I still don’t understand how the 88 could be held liable. They were going on information provided by the Durham County DA and the media. They didn’t precipitate this but rather jumped on the bandwagon as did many others such as Nancy Grace and Jesse Jackson.
I think someone made the point on an earlier thread that these 88 faculty members represent "community leaders" and made an opinion on untried defendants.
Word to the wise, never state an opinion on ANYTHING on a full page ad until the fact is proven.
Those 88 faculty members who signed that ad made a really, really stupid error. I think only one actually apologized. That leaves 87 white apologists that need to be smacked upside their freaky liberal heads...