PITTSBURGH - A McCain campaign volunteer made up a story of being robbed, pinned to the ground and having the letter “B” scratched on her face in a politically inspired attack, police said Friday.

Ashley Todd, 20-year-old college student from College Station, Texas, admitted Friday that the story was false and was being charged with making a false report to police, said Maurita Bryant, the assistant chief of the police department’s investigations division.

Todd, who is white, told police she was attacked by a 6-foot-4 black man Wednesday night. She can’t explain why she invented the story or explain how the “B” was scratched onto her face, Bryant said.  Read more at philly.com

Why do they always tell the police it was a black man?