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Is The Duke Rape Story Unraveling?
Yahoo ^ | 04/12/06 | Tom Bevan

Posted on 04/12/2006 5:09:07 PM PDT by Perdogg

There's probably no better way to get a feel for what's been happening in the Duke University lacrosse team rape story than to read a series of revised news alerts on the case issued by the Durham Police's Crimestoppers unit. An initial release sent out April 3 which offered cash rewards for tips about the case read: "The victim was sodomized, raped, assaulted and robbed. This horrific crime sent shock waves throughout our community."

Yesterday at 11:16am, according to the Raleigh News & Observer, Crimestoppers issued a revised version of the same news release which dropped the entire second sentence about a "horrific crime" and also added a qualifier to the first: "The victim alleges that she was sodomized, raped, assaulted and robbed." [emphasis added]

A mere eighteen minutes later a third revision was issued, changing the word "victim" to "complainant."

The evolving facts in the case seem to not only warrant those revisions but also to suggest that the case may be in the process of unraveling.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: anitahillredux; dejafreakinvu; duke; dukelax; realclearpolitics
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To: RetiredArmy
"Did her "man" or her "pinp" do this to her?"

That's what I've been wondering from the beginning of this "strange" story.

141 posted on 04/13/2006 2:19:06 PM PDT by LucyJo
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To: JeffAtlanta
Suspending the season until the investigation was complete would have been fine.

That would be too long, but I get your drift.

142 posted on 04/13/2006 2:20:14 PM PDT by beyond the sea (Oh, for the days when "disrespect" was just a noun.)
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To: Alia

Susie is a little long in the tooth for that role. I see her as the heroic DA after a sex change operation.


143 posted on 04/13/2006 2:21:54 PM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (If you believe ANYTHING in the Treason Media you are a fool.)
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To: Neverforget01
Thanks for that source. With regards to your question about the million dollar home:

The Duke players were portrayed as privileged white athletes who were acting in a way that has been described as racist and sexist, even without the rape allegation.

They answered it for you.

144 posted on 04/13/2006 2:23:35 PM PDT by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: RetiredArmy

My guess all along was a pimp (if a prostitute) or a dealer.


145 posted on 04/13/2006 2:24:47 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights (GOP, The Other France)
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To: Brytani
I am sorry I do NOT agree.

Women who file false claims of rape should not just have to visit a rape crisis center, and victims of brutality and such, but they should do TIME!! a MINIMUM of 6 mths. in "boot camp" or such type incarceration.

After all, men who do rape women can get 20+ years for doing so. In my opinion, this is not right, either.

If a man truly does rape a woman, ESPECIALLY if it is a violent rape with serious physical injury, the man shouldn't be in prison more than 3 months....after that.... put him to sleep!!
146 posted on 04/13/2006 2:26:01 PM PDT by Rca2000 (I may be a prude, but at least I am consistent about my beliefs!!)
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To: Locomotive Breath
privileged white athletes

All we need to know right? GUILTY!

147 posted on 04/13/2006 2:26:06 PM PDT by Neverforget01 (Proud enemy of the drive-by-media)
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To: RetiredArmy

And yet a short time later at Duke hospital she is described as yelling her head off and not even wanting a man to get near her so that she had to be examined by a woman. If she could bottle that sober-up remedy she'd be rich. And then the Duke lax team would have something to sue her for.


148 posted on 04/13/2006 2:26:26 PM PDT by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: Locomotive Breath

Has anyone told the Native Americans Lacrosse was only for the elite white man?


149 posted on 04/13/2006 2:27:21 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights (GOP, The Other France)
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To: Howlin
Officer in Duke Investigation: Accuser 'Just Passed out Drunk'

Maybe this is why the boyfriend took her to the hospital and she failed to mention rape to Kim? Also makes it seem a little hard to imagine her memory would be too good?

150 posted on 04/13/2006 2:29:58 PM PDT by Neverforget01 (Proud enemy of the drive-by-media)
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To: Howlin
How many viewers does that represent?

The chart isn't labeled, but must be thousands of households

151 posted on 04/13/2006 2:31:38 PM PDT by SirJohnBarleycorn
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To: sinkspur

The rape case was dismissed, but Bryant was never proved innocent. He was almost surely guilty. All his statements about the case were proven to be lies. He said he never had sex with the victim. Do you still believe that Bill Clinton has never slept with anybody besides Hillary?


152 posted on 04/13/2006 2:36:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: Neverforget01

The Kroger security guard said in an interview she thought the woman was intoxicated but when she got close to her didn't smell any alcohol.

And then we hear that not long after the police find her passed out drunk, she is up and hysterical and screaming at the hospital.

So is it drugs? Is that rollercoaster-like activity consistent with meth use? (It would be interesting to find out if people who know her call her "Crystal Meth"?)


153 posted on 04/13/2006 2:39:06 PM PDT by SirJohnBarleycorn
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To: Neverforget01

Do you think that the police officer called her boy friend to come pick her up and take her to the hospital?

What about the story that she seemed fine until they put her in the squad car?


154 posted on 04/13/2006 2:44:22 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Neverforget01
Except, as I understand it, Mangum (purported rape victim) reported the rape to the officer in the Kroger parking lot including the house address. (As a result, Durham PD has been criticized for taking 31 hours to get a search warrant. They claim it took Mangum that long to give them enough details to properly execute one.) At the Kroger, Kim was apparently claiming that Mangum had been found wandering around near the Kroger. Kim also at that time apparently denied being the caller in that first 911 call. Kim wanted nothing to do with this deal.

All ya'll who are maybe just now really getting into the details of this will be interested in this really long thread from two weeks ago:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1607267/posts

also valuable:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1611383/posts

155 posted on 04/13/2006 2:46:11 PM PDT by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

It's only for people who enjoy running around in circles beating each other with sticks while a solid hard rubber ball comes flying at you at 80 mph. As far as I know it's an equal opportunity sport.


156 posted on 04/13/2006 2:52:33 PM PDT by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: Howlin

I just heard the tape of the officer saying she was "just passed out drunk."

heh-heh

Poor Nifong, it must suck to be him right now. Next he will tell us all how those rich, white boys slipped that poor woman a mickey. That's why she was passed out! Yeah! That's the ticket!


157 posted on 04/13/2006 2:53:25 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights (GOP, The Other France)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
Then there's this:

Duke Lacrosse Attorney: No Sign Indictments Are Looming Lawyer Says DA May Not Submit Case To Grand Jury Next Week

http://www.nbc17.com/news/8670715/detail.html

Who the heck knows whats going on?

158 posted on 04/13/2006 2:57:57 PM PDT by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: SirJohnBarleycorn

After a meth high, during which a hard user can go 2 as much as 2 weeks without sleep, they crash. After the crash some wild, psychotic behavior. You cannot argue with a tweaker and they will look you in the eye and swear they were raped and will be believable. They wrote the manipulation book.

The meth itself only stays in the body about 48 hours, so by the time they get to that stage a blood test will not show anything other than the pot they smoked it with (or other drugs they take)

I don't know about crack.

That is why I strongly suspect a dealer for her injuries. From my experience with a family member, her behavior sounds like it could be meth.


159 posted on 04/13/2006 3:02:34 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights (GOP, The Other France)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Has Nifong been so busy doing interviews and campaigning that he doesn't get daily updates on the case from the police investigators? Yesterday he said he couldn't tell the defense whether or under what circumstances an ID had been made, because he had not yet received a written report about it from Durham police. Now, the arriving officer at Kroger seems to be confirming the defense contention that the accuser was "seriously impaired." What's going on within that so-called investigation?


160 posted on 04/13/2006 3:03:42 PM PDT by GAgal
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