Posted on 05/25/2006 5:04:51 AM PDT by abb
DURHAM -- A lawyer with the state NAACP said the civil rights organization intends to seek a gag order in the Duke lacrosse case, and a journalist who participated in a forum with him on Wednesday said media coverage of the alleged rape may deprive the alleged victim of her legal rights to a fair trial.
Al McSurely, an attorney who chairs the Legal Redress Committee for the state National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said he generally respects the defense attorneys in the case as colleagues. But they are violating the State Bar's rules of professional conduct that discourage comments outside court that are likely to prejudice a case, he said.
The NAACP will try to intervene in the case to file a "quiet zone/let's let justice work" motion. That is otherwise known as a gag order, he acknowledged, although he said he doesn't like that term.
McSurely's comments came amid the first-ever Durham Conference on the Moral Challenges of our Culture at First Presbyterian Church downtown. The session gave the approximately 150 people who attended a chance to hear a series of talks and discuss among themselves sexual and domestic violence, racism, class distinctions and the media.
(Excerpt) Read more at herald-sun.com ...
Pretty powerful stuff...I wish I could smugly say at least it's Durham.
It is not
It is Atlanta
It is my beloved Richmond.
It is everywhere.
This is what civil rights has given blacks.
Yes, and that's why the N&O report is so stupid.
Amazing.
No.
I know how the News Corpse works. They have access to many databases and in North Carolina most of the information is Public information.
Since the AV has a record and her "boyfriend" has a record, they are probably linked in a database somewhere. Police like to track known criminals and the people they associate with.
In this case, with the AV's family and their mouths, I think it would take nothing more than a fake press ID and a knock at the door (it would help to be black) or $30.00 to an uncle to get the boyfriends name and address.
Thanks, sometimes a bit of reality check helps regain focus. So much swimming between my ears.
I am surprised it has not leaked yet. At least what type of person he is. What was the Quote? "Everybody knows him in the hood?"
Apparently. The first one was the team pictures in their matching blue jerseys. Just guessing, the second one had the bare torso shots taken on Mar. 23 when the players went to the jail to give DNA.
Great article GAgal! I thought one of two things.
Either she had continually - purposefully put off the ID for 3 weeks stalling for a small time lawyer or her boyfriend to get through an asset check OR
Nifong and investigators (and I use that term loosely) weren't happy with her previous efforts (with a lineup)
Nifong, Baker and their corrupt co-horts have crossed the line here. Imagine the procedures followed for that lineup : and this stuff was ALL supposed to be in discovery - meaning the peripheral information the defense is asking for.
Either Nifong goes after more people on the edge of the case like the Cabbie and gets deeper - he's desperate to find someone willing to testify to the rape (without regard to the acurrateness of the testimony), a weak link willing to cave. Either Nifong goes in that direction and becomes even more aggressive and outlandish OR he's taken off the case by the N.C. Governor or the Feds.
Most of the people here are good people, and they keep waiting for Nifong to throw in the towel or the AV to come clean - It's not going to happen. Nifong will not concede that he railroaded the players or that he doesn't have the goods, the AV isn't in a hurry to going back and turning tricks. The AV has opportunities like never before at this point.
This is a textbook case is abuse of power.
Thank you for the article
I don't do conspiracies...I prefer to save my foil for the grill!
If anything, it seems more likely they are trying to cover up a sloppy investigation in a case they expected to go nowhere but has instead mushroomed like a thermo-nuclear bomb.
That's probably true. They took a short statement and then either the Duke police or others at Duke were advised..."This will all blow over". However, Nifong started giving press conferences assailing the players and Baker met with them and then everything changed. The police then had their jobs on-line.
I heard an Aunt or relative told a reporter that he has a rap sheet and he's a hood rat.
But, she said he's basically a good guy.
I think Cheshire chose he words very carefully when he said it's an individual well known to the Durham Police.
If she had ID'd anyone on Mar. 21, would Nifong have implored the judge to order the whole team be tested afterward? I doubt it.
What would be the consequences if there is no transcript or video of the first line-up as there was with the second?
I am not an attorney, but I think either photo array getting into evidence sounds doubtful.
he has a rap sheet and he's a hood rat.
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They are all hoodrats.
RE: the FIRST lineup.
It was on Mar 21. On Mar 23, the Nifong filed for the DNA order of 46/47 lax players. Telling.
Other time patterns of the Nifong's behavior.
4/4 2nd photo lineup. Also time the Nifong began to change tone about DNA (70-80% lie). Probably cause: SBI told Nifong no match.
4/11 DNA results public. 4/14 Illegal police invasion of Duke dorms. 4/19 indictments of Seliegeman and Finnerty.
5/2 Democrat primary. 5/3 "boyfriend" and "drivers" submit DNA. Also on 5/3 Megyn Kendall: the Nifong told the Mangums of "good news".
The police officer who found the accuser at Kroger wrote a "supplemental report" over three weeks later:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=local&id=4208878
And the list grows:
1. 20 then 3 men raped her.
2. IDing 4 men when raped by 3.
3. Bedroom then bathroom.
4. Groped then raped.
5. Passed out, then able to breath through the mouth.
I already think the groundwork has been laid out for this argument anyways. Why did Nifong go to the private lab? Is this 'lab shopping'? Cheshire and the other defense attorneys are considering this line of questioning, at least they should be. Also, since it apparently appears Nifong made himself part of the chain of custody (he allegedly picked up the DNA results personally), doesn't this mean he could be called as a witness by the defense? Also, since he directed part of the investigation, this also means he can be questioned on the stand if I am not mistaken. I am dumbstruck at how blatantly stupid LIEfong's actions have been from the minute this story broke. It's a "What Not To Do" course in the making for those in the second year of law school.
AH-HA!! KIM said AV was afraid of the white boys.
Kim is knee deep in sh!t.
from the article:
"..."I grabbed the female and attempted to pull her from the vehicle. She grabbed the emergency brake with her left hand and would not come out of the car. At this point, I applied a bent wrist come-along [maneuver] to her right-hand arm? once she was out of the car, I released the pressure and she collapsed to the ground......."
Another article about the Mar. 21 line-up, plus a pdf copy of the defense motion concerning it:
http://www.wral.com/news/9282720/detail.html
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