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Posted on 05/02/2006 4:35:25 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
Duke Rape Prosecutor Shares Evidence with Black Panthers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By Jim Kouri May 2, 2006
Malik Zulu Shabazz, an attorney with the New Black Panthers, told Fox News Channel Tuesday that the prosecutor in the Duke rape case shared information and evidence with the Panthers during a meeting.
In an interview with Fox News Channel's Brian Kilmeade and Juliet Huddy, Shabazz said that members of his group, who are protesting the treatment of the alleged victim of a rape by the Duke University lacrosse team, met with the prosecutor to review his evidence against the students.
Shabazz claims the evidence shows the white lacrosse players are guilty of sexually assaulting the victim, who's a black woman.
When Fox's Kilmeade told the Black Panther leader that the victim's father didn't want them in Durham, Shabazz said that the victim's father should keep his mouth shut.
During a rally near the Duke campus, members of the New Black Panthers lead protesters in chants and made several speeches. They are recognized by many as a racist, nationalist black group, with some being former Nation of Islam members, headed by Louis Farrakhan.
“What do we want? Justice! And when do we want it? Now!”
That was just one of the chants the New Black Panthers shouted. They arrived by police escort outside the Duke University gates, but they also had their own security, some wearing combat boots and others with knives on their hips.
While in the past, Panthers showed up at events armed with guns, there were no firearms observed in Durham.
“We're here today because a human life has been violated in the city of Durham, and we’re here seeking justice,” said Dr. Bruce Bridges, a member of the New Black Panthers party.
“Black power, black power!” chants echoed throughout the crowd as members explained their cause.
“We will defend our black women. [The] New Black Panther party and black men is not going to stand by, idly by, and let our black women be raped,” said Nigi Muhammed.
“You say we are playing the race card. No we're not playing the race card. You with all the cameras, your forefathers been playing race cards for the past 450 years.”
“I am here with these brothers because it appears Durham does not want to see the truth,” said Durham school board member Jackie Wagstaff.
The New Black Panthers are convinced members of the Duke lacrosse team raped the N.C. Central student and are demanding a conviction.
“We don't care whether our sister was stripping or not. We say that that was only a temporary condition of circumstance. But to us she is a righteous and divine woman by nature,” said party member Malik Zulu Shabazz.
Campus police turned the protestors away before they could go on campus. Shabazz added that he believes Duke has played a role in allowing this scandal to happen:
“For the record, the history of Duke University is riddled in slavery, racist oppression and racism against black people.”
Moments later the protesters tried to walk onto Duke's campus, but campus police stopped them.
“Are you telling me that the president of Duke University is denying the African-American community from coming on this campus?” one protestor asked.
Campus police said the president would not allow the protest to take place on campus because this week is exam week.
When the marchers were turned away from Duke’s gates, they decided to take things into their hands and walk down the streets of Durham straight to the lacrosse house.
The New Black Panthers want the city to turn the lacrosse house into a rape crisis center, and said they want to make sure the trial remains in Durham and not allow a change in venue for the court proceedings.
The New Black Panthers offered the woman accusing the lacrosse players protection, but the family turned down the offer and said they did not ask the Panthers to come to Durham.
Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police and he's a staff writer for the New Media Alliance (thenma.org).
Uhhuh? He is an atty????
How many here can trace their roots 450 years? Hands please?
I want to see how my ancestors were racist 450 years ago.
First of all she ain't a victim if no crime was commited.
Second if white men were running the streets screaming for justice for white women everytime a white woman was raped by a black man there would be hell to pay.
Frankly I'm sick and tired of the racism black people have toward whites in this Country.
IMO FoxNews has some credibility issues. Nifong knows he doesn't have a fan club. And with the Primary being today, I really don't think Nifong shared any confidential information with the Panthers or anyone else. He was given advice to keep his mouth shut and he is doing what he can to maintain a low(er) profile now.
You gotta respect that!
Duke is not going to let a violent band of racist thugs go onto campus and "deal directly" with the lacrosse players because this week is exam week.
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| Keith Bishop | 3,389 | 14% | |
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| Freda Black | 9,831 | 42% | |
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| Mike Nifong | 10,392 | 44% | |
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"met with the prosecutor to review his evidence against the students"
And when he caught up with the prosecutor with his intent to review the evidence the prosecutor had the prosecutor called for the nearest marshal to drag the idiot away from him.
This is probably an artifact of the olden days when politics and polarization were not so pervasive that one might expect either party to propose reasonable DA candidates.
This is a pretty serious systemic problem in the political setup -- the 40% of Durham votes who lean Republican/conservative have no say whatever in this race. Seems like this might be a good office to put on a non-partisan footing.
If Durham elects Nifong, then they are stuck with him for the next four years.
And if they are that stupid, then they deserve him.
(They should thank the LAX players for forcing him out,
if he is disbarred for improper prosecution)
And apparently Unthinkable won.
That guy was on Hannity's radio show today and he crawfished about that saying the he talked to the day. Hannity was talking over him so many may have not noticed.
Is this the same guy who believes that there is a mother ship circling the earth, and went there himself with Louie?
Becki
If it is true (I doubt it is) Nifong has made another serious error in judgment. These clowns are rabid anti-Semites and Seligmann is half Jewish.
The national media will come down on Nifong like a ton of bricks if this is true.
"The national media will come down on Nifong like a ton of bricks if this is true."
They should have already come down on him like a ton of bricks.
This won't make any difference, as the MSM have already made up their mind on this and spin everything to make it a drama about race and privilege.
The MSN media seems to love Nifong.
After Nifong won tonight, he was on Greta's show. Although, I didn't see the entire interview of him on Greta (Fox) tonight, I couldn't believe the jovial, celebratory atmosphere on the show after he was reelected.
The 3 obvious Questions for Greta to ask Nifong (and you better believe had these been black players, she'd have asked):
1: Why did you send investigators to interview these, in some cases - 18 year old boys) when you knew they had legal representation? Wasn't that an end run that skirted the law?
2: Why did your office violate its own rules in the photo lineup? One of the investigators has said he was directed by you to do this. I find that strange, don't you think your case would be stronger if the AV had picked them out of a conventional photo lineup with fillers?
3: Why weren't you willing to look at the Defense's evidence when they asked to meet with you and had informed you that there's evidence that their client COULD NOT HAVE committed the crime? I don't know of any other case where a DA has declined to see evidence from the other side. Why didn't you want to see their 'exculpatory' evidence?
A DAs job is to seek the truth, correct?
I didn't see all of the Greta's interview, but the part I did see did not reflect the totally unfair and potentially illegal way Nifong has handled this entire case!
There was a tape of them marching calling the players names and then yelling "guilty". I had the feeling that if Shabazz had been live in the studio, Brian Kilmeade would have decked him. Don't know about the rest of y'all but I love that Brian!
Shabazz said that he would not defend a white women who had been raped because he was not a "general practitioner", he was a "specialist". Jerk.
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