This could get ugly...

[one_voice]

If Andrew Breitbart, Michele Bachmann and that crew catch wind of this story.



Census Worker Accused of Raping Disabled Woman

(May 11) -- A census worker in Indiana has been arrested and accused of beating and raping a 21-year-old disabled woman.

Daniel Miller had visited the woman's house May 4 as part of his volunteer job with the U.S. Census Bureau, authorities said. Police say he returned to the house before dawn May 8 while he was intoxicated, broke in and assaulted the woman, who lives with her mother.

The attacker left his blue jeans, T-shirt, underwear, boots and wallet with his driver's license in the woman's bedroom, authorities said. Police said they found Miller five hours later at his apartment, naked and with a blood-alcohol level of 0.03, reports WHAS-11, a Louisville, Ky., television station.

Miller is described as a self-employed tile layer who has a wife of 13 years and two daughters. Debbie Bishop, who lives next door to the alleged victim, spoke with him on May 4.

"He just seemed really nice," Bishop told WHAS-11. "Actually, he was overly friendly."

Miller is being held on a $150,000 bond in an Indiana county jail. He has no previous arrest record.


In a separate incident in Texas, three men who said they were census workers barged into a Houston home the afternoon of May 8 and stabbed the owner, Reginald Keith Haynes, to death. The attack began when the victim's son answered the door. He and his girlfriend were tied up while the attackers ransacked the house, authorities said. Haynes' wife came home later and was also tied up.

When Haynes got home, he was ambushed. The intruders dunked his head underwater in a bathtub before stabbing him, reports the Houston Chronicle. The attack didn't end until nearly four hours later.

The Census Bureau has given guidelines for identifying census workers, who began canvassing the nation May 1 to account for the 28 percent of Americans who did not return their census forms. The 635,000 workers will visit 48 million addresses through July 10.

According to the guidelines, valid census workers:
Carry white badges with blue writing and a Commerce Department watermark.
Carry black shoulder bags with "U.S. Census Bureau" written on them in white ink.
Introduce themselves and then show the resident a statement of confidentiality.
Will ask only the 10 questions listed on the census form.
If asked, will provide the phone number of a supervisor.

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[CreekDog]

1. Looks like what happened was pretty ugly to begin with

And I'm supposed to be concerned more about what happens on this in the *future*? :wtf:

[one_voice]

4. That's not what I meant..

Of course I think this is a horrible tragedy, and should be treated as such. My point was this will be used to score political points and whip people into a frenzy for the WRONG reasons.

I was not, in anyway trying to minimize what happened. I think it's only going to be made worse, because her ordeal will be politicized. It will be used to "score points" for their "team" and the true horror of the story will be lost. And, in my opinion that's like assaulting this woman again.

My apologies if it came off as insensitive. That certainly wasn't my intention.

[HopeHoops]

2. All the more reason for right-wing morons to avoid answering the door.

Can't have them thar communist gummint sorts snoopin' about.

[Brickbat]

3. Hm.

I don't think what Michele Bachmann will say about this is the most important thing to worry about with this story.

[Odin2005]

5. UGH!

:(

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. rightwing radio already picked this up