Posted on 01/16/2007 10:03:31 AM PST by freespirited
Based on the 60 minutes interview, Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong is going to be slapped monetarily. Duke University Trustees should be worried about the endowmwnt. Probably the president and the 88 signatories should be taking steps to hide assets as well.
I question the timing. The feds stand down one day before Nifong recuses? Hmmmm..........
Is there a violation of Federal law involved or do you expect big daddy Fed to right every wrong, even if it's not on their turf? Maybe we could create a new Federal agency to investigate every fixed traffic ticket.
I'm not a states rights fanatic but having the Feds jump in this case now seems way premature and would be wrong. North Carolina has problems they need to fix on their own.
There have been more than enough violations of Federal, state and local laws to convict every politician in the state. Finding anyone with backbone to enforce the law is another story. That'w what NC gets when it elects the DemocRATS.
"Thats why its a federal crime for anyone acting under color of law willfully to deprive or conspire to deprive a person of a right protected by the Constitution or U.S. law. Color of law simply means that the person is using authority given to him or her by a local, state, or federal government agency.
The FBI is the lead federal agency for investigating color of law abuses, which include acts carried out by government officials operating both within and beyond the limits of their lawful authority. Off-duty conduct may be covered if the perpetrator asserted his or her official status in some way.
During Fiscal Year 2005, the FBI investigated more than 1,100 color of law cases. Most of these crimes fall into five broad areas:
excessive force;
sexual assaults;
false arrest and fabrication of evidence;
deprivation of property; and
failure to keep from harm."
Oh, you mean UNlike all those cases where prosecutors were charged with misconduct by federal authorities? Now what were those again?
So what can they do at this point? Move their assets to some exotic place offshore?
Surely a local would be smart enough to keep a scalawag or carpet bagger from this office. Those were Republicans anyway.
Ditto is so into defending the treatment of the Duke players, I have to wonder if he/she is actively involved in the case on the side of the prosecution.
You are hearing the voices of those who FEEL something should be done by the feds. Laws don't matter to those FEELING this way. Precedent has no value to those FEELING this way. Federalist is just another concept of no use to those FEELING something must be done.
It would be a bone wearying task to go over the whole case with Ditto at this time and try to point out that Nifong should be investigated for wrongful acts committed within and beyond his authority.
Such issues are generally handled through STATE laws before the feds get involved.
Much of your post is just ranting with no connection to anything relevent to this case.
See post Number 66 regarding my "Feelings."
Sounds like a diet to me. Classically, a female call to arms. "Let's seize this opportunity to motivate us to take off a few pounds"... (From article: "To fight the way we know how" (huge grin).
So there is a federal law against having Too Many Strange People and Things Happening in Durham? What does ANY of that farrago have to do with the Duke boys?
Do you think it is "possible" that state law takes precedence in this matter? I do.. It's got to grind through the state.
Before throwing shots at Federal Gonzalez, why not point your little target in NC D-Easley's direction.
The FBI has been asked to investigate the beating of a jail inmate, allegedly at the hands of guards.
Lake County Sheriff Roy Dominguez said six officers, who were not identified, have been suspended with pay.
Inmate Tommy Ford (pictured) was hospitalized following the Dec. 26 attack at the county jail in Crown Point. The sheriff declined to describe the extent of Ford's injuries.
For starters, how about learning about laws concerning feds and state? In some cases, the Feds can intervene; in other laws, the States have more power.
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