McCain Staffer Robbed and Mutilated-UPDATE: Hoax

UPDATE: Before reading further, this story has now been shown to be a hoax. Really, really stupid.

Just how bad is the hatred for all things not Obama in this campaign going to get?

PITTSBURGH -- A 20-year-old woman who was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield was also maimed by her attacker, police said.

Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Diane Richard tells Channel 4 Action News that the victim was robbed at knifepoint on Wednesday night outside of a Citizens Bank near Liberty Avenue and Pearl Street just before 9 p.m.

Richard said the robber took $60 from the woman, then became angry when he saw a McCain bumper sticker on the victim's car. The attacker then punched and kicked the victim, before using the knife to scratch the letter "B" into her face, Richard said.

Richard said the woman refused medical treatment after the assault, which happened outside the view of the bank's surveillance cameras.

The robber is described as a 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.

Obama told his supporters to "get in their faces". If this guy is caught, will he be charged with a hate crime? Probably not. Black on white crime cannot by politically correct definition be a hate crime.

UPDATES from Politico:

UPDATE: Richard confirms the account to Politico, and says the victim was from Texas, and didn't know the area.

UPDATE: The Pittsburgh press reports the victim was a McCain staffer.