He picked on RICH kids. Bad Nifong, bad.
Unfortunately, this kind of conduct happens every day. In Santa Cruz California, I was arrested and held without makeable bail for a month because a judge said so, but without a warrant and without any probable cause. The deputy D.A. that prosecuted personally had dinner with the judge at his home. I sued, of course, and won, but no one went to jail or was even disbarred, although the head d.a. at the time died later prematurely, so there is judgment day at least. In discovery, the cops/d.a. withheld facts that would have led to my immediate release. They knew I was innocent.
I don’t excuse any of it, but much of this inexplicable behavior, like Nifongs, is due to a fairly common mental illness that usually goes undiagnosed because of the seeming affability of the afflicted. It’s called paranoid personality disorder. Watch “Caine Mutiny” and read up on this affliction if you want to understand seemingly inexplicable behavior. It is far more common an affliction than most people realize.
Oh, that same d.a., when he drove drunk down the wrong side of the road one night, the cops drove him home. He was forever beholding to them after that.
Don't they deserve equal justice?
Are you an elitist, believing that poor people are better and deserve more justice?