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Duke's Response to Allegations Explained (Woman Initially told Police She Was Raped by 20 White Men)
ABC News ^ | May 8, 2006 | Aaron Beard

Posted on 05/08/2006 6:49:09 PM PDT by zaxxon

Duke underestimated the rape allegations against members of the lacrosse team in part because Durham police initially said the accuser "kept changing her story and was not credible," according to a university report issued Monday.

The day after the March 13 team party where a 27-year-old black woman claimed she was raped, Durham police told campus officers that "this will blow over," the report said. It said that the woman initially told police she was raped by 20 white men, then said she was attacked by three.

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To: zaxxon
Remember the McMartin child-molestation case in California, decades ago?

The prosecutors manipulated the kids so deftly that their imaginations went absolutely wild: eventually, they were claiming they were raped by scissors, that an evil doll had raped them, that they had donned robes, descended into a magic chamber where they were made to rip the wings off birds....

Counselors also withheld water from thristy kids in "interviews" (interrogations), and later permitted them to slake their thirst after they had given them what they were after.

Some of the minutes of these interrogations are either horrifying, or completely hilarious, it's hard to decide which.

THAT'S THE POWER OF THE STATE.

21 posted on 05/08/2006 7:36:54 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Cicero

The police had good reason to doubt the allegations she made.If the DA had an ounce of decency he would have waited for more evidence before charging the two athletes with rape.He should be disbarred and the accuser should be arrested if the charges turn out to be fraudulent.


22 posted on 05/08/2006 7:37:00 PM PDT by rdcorso (There Is No Such Thing As A Neutral Person During A War With Radical Islam.)
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To: RegulatorCountry
Why are we hearing about this now, instead of early on?

It is the secret evidence that Nifong has been holding back to spring on the defense!

23 posted on 05/08/2006 7:40:14 PM PDT by LK44-40
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To: Skyrocket153

In other words, white guilt knows no bounds.


24 posted on 05/08/2006 7:51:00 PM PDT by Dionysius (ACLU is the enemy)
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To: Cognoscenti247

Kind of like The Bonfire of the Vanities but without the great ending.


25 posted on 05/08/2006 7:53:53 PM PDT by P-40 (http://www.590klbj.com/forum/index.php?referrerid=1854)
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To: zaxxon

I'll say it and I don't care if I get slammed for it. The minute I heard the word rape and stripper in the same sentence, I figured it was BS. I was right.

Too many people (even here on FR) were too quick to believe this story. It should have been looked at skeptically from the start.


26 posted on 05/08/2006 7:56:47 PM PDT by packrat35 (The America hating bastards at the NYT must spend their entire life with their heads in the toilet)
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To: zaxxon

>>Also, no mention of the bathroom or broomstick in the initial allegation.....

Nor in the search warrant, neither in items to look for, nor in the inventory of items taken. It's online at TheSmokingGun.com.


27 posted on 05/08/2006 8:00:18 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: bray

And if the do lie, well, they only did it because whitey made them.


28 posted on 05/08/2006 8:04:06 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Even if she wasn't raped, she was still being held down by The Man!

Pray for W and Our Troops


29 posted on 05/08/2006 8:05:35 PM PDT by bray (The only thing lower than Bush' numbers are the press')
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To: FreedomPoster



"the woman initially told police she was raped by 20 white men"

See, they were right to pass out posters of the whole team!
(sarc/off)


30 posted on 05/08/2006 8:07:38 PM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: zaxxon

I wonder if the "proper" jury panel will be called up? If so these kids are toast.


31 posted on 05/08/2006 8:12:22 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: bray
The only thing lower than Bush' numbers are the press'

I can think of many things that are lower than Bush's numbers besides the press. The first thing that comes to mind is the congress. And it's down hill from there.

32 posted on 05/08/2006 8:17:46 PM PDT by Balata
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To: bray

33 posted on 05/08/2006 8:18:23 PM PDT by Hoodat ( Silly Dems, AYBABTU.)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Election!


34 posted on 05/08/2006 8:21:10 PM PDT by toldyou
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To: Cognoscenti247

Ditto!


35 posted on 05/08/2006 8:22:27 PM PDT by toldyou
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To: Cicero

Three were charged?


36 posted on 05/08/2006 8:24:04 PM PDT by toldyou
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To: Hoodat

Homey don't play dat!

Pray for W and Our Troops


37 posted on 05/08/2006 8:25:33 PM PDT by bray (The only thing lower than Bush' numbers are the press')
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To: bray

Imagine : 20 guys involved and they managed to leave no DNA!
I'm sure the CIA would be interested to find out how they did that...


38 posted on 05/08/2006 8:32:48 PM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: CondorFlight
And this is exactly why all of them refused to talk. The press has crucified them because the whole team shut up and wouldn't talk.

They knew (and their lawyers) that this skank was going to have to pick out three of them. Talking would have only given the DA better clues on which to pick, i.e. who was there, not there, in the kitchen, in the bathroom, etc. I'm glad they all kept quiet. She's picked at least one with a sound alibi. It was a crap shoot and they were all game.
39 posted on 05/08/2006 8:34:47 PM PDT by VA40
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To: gaijin
Remember the McMartin child-molestation case in California, decades ago?

Yeah. Right in the middle of that case falling apart, idiotic radio host Carole Hemmingway kept insisting that the charges were true because "children NEVER lie." She kept repeating that over and over again. Made me laugh. Yeah, children NEVER Lie. Riiiiiiight.

40 posted on 05/08/2006 8:39:39 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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