It was reported here as a mugging gone wrong on a person who was in town to work for McCain. That has translated into the national media as “Obama supporters attacking McCain supporters.”

Aside from the contradictory statements and the odd choice of carving a backward B (like looking in a mirror?) into a person’s face–a few things I find fishy.

That intersection is extremely busy–there is an active Catholic Church on one corner, a popular restaurant/bar on another corner, an excellent Thai restaurant on the other corner and the bank. In both directions their are a number of busy coffee shops, restaurants, and grocery stores. There is a ton of foot traffic in the evening. The neighborhood is working class and heavily Italian, and Pearl Street is densely residential. I honestly don’t see how it is possible that an African American male could mug someone, chase them down, beat them up, sit on them and carve a perfect, yet backwards B, on someone’s face at 9pm without a sole noticing.

She may have been mugged, but the rest of the story…doesn’t add up. But of course, I don’t expect the national media to investigate such things when sensationalism is so much more fun.