Durham Police Begin Probe Of Alleged Assault At Raleigh Bar (Investigators under investigation)

WRAL.com ^ | July 22, 2006 | WRAL .com

[TommyDale]

DURHAM, N.C. -- Officials say they are investigating an alleged assault involving Durham police officers outside a Raleigh bar.

[pepperhead]

Do men/couples/whatever really pay $200/hour? I can't imagine.

Not if they see her first........

[Locomotive Breath]

I can't give you a link where I read it, maybe here upthread, the black cook appealed to one of the black cops for help and it was the black cop who apologized, i.e. not all the cops attitudes were the same.

[maggief]

Comment from: Melanie Sill [Member] · http://www.newsobserver.com

07/24/06 at 16:30
Joan,

Here's the response on the "racial slur element." You're correct that our online stories posted Saturday afternoon and evening reported that the man who reported being assaulted, restaurant cook Rene Thomas, said he exchanged racial insults with several men. When the story was being edited for the print edition, the editor in charge took a more conservative approach to the claim, which had not been corroborated by any witness, and decided to take it out of the story pending more reporting.

It seems to me at this point that the allegation that racial epithets were exchanged is relevant to the reporting; our story posted at newsobserver.com today indicates that the investigation focuses not just on the assault report but also the possibility that an officer issued a racial insult.



http://blogs.newsobserver.com/editor/index.php?title=armed_with_information&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments



PS. THE DUKE LAX BLOG IS GONE ... 200+ ENTRIES ... KAPUT!

[maggief]

Those pics sure ain't gonna help. ;)

[Locomotive Breath]

Do men/couples/whatever really pay $200/hour? I can't imagine.

Not if they see her first........

And THAT people, is why we've been here for the last three months. The lax team didn't get a good look at her first.

[pepperhead]

They just want to put off Kim's hearing so that letting her walk doesn't contribute to the controversy - and because Kim will be good while the potential exists for her to be hammered.

I wonder if this would have been resolved today if not for the MILF ADA and Gottlieb using racial slurs on his beating victim.

[ltc8k6]

The thing that makes me doubt that it's her is that the stuff is still up there.

You'd think they'd remove it, unless she really is still woking....

[ltc8k6]

http://chrissyeclair.deviantsects.com/

Deviant Sects.....

[maggief]

The thing that makes me doubt that it's her is that the stuff is still up there.

Maybe she's working to support a drug habit. BTW, I don't think her pimp is an IT genius. ;)

[Mike Nifong]

Ref: Melanie SILL

COMMENTS EDITED OUT THAT HAD NOT BEEN CONFIRMED BY ANY WITNESS.


Really. Who verified the Broom comment and the other statements made by Crystal in the 3/25 News & Observer piece ?

Who verified them Mrs. Sill? Double Standard again!

Kim Roberts was unknown to the media at that point, no one verified any of Crystal's statements or assertions. Who verified that Crystal had never danced for a group before and was new to dancing?

Who verified that her Father went to see her at the hospital?

[pepperhead]

And THAT people, is why we've been here for the last three months. The lax team didn't get a good look at her first.

Right...... These kids wanted strippers not street prostitutes. They wanted something good to look at not what they got. I don't like to normally comment on peoples looks but these 2 shouldn't be stripping anywhere but a strip club for the blind.

[TommyDale]

No mention of Couch on the first edition of WRAL or
WTVD news at 5 pm. Will suffer through the 5:30, 6:00 editions as well. What horrible newscasts!

[maggief]

That's quite a "resume." How many escort services are listed?

Another moniker: Raven

[Mike Nifong]

Ok, if the N&O's statement is to have a confirming witness verfiy comments made (other than the victim), how does Melanie explain this on March 24th, when Kim would still be unknown for some time to the Media:

3/24
Samiha Khanna and Anne Blythe, Staff Writers

The woman who says she was raped last week by three members of the Duke University lacrosse team thought she would be dancing for five men at a bachelor party, she said Friday. But when she arrived that night, she found herself surrounded by more than 40.

Just moments after she and another exotic dancer started to perform, she said, men in the house started BARKING RACIAL SLURS The two women, both black, stopped dancing.

"WE STARTED TO CRY," she said. "We were so scared."

http://www.newsobserver.com/1185/story/421799.html

Of course, they can print quotes from victims - it's done everyday.

[maggief]

Who verified Bissey's comments?

Who verified Kim's N-word comment?

Who verified her driver's comments?

[Carolinamom]

College graduate in one section; 2 college degrees in another section. Sooooooooooo why is Jesse Jackson gonna pay her college tuition?

[Hogeye13]

Don't ask me. I have never used an "escort service". And I couldn't afford $200 per hour if I wanted to use one. AND, Precious would have to pay me a heck of a lot more than $200. You know, the proverbial 10 foot pole.

[darbymcgill]

where she looks like she's stoned off her butt.

If your right click on the pics and select "save as" you will see many of them titled as "executivestoned"... probably describing her outfit and her condition... maybe???? it will also reveal other aka's....

[Hogeye13]

LB, there ain't enough dark and bags to cover her up.

[maggief]

I wouldn't imply you would use an escort service, 10' pole notwithstanding. ;-)