[oceanview]

who conducted the "lineup" where she was shown only photos of lacrosse players - and told "pick out who it was"?

that's not the way you operate a fair lineup, by including only persons from the pool of possible perps.

[connectthedots]

who conducted the "lineup" where she was shown only photos of lacrosse players - and told "pick out who it was"? That's not the way you operate a fair lineup, by including only persons from the pool of possible perps.

The cops were told to do it that way even after the cops told the DA that it was improper. IOW, the cops were POd at the DA and intentionally let Nifong screw it up.

The cops knew the kids were innocent and the screwup on the line-up made the ID of the two players inadmissable. The cops helped to prevent the prosecution of the players.

Believe me, I have no great love for most cops; but in this case, the cops did nothing wrong. Nifong ran all aspects of the investigation, and the cops let him screw it up by himself.

[HEY4QDEMS]

that's not the way you operate a fair lineup, by including only persons from the pool of possible perps.

Let's play pin the tail on the defendant.

[js1138]

that's not the way you operate a fair lineup, by including only persons from the pool of possible perps.

Actually she screwed up even that by saying one of the players had a mustache.

[muawiyah]

The topic of the lineup has been discussed extensively. 'twould seem it wasn't necessarily improper. After all, you had a whole big bunch of guys who attended the party and who admitted they were there.

To demand that the cops pull in people off the street is pretty much like what TSA does when it subjects old ladies in wheelchairs to body cavity searches down at the airport while looking for terrorists.