DUKE CASE: WILL THE TIMES APOLOGIZE?

New York Post ^ | 4/12/7 | Andrea Peyser

[SmithL]

REVERSE the races, change the sport, and you have the Kobe Bryant "rape" hoax all over again.

It frightens me that, in this day and age, three demonstrably innocent men can be dragged into the public square in chains and be unjustly accused, tried and convicted in the media - forcibly lynched - for a rape that never happened.

There are many victims in the case of the guiltless Duke lacrosse players. And many more perpetrators who, through wishful thinking, greed, arrogance or lunacy, kept this case going long after the accused boys should have received a heartfelt apology.

But the biggest losers may be the ones you'll never hear about. These are the genuine victims of sexual assault: women who don't fabricate tales of brutality, or seek out the richest, whitest men to falsely accuse of forcing them into sex.

Who will believe a rape victim now?

Lakers guard Bryant was wrongly accused of raping a disappointed and willing sex partner; the Duke boys were victimized by a stripper who, for reasons that exist mainly in her head, decided that crying "Rape!" was easier than getting a day job.

But the Duke case goes far beyond the Bryant debacle. It features a "rogue prosecutor" - as ex-Durham DA Mike Nifong was called yesterday - who visibily salivated at the notion of taking down the boys.

Truth be damned.

It also benefited from a lynch culture at Duke, where 88 professors signed an ad vowing to "turn up the volume" against the falsely accused men.

Due process be damned.

Worst of all, this story so neatly fit the radical agenda of our "newspaper of record," The New York Times, that the paper disgustingly advanced the hoax on its front page, long after other media outlets had backed off.

[Maceman]

Sure they will. Right after they apologize for Walter Durant and return that Pulitzer Prize.

[fatnotlazy]

There’s a whole list of people and entities who should apologize. The accuser, the prosecutor, Al Sharpton.....

[TommyDale]

I’m sure they are standing in line to apologize, right behind Nancy Grace, Je$$e Jacka$$ and Al $harpton...

[AZRepublican]

No! Times won’t apologize because it would do nothing to advance minority injustice. These is why Al and Jesse will keep their mouths shut.

[ladyjane]

REVERSE the races, change the sport, and you have the Kobe Bryant "rape" hoax all over again.

Totally wrong! On so many counts I won't even begin.

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

Totally wrong! On so many counts I won't even begin.

Thanks. I was begininhg to think my memory had failed me.

[JamesP81]

The real question is whether CGM and Liefong will go to prison. Until both happen, justice is absent.

[Tzimisce]

Nods.

[StAnDeliver]

*bump* ... repeatedly ...

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

All this could have been avoided except for the fearsome, intimidating power of radical man-hating feminazis who search and destroy all opposition.

[popdonnelly]

“Newspaper of record” is BS promulgated by liberals with an axe to grind. The Times should be shunned.

[randog]

No one will apologize with a civil trial hanging in the air. Everyone’s just holding their breath wondering how big the hammer’s gonna be.

[angcat]

Big fat Rita Cosby caused allot of trouble also.

[Rokke]

"No one will apologize with a civil trial hanging in the air. Everyone’s just holding their breath wondering how big the hammer’s gonna be."

Are civil suits in this case fact or rumor? Is the lax team going to get some vindication in court? I'd like to see Duke turned into a small time community college for their handling of this.

[Eric Blair 2084]

You're right, Nifong needs to go to jail.

bbbring, rrrrriiiingg

Secretary: Durham DA's office can I help you.

Butthead: Uuuuuhhh, can I like speak to the uuuuhhhhh...Dumb Ass, I mean DA please.

Secretary: What is this in reference to?

Butthead: Uuuuhhh, tell him I was, uuuuhhh...like...uuuuuhhhh a white kid who was raped by...uhh...like 3 black women.

Beavis: Oh, yeeah, yeah...eh, heh, heh...that's a good one butthead.

Secretary: Ok, hold on... (12 minutes later)

Secretary: Sorry. We don't handle those cases here. You'll have to go to Judge Wapner or Judge Judy with that case.

Butthead: Uuuuuuhhh, OK...uuuhhhh, uh, uhhh how about like... I was a black chick...who thinks she may have been...uh...like raped...or something... by like uhh, huhh 3 rich white guys.

Beavis: Eh, heh, heh, heh...yeah...eh, heh, white and eh heh, rich...eh, heh and tell them about the election for DA...eh heh.

Secretary: Hold on please. (1 second later)

Nifong: Mike Nifong speaking, how can I help you?

Butthead: Uuuuuhhh, I think I was like...raped...or something. By like some rich white dudes, and I'm like uhhhhh, black...or something....

Beavis: Yeah, eh, heh raped.

Nifong: OK, we'll file charges tomorrow.

Butthead: Oh, uuuuuhhhh, cool.

Beavis: Heh, eh, that was cool.

[thiscouldbemoreconfusing]

Oh how I wish the upcoming civil cases were being held in my court, I have always wanted to say: “And I find for the plaintiffs, ten quadra zillion dollars each.”

These young men deserve a huge award and those being sued deserve bankruptcy!

Just one little judge in Alabama's opinion.

[Duke Nukum]

Will the Times make reparations now?

Are the Duke LaCross players terrorists? Then the answer is no. The Times will not apologize or make reparations. They're too busy looking for troop movements to give to the terrorists.

[Trailerpark Badass]

But the biggest losers may be the ones you'll never hear about. These are the genuine victims of sexual assault: women who don't fabricate tales of brutality, or seek out the richest, whitest men to falsely accuse of forcing them into sex.

All the more reason why Ms. Mangum should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Why should genuine victims suffer in the future because of some misplaced sensitivity to Ms. Mangum's delicate mental state?

[randog]

At this point all I’ve heard is talking-head speculation. My wish is to see the entire team (coach, too) driving out of a bankrupt Durham in brand new red Ferraris, waving the one-fingered salute.