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Posted on 05/11/2006 9:17:59 PM PDT by TexKat
I disagree completely. They had a copy of his taxi license - so they KNEW where to find him. They couldn't bother to look?
I smell intimidation tactics.
Thanks for correcting me!!
Sure would like to see a copy of the warrant...
What probably hurt the players was the Duke police report. They were lulled into a false sense of security that all this would "blow over" according to the report because the victim had "changed her story several times." The three residents of the house did cooperate (a total of 25 hours being interviewed without counsel) but probably thought they were only there as cooperating witnesses because of the Duke police report.
Amazing!! NiFong is covering for which politician who likes a little on the side. It sure looks like this chick is well known by the police department...and the DA's office is attached at the hip.
I agree with you!
Bump!
You disagree with what?
Amber was conned big time. I thought she was very brave to help the police. I'm not sure I would have been as brave.
Nifong was in charge of negotiating traffic related offenses in 2002 when the accuser was drunk, stole a cab, drove the wrong way with lights off, and tried to turn a police officer into a hood ornament. The incident is best described below under the section "In trouble with the law" (it takes a long while to load):
http://www.newsobserver.com/122/story/429338.html
The sweetheart deal he gave her is so out of proportion to what she did and the potential loss of life she could have caused, it does make one wonder why. It seems impossible Nifong wouldn't have remembered her when this case appeared.
I think this helps the defense. They can work to get this cleared up (find out why the warrant was issued, get the facts concerning the 2003 case) before putting Mostafa on the stand so that Mostafa's credibility will not be impeached.
Both the defense and prosecution will run checks on their witnesses because they don't want any surprises to come out at trial. The defense has been handed a gift because they can now rehabilitate Mostafa and won't be blindsided at trial by the 2003 warrant.
In one of her interviews the writer said Kim spotted Butch Williams on tv and jumped to her feet and started "punching the air". Despite her extreme makeover, the AP video of the real Kim will be played in court. I found her "shoulder brush-off" re the players ease at proving their innocence very telling.
It appears to me that someone is coaching her. Do you think she came up with the Good Samaritan visit to the AV's family home on her own? I don't. Between now and the trial there will be plenty of time to coach Kim for the witness stand. And, $he i$ motivated.
The first order of business may be to clean up her image in the media. Too bad for her that he recent interview went virtually unnoticed due to the DNA and cabbie stories.
You stated that the article wasn't too bad, in your view. I disagree. No matter how they couch it in acceptable language, they are still concluding that the actions were entirely on the up-and-up.
The police actions have the odor of intimidation, IMO. The paper ignoring the scent is a problem.
Sorry I was unclear on what I was disagreeing with! ;-P
he=her
Warrant served on witness in case
Samiha Khanna, Joseph Neff and Benjamin Niolet, Staff Writers DURHAM - Durham police had no ulterior motive when they arrested an alibi witness on an old misdemeanor warrant, District Attorney Mike Nifong said Thursday.
The Wednesday arrest of Moezeldin Elmostafa -- -- a cab driver who says he can provide an alibi for one of two men accused of raping a woman at a party held March 13 by the Duke University men's lacrosse team -- drew fire from defense attorneys, who said the arrest of a key defense witness was equal to intimidation.
It is common practice for police to run the names of people involved in a case because they don't want any surprises when the case goes to court, police spokeswoman Kammie Michael said Thursday. Investigators, who took Elmostafa to jail on a 2003 warrant for misdemeanor larceny, did not ask him specific questions about the lacrosse case, she said.
There is no unit of officers at the Durham Police Department charged with clearing old warrants, which, as of last fall, exceeded 10,000. So when officers discover an unserved warrant and know where the person is, they should serve it, Nifong said.
That was the goal the two investigators, Benjamin Himan and R.D. Clayton, had when they approached Elmostafa, authorities said.
"It came up in the context of we were collecting information on potential witnesses," Nifong said.
Ernest Conner, a Greenville lawyer who represents defendant Reade Seligmann, sees the arrest differently.
"It appears to me they are trying to pressure a witness who supports our defendant's rock-solid alibi," Conner said Wednesday.
Defense lawyers say Elmostafa's statements in the Duke investigation can exonerate Seligmann, who has been indicted in the case along with lacrosse teammate Collin Finnerty.
The records are easily obtained AND there's even a possibility that there is GPS data attached to the phone call records AND any photos taken at the Duke House with a phone system.
The time line is VERY narrow here....A 15 minute rape session with no DNA is pretty hard to believe.
The person who examined her can't tell whether bruising from rough sex and/or rape occured at 12 midnight or 3 hours earlier. No one has addressed "Where was She?" before she arrived at the Duke house?" Notice also that all the talk about her being bruised up when she arrived at the Duke House has disapppeared!!
It may also be that this same cabbie had delivered a politician to a "secret address" at one time and they wanted to make sure that he didn't remember.
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