white man” 400 years later. i think they got my back….well i hope they do…
This young distured woman will be a victim of her own hoax. So sad that the mental state of some to go to such foolish extreme for attention or so afraid (because they want a boy friend back or stayed out past curfew)that they point a finger to a non existing black male and the whole city gets put on watch. If you fit the description you will be questioned.
Being I don’t believe this I am going to make fun of it. Was her attacker dyslexic and left handed? LOL. Not making fun of any dyslexic and/or left handed ppl. Just doing my “Columbo” detective work. Which I only had to look at her face. LOL.
she needs to be in a mental hospital..this girl is crazy..
This is as sad as it is funny; however, it is obvious that this young lady clearly has some mental health issues!
Well I guess we are supposed to keep turning the cheek…and let all this shyt roll off our backs…I sure hope Obama wins, or all this taking shyt lightly would be for NOTHING! They will steal the votes just like they did in 2004, and make FOOLs out of us again. How the hell, do you expect us to act istand? What do we do when the tension builds UP, put our tails between our legs and run home to a PLACE we’ll never trully be APART OF anyway!!??
I am so disturbed by all of these stories. Race relations are horrible. Just imagine if Obama was all black. I received an e-mail from a friend last night and I am sure it is going around a guy on a motorcycle with a Mccain sticker. He has on a t-shirt that says n-word (spelled out)it is a white house. I still say Obama 08 to heck with the racists.
@kwallace:
I am sure no one wants to forget it more than Al Sharpton! LOL
I ain’t worried about this story being real, it faker than Mariah Carey’s tits! She should be fined and sentenced to jail time for wasting the policy’s time.
The real issue is McCain and Palin pledging their support to this dumb b!tch.
They still pledge their support even if there is so many holes in her story. Shows you how desperate they are!
Sandra why do you post this BULL***T! All of a sudden a Black man who is a “OBAMA SUPPORTER” attacked a women in BROAD DAYLIGHT because of her McCain bumper sticker.
PUHHHLLEEAASSEEEEEE!!!!!
This is a mess. This is obvious she did this herself, not only is the “B” backwards but its damn near perfect. If someone is mugging you and decides to carve your face i doubt that it would be soo carefully crafted. This bitch sat in the mirror and did it herself. Not only that but i copied this directly from her myspace page, it says: “Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her cloths off, but its better if you do”. I know its a Panic at the Disco song but it just smells all the way fishy! First the Joe The Plumber scandal and now this? MCCAIN DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE YOU GO STRETCHING YOUR NECK OUT..
Wow Auntie…
I’m impressed!!!
Shouldn’t her eye be around the color of blue, purple, yellow, by now? Where is the blood? Where is the distress? They should grill her ass to no end. I remember the Tawana Brawley, had Al and nem involved and everything. Sad case, just sad.
Some people have too much time on their hands and NEED to be placed in mental wards to even think up stupid stuff like this. This is taking compulsive lieing to a whole nother level *smh*
I saw this ish last night. I truly don’t know what to say – what a loser and a b**ch for trying to cry fire when she is the only source of smoke.
I’m sure Faux News Network will be running with this one.
*like Tommy talking to Cole* Ashley….you stuupid. Trick, this aint gone stop us from Baracking our vote (if that was the intent), causing unneccessary drama to the media. I think its safe to say, this broad has mental issues.
She should have carved the rest of her face, so she has an excuse for it…………….
Well famil, she den fukked up then, I just saw this on the news…..they said the authorities are already finding inconsistencies in her story….
So she punched herself in the eye, and scratched that B on her face for nothing…
The B stands for “Bumbling Idiot!”
What a dumb azz!
Dead @ Obama supporter, wtf???
What does Barack have to do with it?????
Oh and did anybody see how “someone” was talking smack about Barack’s grandmother??And she is sick now and had the nerve to talk negatively about her.It truly makes me sick!How you gone talk about someone’s ill grandmother??You should run that story Sandra.
Rosewood
People are crazy. I didn’t think about taking Nov 5 th off until last night.. like ….wait a minute.. if Barack wins… I gotta come look yt in the face knowing there are only 3 of us in my office ( me my sister and my aunt who is mixed..not comfortable). I think I should take it off.
This chick looks familiar.. and loony.
Good morning all!! It’s Friday!!
Let’s see. If a man punched me to the ground, and tried to carve a “B” in my face, it would’ve turned into a ZIGZAG because I wouldn’t be lying still that long for him to get a perfect B. And why did he chose the cheek? The forehead has less skin and would’ve been the perfect mark…
Once again, another reason to go out there and vote. I’m going early today. I hope I don’t get jumped by any McCain supporters.
GO VOTE EARLY!! THERE IS STILL TIME…Everyone is trying to create a Mayhem for Nov. 4th. I’m going early so I can sit back and watch the ridiculous stories on the 4th. GO VOTE!
Lol I was going to mention the B being backwards before I continued to read and saw that you mentioned it….sounds kinda fishy.
All in all, even if a Obama supporter did do this, what does this have to do with Obama or McCain directly? If she is just trying to get attention this won’t work. Even if it was a McCain supporter who did this to an Obama supporter, it makes no difference unless McCain did it directly. smh…
That black eye is highly suspect. Initially I thought that maybe it wasn’t swollen yet because it had just happened when they took the pic. But if what you’re saying about her going to the police the next day is true, that ish is hella fake and the cops know that. A morning after black eye that bad would practically be swollen shut.
Got the following from a College Station, TX (where she attends college) news website:
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Update:
Inconsistencies have arisen in the case and Todd now says she was sexually assaulted and is not sure if her alleged attacker saw a McCain bumper sticker or a McCain button that she was wearing.
*smdh* stupid bitch
Now she is saying she was on conscious(sp) and doesn’t remember. The ATM tapes does not show her there.
***shaking my head at the desperation that lead to this nonsense****
@ursmyle4me what you said about the forehead being a good target…reminded me of the case where some guy raped and killed a little girl named katie. well when he got to prison some of katies peeps were in too and they held him down and carved “katie’s revenge” right into his forehead.
I wonder how she knew he was an Obama supporter? The B could be for biyatch
An aritcle on the Huffington Post states that the police just said that they beleive she made the story up. They’ve given her a lie detector test because she keep changing her story.
They also have on there that McCains’ Aid, Charles Fried, is endorsing Obama.
Actually if Sandra wanted to bring up a similar case, she could’ve brought up the Carol stuart case, where the man shot and killed his pregnant wife and himself and blamed it on a black man.
CORRECTION: She has confessed that she made it up.
KaraZ Says:
Actually if Sandra wanted to bring up a similar case, she could’ve brought up the Carol stuart case
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For starters the two girls are close in age. Both girls mutilated themselves and made up lies about an assailant of a different color. But what makes this case similar to Tawana’s case is the level of hysteria in the press for the Tawana Brawley case — even though she was lying! The media coverage decreased In every case mentioned in this thread once it became clear the victim was lying. But in this chick’s case as in Tawana’s case– the hysteria continues even though the media knows she is lying! That’s why I’m comparing both cases.
Smh…so I’m on the post gazette as I check my home town news often praying that I don’t see any names I recognize in the news and just learned that this fuckery happened in my city. SMHHHH…
Todd has confessed to lying; damn shame!
Terika83, I’m from Pittsburgh too.
Anywhoo….yeah this dumb arse admitted to lying….and they are holding her over for a mental eval. Loonie Bin her she comes
@Bookworm71274…really? What part? I no longer live there but I’m from East Liberty.
Did she say WHY she lied?
^^ I’m from “the Hill” but I have lived in Atlanta since 78. My family is still there. They are going to do a mental assessment of this dumb ass…