We, and Rockwell, keep arguing facts, evidence and legal procedure. As I have said previously, all Nifong has to do is to get Crystal and Kim on the stand to say "They called us n*gg*rs" and that will be enough for a Durham jury to ignore all facts and evidence and convict.
Unfortunately, in our society - the big news about this reported assault in the Raleigh bar were the RACIAL SLURS, someone at the N&O adeptly recognized that and it never made it to the print editions. No one (in the big picture) is aware of the reported racial aspect of the case.
Go back and read my posts, I predicted that Friday and Friday Night - Nifong was on the phone lobbying.
Nifong understands the racial part of that case is the bomb - and he was, IMO, working channels to keep it out of the papers. I would be willing to bet a small fortune that Nifong has spoken extensively with the Wake D.A. about this case and made his arguments. District Attorneys are an exclusive group and they speak frequently.