3. The cops were going to make nothing of this case. None of them believed Mangum. Then after Nifong found out about it, he turned to certain dirty cops he knew to help him with this case. So I would not blame DPD in general.
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I agree. The beat Cops used the same determinants that they've used their entire career to assess her credibility. And I believe they determined that she was a problem child saying anything that was expedient.
IMO, due to a disfunctional Durham, Nifong got involved in the case in the investigation phase - where he has no business. The case was heaven sent and Nifong used it to achieve his personal goals.
I think Durham is an incestual, corrupt mess. It seems everything is inter-related. We have the City Manager inserting himself into the case and making multiple public statements that the woman never changed her story - and offering that he would know. He even stated how closely he was working with investigators on the case. We have a City Councilmen proclaiming them guility and predicting their Daddy's will get them off days into the investigation.
The, Mayor, for God's sake claims to know specifics that will be revealed at the right time. An investigator for the DA's office, interrupts a National press conference by the Defense attorneys to say that the woman never changed her story - and he had personally read the entire case file!
Early on in this thing, the Durham City Council urged a vote in support of Patrick Baker's handing of the Duke Rape incident - and multiple members took to the airwaves to express public support for his specific handling of the Duke case.
Someone else called it the Perfect Storm and I agree. IMO, if there were Honest people running Durham - you wouldn't have so many people willing to violate laws, processes, procedures, and go before National Cameras to defend others that have evidently done that same thing.
To me, common sense dictates that these people were comfortable in this position and doing these things. It strains credulity to think that this is the first time these people have crossed the line.
I do wonder if this is where 60 Minutes is going. A report on a rape hoax isn' really their thing. They leave that to cable shows; but local corruption that (1) caused a huge national sensation and (2)is now dedicated to covering it up, ah now you're talking 60 Minutes language. I laid out in an earlier post a possible theory that, if true, implicates Nifong, Gottlieb, Brodhead, elected officials, the DPD and Lord only knows who else as being duplicitous. Just a theory that is supported by strong evidence. For example, what if 60 Minutes got hold of authentic (!) correspondence showing Duke knew and encouraged the violent crackdown on students? or that all these shady characters knew the charges were bogus but had ulterior motives for pursuing this mess?
There really is no other good reason for 60 Minutes to be interested in this debacle unless it was targeting one of the principle players. The question is who?