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It's Time for Justice: Drop the charges vs. Duke lacrosse players
The Mercury News ^ | October 16, 2006 | Jason Whitlock

Posted on 10/18/2006 2:45:47 PM PDT by zaxxon

The charges against the Duke lacrosse players should be dropped immediately, and the people demanding the dismissal the loudest and most forcefully should be the very people who have made a living allegedly fighting against racial injustice.

I've said this before, but it's worth saying again: Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton should be in Durham, N.C., today, promising civil disobedience until the charges are dropped and prosecutor Mike Nifong resigns.

Ed Bradley and "60 Minutes" should never be mistaken for Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court. Bradley is just a TV reporter and "60 Minutes" is just a TV show, but you couldn't help but be moved by the story they aired Sunday night about the Duke lacrosse rape allegations.

The three accused players gave their first interviews, and two of them claimed they had airtight, documented alibis. The accuser's one-night sidekick, Kim Roberts, seems to have settled on telling the truth rather than trying to spin the story for fame or money. She contradicted several of the statements the accuser gave to police.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: duke; dukelax; hoax; nifong; rape
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To: abb

Wanna' start a new thread based on the H-S article.


681 posted on 10/27/2006 4:43:05 AM PDT by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: Locomotive Breath

#4 Was Matt Wilson.


682 posted on 10/27/2006 4:56:38 AM PDT by jennyd
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To: All

Link to new thread
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1726850/posts


683 posted on 10/27/2006 5:01:42 AM PDT by abb (The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
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To: Locomotive Breath

Many thanks for the report and for pinning the proverbial tail on the media (N&O) donkey.


684 posted on 10/27/2006 5:25:38 AM PDT by bjc (Check the data!!)
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To: abb
Mr. Rosenberg said he did so because he was concerned with the prevalence of alcohol on campus and bothered by "affluent kids violating the law to get exploited women to take their clothes off when they could get as much hookup as they wanted from rich and attractive Duke coeds."

Oh, yes, so THAT'S what the co-eds there are for.

What a putz. Can yuo imagine if a conservative said that?

685 posted on 10/27/2006 7:31:18 AM PDT by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
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