When is assault not racist or a 'hate crime'?

Why when it's black on white --- that's when! Read this report then I'll comment:

Sarah Palin supporter attacked on Augsburg campus on election night
Student says woman called her racist
By Maricella Miranda
mmiranda@pioneerpress.com

She wore the button in support of her home-state candidate for vice president.

Now Annie Grossmann, 18, a first-year student at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, says the Sarah Palin button led four women to attack her on campus on election night.

"I didn't expect something like that to happen," said the Delta Junction, Alaska, native.

The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating the assault, police spokesman Sgt. Jesse Garcia said Wednesday. No suspects have been identified.

It was about 9:45 p.m. Nov. 4 when Grossmann left her dorm building, where she was watching the U.S. presidential election results unfold with a group of friends, she said.

When Grossmann walked around the building, four women approached her.

She did not recognize them.

Before she said anything to them, one of the women started calling Grossmann racist, spitting in her face as she spoke. Grossmann identified the suspects as black and close to her age, but she did not provide futher descriptions.

Grossmann tried to leave, but the woman held her, pulling her by the shoulders, she said. Grossmann finally pushed the woman and walked away.

That's when the woman grabbed her by the shoulder, spun her around and punched her in the face. The punch caused Grossmann to hit her head on a brick wall.

"Are you serious?" she asked the woman. The suspects left the scene, Grossmann said.

Grossmann returned to her dorm to ice her wound. She reported the attack the next
day to campus security and the Minneapolis police.

"It's sad. I'm not racist in the least. It's ridiculous," Grossmann said Wednesday.

The attack didn't surprise other Republicans at Augsburg, who say they often are ridiculed for their

Here's the question Pilgrims -- If this had been four white students pounding on a black student for sporting a Obama pin -- would this be the first time you'da read about it - or would it have been on the news six times a day and front page on the New York Times?

Add the fact that this young lady is from Alaska - and it ain't much of a surprise she'd be a Sarah Palin fan -- 80% of Alaskans are!!!