"Loflin put one of the lacrosse investigators on the witness stand this morning and produced typed notes from the lacrosse case that show District Attorney Mike Nifong wanted to be informed when Elmostafa was arrested."Good for the officer. That he put tidbit to paper is a good sign he was CYA'ing himself - deservedly so, or actively sinking the DA.Forum rules prevent me from posting what I really think of this.
About calling these officers "a-oles", could you point to me to what the ones mentioned in this article did to deserve such a tag? I am familiar with Gottlieb's belated memo which is certainly suspect, but what about the others?
I'll take a whack at this. Any sworn officer of the law that keeps quiet when he/she knows a frame-up is ongoing or abets the crime is a disgrace to his/her badge and is deserving of the public's contempt and scorn.
No one can make me believe that Nifong and Gottlieb are doing this by themselves. Others in the DPD know what is going on. And they know we know...
Here's a start, just a start ...
Clayton:
http://www.newsobserver.com/167/story/464085.html
Himan:
http://www.newsobserver.com/1185/story/468272.html
http://johninnorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2006/08/duke-lacrosse-kc-johnson-operates-on.html
10) Investigator Himan (under the supervision of Nifong) included the following (false) sworn statement in a probable cause affidavit issued March 23 in support of an Identification Order that compelled 46 members of the Duke lacrosse team to give DNA samples and submit to being photographed: "Medical records and interviews that were obtained by a subpoena revealed the victim had signs, symptoms, and injuries consistent with being raped and sexually assaulted vaginally and anally. Furthermore, the SANE nurse stated the injuries and her behavior were consistent with a traumatic experience."
It is impossible for the subpoenaed medical records and interviews to have been in the possession of Himan or Nifong on March 23 because the Duke medical records (obtained by Himan via Himan’s subpoena) were not printed by Duke Medical until March 30 and Himan did not pick them up at Duke Medical until April 5. Further, the Duke medical records released to date are entirely inconsistent with Himan’s statement in the affidavit. (Note: the same probable cause language was included in a later March 27 probable cause affidavit.)
My memory may be wrong, but I thought it was Himan who served the warrant on Elmo. If so, he was probably the one who Nifong told he wanted to know when Elmo was in custody. Therefore, that would have been Himan who testified and maybe that's why he was there.