2nd Duke party dancer now questions doubts about accuser

Daily Comet & AP ^ | April 21, 2006 | ALLEN G. BREED

[abb]

Vid of Kim Roberts on CNN

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/more/04/21/lacrosse.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

[Alia]

If that word was used, Kim would have decked the guy and his jaw would probably be wired shut. She looks like a mean little sh*t ;-D Calling 911 is a little out of character for a felon.

You've just described my own witness and experience of Oakland, California and Hunters Point, CA. Bingo.

Besides, didn't Kim slap someone for bringing up a broomstick comment? Like, she'd call 911 over a insult and never be quite clear or specific as to where she heard it.. by the wall... in front of the house. Where'd she hear it?

[don'tbedenied]

Of course Nancy Grace is going to talk about the "third guy", she sure as hell doesn't want talk too much about the other two who weren't there.
Regarding the how could anybody (Nifong) be so dumb question, there is an obvious answer:
1) Reelection effort which led directly to
2) Moving too fast and too public and now
3) Can't get out without admitting he's an idiot and losing the election.

The somethings up his sleeve idea is the only thing between him and the unemployment line. He sure as ell isn't going to prove there's nothing up his sleeve between now and the election. The May 1 grand jury is the perfect time to indict he third man--because the election is the next day and the defense won't have time to wreck that case too. (if the defense is lucky enough to have another non-attendee indicted)

[sissyjane]

I'm sure that the defense lawyers know whether or not this is true. They all seem to be sticking together, so would know if someone were cooperating with DA.

Complete BS-Thanks Napolitano, you've proven yourself not so smart again!!

[noblejones]

If Nifong doesn't end up in prison for this, I'm moving to France.

-kisses,
Babara Streisand

[snarkytart]

Embarassing! In "Twelve Angry Men", somebody says something like "Well, what if the building falls down? We can suppose anything!" A lot of these stories are down to grasping at straws just to pretend that there's plenty of drama and intrigue remaining.

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Agreed!

[shezza]

Just what they have gotten so far. Humiliation but nothing else.

Besides humiliation, they've also received:
Job offers withdrawn
Suspension from school (two weeks before finals)
Loss of jobs (coach and assistant)
Public identification as "rapists"
Bills to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars as they try to clear their names
Denouncement from professors and school administrators
Many other repercussions we don't yet know...

Is that just punishment, you think, for possibly using a racial slur?

[Krodg]

I feel for the black player.

I'll hold my sympathy for now...I don't even know if he was there.

[pepperhead]

I know, sorry. I was just thinking about the only player who could speak out without having people look at him as getting a plea deal.

Here is the thing that gets me. If there is only one coming forward. How come there isn't other charges on the rest of the team for withholding information?

[Carolinamom]

Of course, anything is possible, but at this point I'd be willing to bet money that the only thing up Nifong's sleeve is his arm.

[schooter]

"Hey n_____ thank your granddad for my cotton shirt ?" Explain how that can be twisted.

Just to chime in, that's not what the less than reliable neighbor claimed he heard. The quote was "Hey bi__h thank your granddad for my cotton shirt ?"

[Warren_Piece]

Me, too. Those who are saying "He must have something up his sleeve" remind me of the FReepers who talk about Bush "playing poker" when it's obvious he's making a mistake. As much as I love the President, sometimes he does stupid things (Harriet Miers, anyone?)

Maybe the DA IS that stupid, or as someone has suggested, he's put forward a poisoned case to mollify "the community", knowing it waill fail, but he can say he did his best.

[Howlin]

The officers on WRAL the other night said it is most certainly against the law in this state according to a new protocol.

[Law is not justice but process]

"Doesn't the line-up have to contain known innocents?"

Considering most lineups are made from booking photos, "innocents" may be the wrong word. Let's call them "individuals unrelated to the present case." That is a long-winded way to say "yes."

[Crawdad]

Look for the DNA samples sent to the private lab to have been inexplicably "misplaced" or "contaminated".

[jiggyboy]

I still want to know why the defense will not directly answer the question of whether or not racial slurs were used

Well it ain't a crime, so screw 'em, I'd be fine giving or receiving that advice. Secondly, maybe they decided that not every single aspect of the case needs to be tried in the media.

[abb]

And weren't we supposed to get these "new" results late last week?

[connectthedots]

Yes. There are people that stupid. I have read a number of legal filings where I have wondered how the attorney graduated from law school and passed the bar examination.

Have you ever read one where a state attorney general claimed the separation of powers doctrine prevents the state from prosecuting a judge who has committed a felony?

[Neverforget01]

How come there isn't other charges on the rest of the team for withholding information?

It seems the poor DA doesn't have a clue as to which members of the team were even there.

[Howlin]

In the state of North Carolina the photos have to be of eight people who LOOK like the accused.

They are to be shown one at a time, then turned over face down so as not to confuse the identifier.