Nifong a Topic at State Bar Council (and Feds Decline to Act for Now)

Eyewitness News 11 ^ | 1/16/07

[Enterprise]

"Of the 1,100 cases you reference how many ever got the Attorney General involved? ANY? If any, how many had such involvement prior to a trial? NONE would be my guess."

Oh man, that is so funny! LMAO! That's like asking of a police department, of the thousands of cases investigated by the Department, how many cases got the Chief involved. I have to stop now, I've got tears in my eyes.

[Alia]

Yes, it was you who posted about the interesting timing of all this: Nifong recusal, NC Bar getting involved, and Feds backing off (perhaps, for the moment).

Tells me there's LOTS of eyes following this case, at all levels.

[Jezebelle]

If the locals were willing to do the right thing, they wouldn't have people like Nifong in positions of authority in the first place.

[Enterprise]

Pinging you to this post for your edumakation.

[Jezebelle]

Yes, I saw a few of those clips. A lot of histrionics and theater straight out of central casting. It was funny.

[Jezebelle]

Another thing - the histrionic race-baiters were preaching anti-war because of the money being spent on it should be being spent on programs for them, blacks.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Must be why you keep responding.

[Jezebelle]

They dread having a layer of oversight imposed on them. Mikey is blowing it for all of them. NC gives DAs a sweet deal, and Mikey is the rotten apple seen to be spoiling their barrel of fun and free rein.

[justshutupandtakeit]

I didn't say that they were. Perhaps you need to bone up on the difference between an FBI investigation and a federal prosecution.

[Enterprise]

Neener neener neener

[Jezebelle]

You do not have to be convicted of anything in order for your civil rights to be violated.

[justshutupandtakeit]

No you mentioned only FBI investigations not cases developed from those investigations. Most of them ended rather quickly with "nothing of federal interest here" reports.

Given the weakness of your arguments it is easy to see why you FEEL fed involvement would be atandard.

[Enterprise]

"Perhaps you need to bone up on the difference between an FBI investigation and a federal prosecution."

Well, an FBI investigation is a Federal investigation, and a Federal Prosecution is a Federal Prosecution. The difference is, one is federal and the other is federal.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Once again you confuse investigation with prosecution. Typical.

[Enterprise]

"Given the weakness of your arguments it is easy to see why you FEEL fed involvement would be atandard."

Your remark very much atandards me.

[Enterprise]

One doesn't have the prosecution without first having the investigation does one?

[UpAllNight]

--what upsets me is all the media journalists (whores) who are falling all over themselves to give Nifong every excuse in the book. (just one time, his first big case, never was bad before) --

Wasn't it ABC that updated the audience many times during Sunday about their 20-20 report of the Nifong case falling apart?

[Ditto]

The only one that may apply is " false arrest and fabrication of evidence.;" But the arrest was based on a complaint filed by a private citizen, not a covered official. Yes, we can argue that the citizen's complaint was false and that Nifong simply used that complaint to further his political ambitions, but there is no evidence he initiated the complaint and under the terms of federal policy, this in my opinion would not open the door to the Feds.

That is my honest opinion. This is not a Federal case --- yet. If it actually gets to trial and one or more of those guys were convicted, then it could well be within Federal jurisdiction.

[Jezebelle]

Um.....that would be the Sixth Amendment, not the Fourth.

I suggest you google the Bill of Right.

[justshutupandtakeit]

There is NO federal "public integrity commission". Try again.