Posted on 08/11/2006 1:18:59 PM PDT by abb
Thursday, August 10, 2006 Dear Friends and Neighbors,
The Committee to Recall Nifong - Vote Cheek was formed on August 9, 2006 as a political action committee to campaign for Lewis Cheek in the upcoming election for District Attorney. While Mr. Cheek has declined to campaign for this office, and has stated that he will not accept the position if elected, we believe that this election, and the referendum on Mr. Nifong that it has become, is not about politics but rather about Durham and what Durham stands for.
The Committee to Recall Nifong - Vote Cheek (RNVC) is not comprised of politicians in any way, shape or form. The people who have organized and will direct this campaign over the next few months have no personal political ambitions and no affiliation with any of the parties involved in the drama that has shed such a bad light on the community of Durham. RNVC is not a movement born of political ambition, nor is it only about the Duke drama. RNVC does not campaign on its own behalf, nor on behalf of any person with ambitions to be the District Attorney of Durham County. RNVC will campaign on behalf of the entire Durham community, save one.
Our movement was born in Durham homes by Durham citizens and for the Durham community. This Durham community, to which the participants in RNVC proudly belong, has become the target of nationwide ridicule and scorn. Durham County has been manipulated, deceived and divided by inflammatory, ambition-serving words uttered by the man entrusted to protect it. RNVC believes that the role of the District Attorney should be that of a protector, and not that of a divider. RNVC believes that the community deserves a District Attorney that inspires trust and not fear. It is the fear of Mr. Nifong and distrust of his words, motives and competency for office that has inspired this movement.
If one of our daughters were the victim of a violent crime, we do not want the person pursuing justice on her behalf to be one who compromises the pursuit of justice either by serving his own self interests, or by his own failure and unwillingness to follow procedure. If one of our sons were to be accused falsely, we do not want a District Attorney who would see those false accusations as an opportunity to defeat a bitter rival in a primary election. We believe that our justice system must not be compromised by misdeed or willful mistakes.
We believe that our district attorney must be one who allows a thorough investigation to precede his public proclamation of guilt or innocence. We believe that indictments should be brought based on evidence at hand, and not evidence hoped for. We believe our District Attorney must value procedure, due process, the rulings of our state’s Supreme Court and the constitution this nation was built on. We believe that our District Attorney must not be allowed to interject himself into a Police investigation in such away that he instructs them to disregard the recommendations of the North Carolina Actual Innocence Commission, as approved by the NC Supreme Court. We believe that our District Attorney must not be a man who manipulates our law enforcement investigators into violating the Department’s own written policies simply to secure indictment before election.
We have heard Mr. Nifong ask Durham to consider the entirety of his career in the District Attorney’s office. We fail to see the relevancy of his performance in lesser roles within the office as an indicator of how he will perform when holding the power of the Office of District Attorney. We ask all of Durham to instead inspect his actions, his words and his motives while he has briefly served as District Attorney. We believe it is far more relevant to this referendum to inspect his conduct, questionable ethics and lack of performance in the short time that he has held the extensive powers and responsibilities of District Attorney.
Of all that we believe in, and of all that we ask of our community, with regard to this referendum on Mr. Nifong, what we hold most dearly is the notion that we all must speak. We believe this election is what the Durham that we love is about and, as such, requires a true and full measure of consideration by each of its citizens. We ask that Durham show, not only to Mr. Nifong, but also to Governor Easley and to the nation that watches, that Durham cares, that Durham has pride and, most importantly, that Durham has a voice.
We ask that you add your voice to ours.
Old and Cranky,
but what if you arrive (to the accident) and you're only backup?
Another officer responded first and is doing the paperwork.
That is a more analogous to what happeded here.
Peronally, I think she did her paperwork later - and went to Shelton for the times.
Don't Police dread paperwork. Put off what you don't like doing until the last minute?
Damned straight, I despise it. he has nop reason to lie.
I am more interested in what is in her report anyway.
Is it possible Nikki could have met up with Tammy and or Melissa before going to Kroger?
We had 2 police respond to the accident first one wrote what time she reported, 2nd wrote what time she reported, time of report remained the same. If this report said she was reporting to Krogers, I can almost see using the same time, but, supposedly the rape had not been reported at 1:22, so you would think that they would go with when the rape was reported. I don't know, maybe I'll ask my uncle about protcol. The whole case is so screwy.
Also the time is listed twice, I can see writing the 1:22 at top of report, but to say she responded at approx 1:22, oh so confusing...
Who was the judge in today's Elmostafa case (i.e., who postponed it again); and
who asked for the postponement (wasn't the state ready?)?
"Responded" and "arrived" are not the same thing.
Maybe they were on Central Standard Time? LOL!
Continued?
WTF?!?
When is the next court date? November after-the-electionth.
Most likely, because of liability, the city gets a SANE at the ready is the word "rape" is even mentioned. "Rape" is a buzz-word.
Shelton says nothing about 1:22 in his report. The first call would be Kim's from 610, imo. Shelton's report of the incident starts with Kim's call from 610.
"Continued" doesn't mean nothing happened. "Continued" can be an erroneous term for some other action. What was today's court date for?
I hope the cab driver has a good lawyer .
The Durham Police & Nifong act JUST LIKE the KGB .
True, but then when did she arrive? It would have had to take her more than an hour if Crystal's 2:30 arrival time at Duke ER is accurate.
I agree. My thoughts regarding these people is you never say never.
If she "responded" at 1:22, it was not in reference to a rape, regardless of when she finally arrived at Duke ER.
It doesn't and won't matter what time she arrived as long as it was contemporaneously reasonable to the "victim's" arrival at Duke. It's minor, and Nifong won't get much, if any, mileage out of it.
In general, no, but there is a statute running during which she has to file.
I agree. Moreover, won't the hospital records affix definite times of arrival and treatment? Also I cannot see throwing out information because one item was in error, especially given the paucity of information that contradicts or is inconsistent with what is in this report. All the evidence I have seen puts Nifong in a difficult situation. Impeaching his own police officers hardly strengthens his case.
I didn't write post #354, so how did your reply get connected to me? Just curious.
Anyway, the evolution of this supposed "rape" case began at 1:22 as far as the authorities first possible awareness of her complaint could have occurred, so perhaps that's why they use the 1:22 time. It would impact their liability. The point is that there can be explanations for her using that time that are built into the system that we are unaware of and, in any case, it isn't going to be a big issue in the scheme of things relating to guilt or innocence of the players.
I have seen this tactic used here in NC on many occasions. Some phony reason can be given by the DA to "continue" a case just to force a person to miss work, school or whatever as a way to beat them down to submission. This is a dirty tactic used by the system against working people here.
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