[Vigilanteman]

The city is going to have to get Duke to chip in. And Duke will have to tap the 88 who cheered it on. The city can rightfully argue that the PC climate at Duke was probably the biggest contributing factor to Nifong’s misconduct. The interesting thing about mega-million lawsuits is when the perps start pointing fingers and eating their own. Pass the popcorn, please.

[Emmett McCarthy]

Wouldn’t Nifong have also had his own professional liability coverage? I know that in some states and some professions those premiums are required to be paid up to 3 years in advance so as to cover claims that might come up after someone has left their profession.

[lolhelp]

There had to be some policemen who knew what Nifong was doing was wrong, unless he used the DA’s office’s investigators and there has been nothing said about it. If the police dept had the DNA test done, I feel like the results would have come back to them and then to Nifong’s office.

[Dick Vomer]

gee, this is almost as fun as Hamas and Hezbullah killing each other...or Iran-Iraq war...

so much fun... I'll take some popcorn with a little Tabasco sauce, some Big Red soda...and just giggle.

Liberals eaten by lawyers...gawd that's funny.

[FreedomPoster]

>>The city can rightfully argue that the PC climate at Duke was probably the biggest contributing factor to Nifong’s misconduct.

Sorry, but the NAACP-leaning city leadership was right there from the beginning, every bit as big as the fools from Duke.

[SmoothTalker]

” The city can rightfully argue that the PC climate at Duke was probably the biggest contributing factor to Nifong’s misconduct. “

It had very little to do with it. Durham is a town with gigantic race and class issues. Duke is not liked by most of Durham and the Durham DA would not be receptive to them. This was simple election year politics. He was trying to get the black vote and he did. The person who wins the black vote wins in Durham, period. The black voters in Durham are generally poor, uneducated, and very race conscious. Racebating has always worked well with them.

[Ready4Freddy]

No fingers to point here, and Nifong is irrelevant to this potential Federal suit. The question will be 'why did the DPD fail to perform their duty in properly investigating this case?'. The city's biggest vulnerability will be the Apr 4 ID. Depos of DPD investigators indicate that they cleared the ID with management.

'Nifong made me do it', aka the Nifonguremberg defense, does not matter. City officials, from Bell down, and DPD management, from Chalmers down, placed the city's imprimatur on the DPD's failings by approving the Apr 4 ID, and repeatedly claiming that the DPD did nothing wrong.

The city can rightfully argue that the PC climate at Duke was probably the biggest contributing factor to Nifong’s misconduct.

[Sue Perkick]

I don’t expect anything to happen to the Gang of 88. I would like to see Brodhead forced out but I doubt that will happen either.

[apocalypto]

Yep.