Posted on 06/22/2006 2:23:47 AM PDT by abb
You could be right. I gave up trying to understand this entire thing. It makes my head fuzzy. Pour me another!
Not necessarily. If she gives the reason that she isn't able to testify due to emotional reasons and even has a doctor's confirmation of that, she would not be prosecuted and it would give Nifong an out. This may be what he intends to do when a time comes that he no longer needs this case to stay in office.
The other thing is that many of these people arrested recently have been hit up with Worthless check charges. We know who heads up that program - Linwood Wilson. We know he uses bad judgement - he confronted the Defense lawyers at a Press conference for God Sake and got his head handed to him. According to Hannity tonight - her story was about ghost strippers (3 strippers) and 5 players have vaginal intercourse with her in the bathroom from the very beginning - and it went downhill from there.
Look at the terrible Judgement of Linwood Wilson confronting the Lead Defense Counsel in front of National TV Cameras and giving the Defense a double barrel opportunity to bring facts out and magnify them. If this type of judgement is being to pursue these witnesses, I could see how it could happen.
But I'm curious...I need to know things.
And we all benefit from it !!
thanks
Agreed.
Just go into any Wal-Mart or Target in a racially mixed area. Black kids are jumping up and down, hitting each other, running all over, opening packages and leaving the contents dumped wherever they're standing at the moment, and yelling angrily or laughing like hyenas. Their parent stands there hollering to the other end of the store for Shalonda or Quanell to get this or that. Listen to the way they speak and what they say. They are so loud, ignorant, lazy and obnoxious it disgusts me to call them Americans. Rarely do I see the parent conducting herself with dignity and instilling discipline and good behavior. It's always chaos, violence and destruction, and it's the norm, not the exception. Their culture sucks - period. Fortunately their whole scene can be avoided by shopping in the morning or early afternoon since they aren't awake before noon, and then they have to watch Oprah and Jerry Springer before they ever leave the house. But by all means, let's have them take up space in colleges and universities through quotas, only to drop out and thus waste a spot that could have been taken by somebody else who would have graduated and become a productive member of society.
It's been reported that Hardin recommended Nifong when Easly appointed him to judge. Hardin reportedly stated that Nifong was the most senior person in the office and on that basis he recommended him.
LEGAL TRAVESTY IN DURHAM
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=27130&pid=1451
Durham seems to be run and populated by a lot of black racists.
Damn...you mean I am going to have to say someone from UVa is on the right side of an issue?
Whose my daddy?
One was a Hokie and one was a Spider. UVa does not fit into the equation.
List of Jailed or awaiting trial (all subsequent to the Duke Party):
Cab Driver
AV's Boyfriend - Matt Murchison --- soon after a
Noel Rochelle Murchison is arrested.
AV's Ex-husband - In jail for everything including Worthless checks (Linwood Wilson alert*)
AV's Girlfriend - arrested for worthless check charges among other things.
While all these people and the 3 lacrosse players turn up in the public records of Durham's court system, Kim Pittman or Kim Roberts is not listed and has not been listed in the official public records. Someone has given Kim a special status whereby even standard public records for Kim are not listed.
And there may be more.
Some interesting comments this morning. From the NandO Editor's Blog and the Friends of Duke Univ. blog.
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/editor/index.php?title=duke_case_coverage_1&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments
http://friendsofdukeuniversity.blogspot.com/2006/05/general-topics-open.html
Duke LAX's fault!
http://www.nbc17.com/news/9474062/detail.html
Gang-Related Shooting Kills 1, Wounds 3
POSTED: 7:29 pm EDT July 5, 2006
UPDATED: 7:41 am EDT July 6, 2006
EXCERPT
Local authorities tried early this year to broker a truce between rival gangs. But a rape investigation involving the Duke University lacrosse team has been the focus of the police department in recent months, and the truce fell apart.
Y'all want to start a new thread on this one, or shall I ping from this thread?
Your call. :)
Link to new thread...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1661148/posts
The sad part about all those comments to the N&O is that those leads were spoon fed to reporters earlier, to no avail.
New thread. Durham crime wave fault of DukeLax...
WHOA---stop the presses. WOnder what this means?
http://friendsofdukeuniversity.blogspot.com/2006/05/general-topics-open.html
At 9:20 PM, July 05, 2006, Anonymous said...
If I had to guess why the Durham PD has had Murchison and McNeill arrested and jailed, it is to put pressure on them to shut up about the rest of CGM's client list.
A list that is reputed to contain several high-level Durham officials (read Durham PD and city council members)
This is also likely the reason for the mass arrest last week of the majority of Durham's other prostitutes.
Of course that info will eventually come out. And Mark Gottlieb may even go to jail before it is over.
{There is at least one Durham Sun reporter who has hinted to me that they know the names and have not been allowed by publisher Bob Ashley to print them).
At 9:20 PM, July 05, 2006, Anonymous said...
If I had to guess why the Durham PD has had Murchison and McNeill arrested and jailed, it is to put pressure on them to shut up about the rest of CGM's client list.
A list that is reputed to contain several high-level Durham officials (read Durham PD and city council members)
This is also likely the reason for the mass arrest last week of the majority of Durham's other prostitutes.
Of course that info will eventually come out. And Mark Gottlieb may even go to jail before it is over.
{There is at least one Durham Sun reporter who has hinted to me that they know the names and have not been allowed by publisher Bob Ashley to print them).
Thank you both for the informative links and articles about VAWA funds. I've been away for a week, or I'd have posted these links before now.
The newsgroup http://groups.google.com/group/durhamsustains
You must subscribe to post, but anyone can read it. The group was originally called durham sustains, but the name was changed to ubuntu. The name change seemed to happen around the time it became obvious the accusations are false.
They also have a blog: http://onecommunityofmany.blogspot.com/
It boils my blood that these people are likely in line for VAWA funds. Read the last paragraph below to see how this group plans to end sexual violence.
Here's a snip from the the blog article, "UBUNTU," posted June 28.
Who We Are: Purpose & Goals
UBUNTU was born in the aftermath of the March 13, 2006 rape of a Durham, NC Black woman by members of the Duke University Lacrosse team. UBUNTU is a Women of Color and Survivor-led coalition of individuals and organizational representatives. We prioritize the voices, analyses, and needs of Women of Color and Survivors of sexual violence in both our internal structure and our external work. We are Women, Men, and people who do not fit into the gender binary. We are non-trans and trans. We are People of Color, Multi-racial, and White. We come from throughout the Triangle area and have roots both within and outside of the United States. We are sex workers, students and community members. We are workers. We are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, and Questioning. We are Queer and Straight. We are young, old, and in-between. We come from a broad range of economic, geographic, spiritual and political experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives.
Sexual violence occurs in a culture sick with white supremacy and racism; heterosexism and homophobia; patriarchy, sexism, and transphobia; and poverty and capitalism. These systems all interact and overlap to create a culture of violence that must be changed. We must dismantle these systems and work to prevent violence if we hope to end it.
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