DON'T FEEL TOO SORRY FOR THE DUKIES [Terry "Out of Touch With Reality" Moran BARF Alert]

Terry Moran's Blog at ABC News ^ | 4/12/07 | Terry Moran

[Doctor Raoul]

DON'T FEEL TOO SORRY FOR THE DUKIES

Mike Nifong, the North Carolina prosecutor who pursued a case of rape and kidnapping against three Duke University lacrosse players, has been found to have been reckless and deceitful in the discharge of his duties according to the state's attorney general. He abused the power the people of Durham granted him. Based on the public record of what he did in this case, he may well be properly disbarred.

The accuser in this case has been shown to be either a vicious liar or a troubled fantasist.

The three young men who she accused are truly innocent of the charges brought against them according to the North Carolina Attorney General and the investigation led by his office.

But perhaps the outpouring of sympathy for Reade Seligman, Collin Finnerty and David Evans is just a bit misplaced. They got special treatment in the justice system--both negative and positive. The conduct of the lacrosse team of which they were members was not admirable on the night of the incident, to say the least. And there are so many other victims of prosecutorial misconduct in this country who never get the high-priced legal representation and the high-profile, high-minded vindication that it strikes me as just a bit unseemly to heap praise and sympathy on these particular men.

So as we rightly cover the vindication of these young men and focus on the genuine ordeal they have endured, let us also remember a few other things:

They were part of a team that collected $800 to purchase the time of two strippers.

Their team specifically requested at least one white stripper.

During the incident, racial epithets were hurled at the strippers.

Colin Finnerty was charged with assault in Washington, DC, in 2005.

The young men were able to retain a battery of top-flight attorneys, investigators and media strategists.

As students of Duke University or other elite institutions, these young men will get on with their privileged lives. There is a very large cushion under them--the one that softens the blows of life for most of those who go to Duke or similar places, and have connections through family, friends and school to all kinds of prospects for success. They are very differently situated in life from, say, the young women of the Rutgers University women's basketball team.

And, MOST IMPORTANT, there are many, many cases of prosecutorial misconduct across our country every year.  The media covers few, if any, of these cases. Most of the victims in these cases are poor or minority Americans--or both. I would hate to say the color of their skin is one reason journalists do not focus on these victims of injustices perpetrated by police and prosecutors, but I am afraid if we ask ourselves the question honestly, we would likely find that it is. Look for a moment at what James Giles endured: 

I hope we all keep him and others in mind, as we cover the celebrated exoneration of well-heeled, well-connected, well-publicized young men whose conduct, while not illegal, was not entirely admirable, either. They aren't heroes. They aren't boys. They are young men who were victimized by a reckless prosecutor--and had the resources the fight him off.

April 12, 2007

[LetsRok]

The Duke players did not get any “special” treatment. They got the treatment that they PAID FOR! Don’t fault them for having the resources to handle this railroading.

[chessplayer]

More class warfare crap from the left. I wonder what Moran thinks about OJ Simpson being able to hire good attorneys.

[Uncle Peter]

"...perhaps the outpouring of sympathy for Reade Seligman, Collin Finnerty and David Evans is just a bit misplaced. They got special treatment in the justice system...So as we rightly cover the vindication of these young men and focus on the genuine ordeal they have endured, let us also remember a few other things"

Spoken like a true Limosine Liberal. Straight out of the Liberal Playbook: Spew unfounded and dis-avowed allegations completely out of context, don't assign any particular act to any of the Duke 3, paint the entire team with a broad brush.

And just for extra measure, drag up mud to sling at Collin Finnerty regarding a minor infraction from his past. Then spout qualified obligatory generalized platitudes. Oh, and be sure to include gratuitous and self-serving remarks.

Typical Lib LawyerSpeak. Attack the victim and divert attention. Terry Moron is America's Poster Boy for everything that is wrong and evil about the Biased Liberal Media. That being said, I will not advocate his removal. Let him speak and thereby reveal himself. Give him enough rope to hang himself.

There's a civil war brewing. It won't be North vs. South nor East vs. West.

It will be Right vs. Left

[sappy]

Yeah, priveledge is getting to accuse someone of a heinous crime they didn’t committ and then walking away from it if it doesn’t pay off.

[SauronOfMordor]

It does make one wonder though where that skank got all that semen on her. Did she knock over the refrigerator at at a sperm bank or was somebody hard up that night. I guess we will find out when she writes her book.

Or perhaps she needed to service a whole drug gang to get enough stuff to keep her high that night

[ken21]

toss yr tv

and become

free

of liberalism.

[VA40]

The stripper was getting a pass for being a stripper

As I recall, the complaint was to stop calling her a stripper. She was a bright college student, single mother, upstanding citizen. They want us to forget that now. Now it is okay for them to say she was just an ignorant, unstable victim and should not be held accountable for her actions.

[SlowBoat407]

A stripper

[jackieaxe]

Terry Moran is a moron, but this article will probably get him favor with his uber liberal bosses, not fired. You had MSNBC, CBS involved in railroading Imus and I thought, well at least there’s ABC. Now I know better: Only watch Fox News.

If you are a white male in this society you are guilty until proven innocent, and even then some Moron from the MSM will still take a shot at you. What a world!