. . . . . . . . . . . . . STATUS OF THE CASE .
Alleged Victim - Convict who was charged with 10 felonies in the past. License has been suspended 3 times. Has previously claimed to be Gang-raped by 3 men, kicked, and beaten. In the last 18 months, she has been admitted to a facility due to Mental Health reasons.
Witness - Felon on the lam from authorities with a warrant for her arrest outstanding on the night in question. Has not paid anything on her debt and court-ordered restitution agreement that she made over FIVE years ago. Called the Gang-Rape and beating an "opportunity" that she didn't want to pass up after she called the allegations a crock.
First Officer on Scene (Shelton): Didn't believe AV and states that she continually changed her story - including saying she wasn't raped at one point.
Kroger Securty Guard - On Tape saying "No way, there's no way" when she was told the AV claimed she was gang-raped.
Duke Medical Center - No physical injuries or indications to support anal rape, beating, or strangulation.
District Attorney - Refused to look at exculpatory evidence and violating numerous statutes in his many Public statements about the case. Under investigation by the State Bar. Apparently met with Black Panthers to discuss evidence in the case, which is a violation of the law, and demonstrated incredibly bad judgement. If he did not meet or discuss the evidence in the case with the Black Panthers, one must wonder why he didn't hold his 700th press conference to refute the public statement made by the leader of the Black Panthers. Or did he want the electorate to believe that he was sharing secret evidence with the Black Panthers days before the election?
DA Investigation - Made a bold statement on National TV in a highly unusual confrontation with Defense attorneys in the case - Turns out the Bold statement was a complete lie. Linwood claimed to have examined ALL the evidence and stated the accuser Never changed her story.
Lead Investigator / Supervisor - At a Bar late at night, drinking I'm sure, and he is acccused of using Ugly racial epithets and participating in an attack of 4-10 white men beating a defenseless black cook in a racially motivated crime.
Before the incident he was already under fire for manipulating documents or creatively editing them to mislead a Judge and bypassing Police Dept regulations and policies regarding certain aspects of the investigation.
Investigator - Accused of participating in the aforementioned Hate crime and possibly driving under the influence at the time. Hard to believe this investigator was not affected by working directly for an accused racist, thug, and criminal (if the charges are true) - and socializing with same.
Note: this investigator was already under fire prior to the alleged racially driven crime listed above for bullying or intimidating and, in fact, jailing a poor cab driver that, by all accounts, only crime was stating what he witnessed on the night of the Duke Party.
City Manager - Repeatedly made public statements that turned out to be totally untrue and blantantly false. Baker also
claimed to know everything about the investigation and, yet, he made public statements that the alleged victim did NOT change her story. Publicly supported the PD violation of it's own policies regarding lineups. Also made public statements supporting one of the investigators under investigation for questioning the players without the legal counsel.
Police Chief - His daughter was at the Police station for questioning in a Felony investigation, and the Durham Police failed to arrest her for open warrants out for her arrest.
Durham Police Dept - Standing behind a Blue Wall of Silence and have not come forward as of yet to expose the Duke investigators in the alleged racially motivated assault and battery on a helpless, cowering cook.
The CULTURE of the DURHAM Police Department and the Durham Justice League needs to be investigated. Are Durham investigators acting out of sense of Privlege and Entitlement? Do they have a disrespect for diversity?
Does the Durham PD, or the entire Durham City Government foment and the arrogance, lawlessness, and depravity displayed at a Bar late at night when a helpless black man was allegedly attacked by numerous Durham Police officers.
Is is any coincidence that these thugs and hooligans were driving a Pick-up truck ?
This case should be used to bring attention to police brutality, public corruption, and racism in Durham Gov't.
Outstanding!!
The Cook should be in a Protection program.
The Policy of the Newspapers should be not to release the name of assault and battery victims.
Do you think that Nancy Grace, Kimberly Guilfoyle, and Alan Colmes will float rumors on the air about a Broom attack, and discuss whether the Pick-up truck was a form of intimidation - and has historical roots to blacks being dragged behind pick-up trucks in the South?
Will Jesse Jackson offer to pay for the Man's education - regardless of the investigation's outcome.
How many Midnight Vigils will be held at Universities?
Will the Media fear and suspect that the Durham City Council or some other Durham group will pay off the Cook to drop the charges?
Will Willie Gary woo the cook?
Will the N&O grant an anonymous interview and only print information favorable to the Cook?
Will the media openly speculate on other Police turning state's evidence and testifying against Gottlieb and Clayton?
Will Gottlieb's and Clayton's friends and confidants be arrested on unrelated charges?
Will the main investigator in Raleigh notes be missing for over 4 months?
Will the Judge hearing the Case Ban Gotllieb and Clayton from Raleigh?
Will African-Americans be allowed to hurl threats in court at Gottlieb and Clayton?
Will the Wake DA want to know the whereabouts of the entire Police force on the night in question?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QUOTES - QUOTES
Will the Wake DA make the following statements repeatedly in National interviews:
"The racial slurs involved are relevant to show the mindset … involved in this particular attack, And, obviously, it made what is already an extremely reprehensible act even more reprehensible."
"The contempt that was shown for the victim, based on race was totally abhorrent"
"In this case of assault is bad enough in and of itself, but when it's made with racial with racial epithets against the victim, I mean, it's just absolutely unconscionable,"
"This is not the kind of activity we condone, and it must be dealt with quickly and harshly."
“It is important that we not only bring the assailants to justice, but also that we lift the cloud of suspicion from those PD members who were not involved in the assault.”
“The circumstances of the attack indicated a deep racial motivation for some of the things that were done. It makes a crime that is by its nature one of the most offensive”
"It is a case that talks about what this community stands for"
"We're talking about a situation where had somebody spoken up and said, 'Wait a minute, we can't do this,' this incident might not have taken place"
"This is not a case of people drinking and it getting out of hand from that. This is something much, much beyond that."
"In 70 percent of Hate Crimes, there is No DNA."
“I feel pretty confident that a battery occurred.”
"My presence here means this case is not going away.”
“They don't want to go up against me.”
"The information that I have does lead me to conclude that a assault and battery did occur"
"His general demeanor was suggestive of the fact that she had been through a traumatic situation.”
"The investigators, clearly, has not been fully cooperative"
"There's been a feeling in the past that Durham Police are treated differently by the court system”
"When I looked at what happened, I was appalled. I think that most people in this community are appalled"
"I would like to think that somebody has the human decency to call up and say, 'What am I doing covering up for a bunch of hooligans?'"
"Anytime you have a victim who can identify the assailant, then what you have is a case that must go to the jury"
""I'm not going to allow Raleigh's view in the minds of the world to be a bunch of Durham Police beating a black man
from Raleigh."
"It's not me that's trying this case in the media"
“As you might imagine, I have received hundreds of letters, e-mails, and telephone calls from across the country about this case since the beginning, but five of those letters are of particular significance to me, because each comes from someone who was once himself the victim of an assault and who chose not to report it to law enforcement. Two of those letters are from former Durham Policemen who were assaulted by other former Durham Police officers."
"One would hope that I would not be proceeding without some evidence."
"One would wonder why one needs an attorney if one was not charged and had not done anything wrong."
"We're asking someone from the Police force to step forward"
"It just seems like a shame that they are not willing to violate this seeming sacred sense of loyalty to the PD for loyalty to community"
"My guess is that some of this stone wall of silence that we have seen may tend to crumble once charges begin to come out."