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Report: Family wants Tawana Brawley case reopened
cnn.com ^ | Nov 18, 2007 | AP

Posted on 11/18/2007 7:36:42 AM PST by RDTF

Edited on 11/18/2007 1:18:07 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

NEW YORK (AP) -- Twenty years after her allegations of a racially charged rape became a national flash point, Tawana Brawley's mother and stepfather want to reopen the case, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Glenda Brawley and Ralph King want to press New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to re-examine the November 1987 incident, which a state grand jury ultimately concluded was a hoax, the Daily News reported.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: boycriedwolf; brawley; hatecrimes; hoax; liar; moneymoneymoney; racebaiting; sharpton; tawana; tawanabrawley
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68
I thought he got a Masters from some matchbook U that went defunct soon after he showed up at UC...

Don't laugh! I used to have a matchbook cover that, when you opened it up, had a coupon you could send in to study Nuclear Medicine at home! Since I thought radioactive isotopes might interact with the beer in the fridge, I passed on the offer.

161 posted on 11/18/2007 5:00:24 PM PST by econjack
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To: trimom
Someone have an idea what the point of this would be?

Pigs returning to the trough. Maybe they can slurp up some serious slop this time.

162 posted on 11/18/2007 5:00:52 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: toldyou
Can’t be [Al or Jesse]! Jim Robinson would not let them in here!

Too bad...they'd make a good target!

163 posted on 11/18/2007 5:01:59 PM PST by econjack
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To: econjack

“Since I thought radioactive isotopes might interact with the beer in the fridge, I passed on the offer.”

LOL!


164 posted on 11/18/2007 5:02:00 PM PST by toldyou
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To: econjack

“Too bad...they’d make a good target!”

Wouldn’t it be soooo much fun?


165 posted on 11/18/2007 5:04:10 PM PST by toldyou
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To: RDTF
A book was written about this case, Outrage, by a crew of NYT reporters in 1990. Pretty thorough treatment of one of the sleaziest episodes in American history.
166 posted on 11/18/2007 5:05:05 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: hinckley buzzard

“Outrage, by a crew of NYT reporters in 1990. Pretty thorough treatment of one of the sleaziest episodes in American history.”

New York Times reporters?

Who were they for...her or us?


167 posted on 11/18/2007 5:07:41 PM PST by toldyou
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To: pepsionice
Read the book. I will put your suspicions to rest. As for admitting her lie, no. It would not expect her ever to have the decency to recant, given that the lie was deliberate and racially oriented. She will "admit it and move on" about the time Crystal Mangum does likewise.
168 posted on 11/18/2007 5:11:36 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: toldyou

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE0D8173FF93AA15754C0A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print

it that one won’t work, click the top one here:

http://www.google.com/search?q=nyt+outrage+brawley&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a


169 posted on 11/18/2007 5:13:03 PM PST by Vn_survivor_67-68 (CALL CONGRESSCRITTERS TOLL-FREE @ 1-800-965-4701)
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To: RDTF

No, you just don’t understand. The evidence in the case was fake but accurate, so by today’s standard of restorative justice, Twana and the Rev. Al deserve a huge financial settlement.


170 posted on 11/18/2007 5:15:17 PM PST by Eva
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To: loungitude
Should have changed it to Tawana X ... for excrement.

The moslems got what they deserved--one POS who became famous for climbing into a garbage sack and smearing herself with doggie doo.

171 posted on 11/18/2007 5:17:39 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: smalltownslick
Muslim....dog???

Good one. You're right, devout Moslems don't keep dogs around because they think angels are afraid of dogs. How have we in the West survived without the benefits of these geniuses' fine contributions to civilization.

172 posted on 11/18/2007 5:26:20 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

I learned a new word/words today...

Heilige Scheiße!

That refers to your article, and means....unbelievable!

GREAT, GREAT post, Vn!


173 posted on 11/18/2007 5:32:08 PM PST by toldyou
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To: toldyou

They were actally pretty objective. She comes out looking like what she was, a phoney who had her own agenda. The subtitle is “The Story Behind the Tawana Brawley Hoax.”


174 posted on 11/18/2007 5:40:01 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: toldyou

GREAT, GREAT post, Vn!

you DO mean links, right? I copy/paste much better than I type, LOL..........both of my typing fingers are dyslexic :)


175 posted on 11/18/2007 5:40:54 PM PST by Vn_survivor_67-68 (CALL CONGRESSCRITTERS TOLL-FREE @ 1-800-965-4701)
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To: hinckley buzzard

“She comes out looking like what she was, a phoney who had her own agenda.”

Good. I hope it sticks!


176 posted on 11/18/2007 5:53:34 PM PST by toldyou
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

Yes...very interesting!


177 posted on 11/18/2007 5:54:52 PM PST by toldyou
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To: maggief; abb; TommyDale; Sue Perkick

cha-ching!


178 posted on 11/18/2007 5:55:10 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: FormerACLUmember

Spitzer will reopen it...his poll numbers are near single digit ..he is a flagrant violation of a liberal.


179 posted on 11/18/2007 7:16:50 PM PST by ma bell (bollocks... its just bollocks)
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To: freekitty
nappy ho money..

err... ho money, ho money, ho money...no pun intended.. not.

180 posted on 11/18/2007 7:20:01 PM PST by ma bell (bollocks... its just bollocks)
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