This incident is, at a minimum, worse than what Finnerty did.
There was at least one slur - contact - and a beating. The man was surrounded by many men. The Police officers should be held to a higher standard than a 19 year old college kid.
I'd be willing to bet Nifong was burning up his cell phone talking to the Raleigh District Attorney - like I believe he did with the US Attorny in DC regarding Finnerty.
It is on record, by the way, that the US attorney in DC said that he prosecuted FINNERTY because the case was similar to the DUKE case. YES, he did.
So, if Finnerty's DC shadow boxing and mouthing off was similar to the Duke case - then I guess the men investigating the Duke alleged crime have alleged committed a crime just like the one they're investigating !!
PER U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia .
Cheshire and Osborn will bring it all on - including the U.S. attorneys comments on the similarities between the Duke crime and the Georgetown shadow boxing.
This is going to be good.
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Going to town on Nifong, DPD, Cash Michaels.
"Carnival of the absurd" in Durham.
I agree, this is a whole other situation altogether.
Finnerty is a 19 year old kid and he and his friends got into a shouting match with another group of guys and it turned violent. Finnerty didn't hit anyone and may have been hit first.
Like you said the cops made contact. And they are how old? And they're cops. They're supposed to be responsible adults. *cough*
Joe Cheshire practices out of Raleigh. It is quite possible he is better acquainted with the Wake County DA than Nifong is. I believe though the DA there will let the police do their investigation before he jumps in the middle of this unlike someone else we know.