The NAACP called for a gag order (unusual for them in that they usually oppose gag orders). They pushed the line that this case had a racial component; and shared a rally with the NOI and NBBP (with Shabazz as the keynote speaker). Everyone there was addressed as "brother and sister".
Naively, before this case I had supposed that some of the people in the NAACP, especially those in the higher branches, still believed in what they presumably stood for; and would see through all of the hype and come out on the side of truth no matter what.
I stand corrected now.
(AFAIK, the state branch is still showing an 80-point list of accusations about the rape case--inflamatory, and keeping the lie alive.)
http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2006/08/nifong-tarnishes-naacp.html