[darbymcgill]

"It was an open-and-shut thing and the statements were consistent," Chalmers said. "The only thing we weren't able to substantiate was the racial slur."

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Doesn't this statement by Chalmers imply that blacks may sometimes lie about racial slurs?

[darbymcgill]

Another implication of his statement could be that the "blue wall of silence" is more protective of bigots than it is of abusive cowards.

[Neverforget01]

Couldn't substantiate racial slurs at Blinco's , but could at 610 Buchanan? The latter certainly has been reported as fact over and over.

[maggief]

There's a reason why Chalmer's has been mum all along in regard to the Duke LAX case. Now he comes to bat for Gottlieb's Duke arrest record. Amazing how the "only" unsubstantiated fact in the Blinco's incident was the racial slur.

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