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| sceptical | Jun 14 2009, 09:43 AM |
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Here are some good comments on J in C's latest post: http://johninnorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2009/06/why-nifong-knew-on-mar-14.html Ex-prosecutor said... I agree 100% with your analysis. Magnum's claims would have spread like wildfire through a courthouse, all of which are hotbeds of gossip and juicy stories. No assistant would take any action in a case such as this without getting the OK of the DA especially at election time. The truth in this case will be revealed only by depositions. Sorry that you are retiring the blog soon, but your detailed and thoughtful analyses have given us the background to better follow as the civil cases grind along. Thanks. 10:25 PM Anonymous said... JinC: Spot on regarding the informal reasons why Nifong knew about the case prior to when he admitted that he became aware. In any institutional setting, there is always the morning buzz that occurs before people settle down to the mundane (or exciting, depending upon one's employment) work of the day. The topic is always what has occurred since the last time people met. That is human nature. Given, as you note, Nifong's candidacy for the DA position in a primary that was by no means a shoe in, the very last thing that he, his devoted wife, or his myriad supporters and hangers on would want to have happen would be for him to be "ambushed" by a local reporter over the allegations of a rape involving a poor, single, local black woman at the local state college by wealthy, collegiate athletes who who white, male, and from the north who just so happened to attend the bastion of privilege - Duke University. Also, since the "crime" happened in a neighborhood which had had its share of "problems" with Duke students to the extent that it had a pipeline to the police department and this neighborhood would also be one that Nifong would naturally look to for support at the ballot box 9as well as financial contributions to his campaign, it becomes even more preposterous to believe that Nifong was unaware of the rape allegations until the copy machine incident. The old saying still holds true -what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. The stories that Nifong has told from top to bottom are just as preposterous as are the many variations the story told by Crystal Mangum. cks 11:11 PM Larry said... It does seem incredible that neither nifong nor his lovely wife Cy would not have heard of the event that occurred the night of the 13th into the early morning hours of the 14th. Listen, a lot of people knew that nifong was a primary candidate and that he was way behind in the polls. Both nifong and Cy could have been informed of this opportunity placed before them by some excited campaign worker or friend who would have called them directly, not following the formal or normal channels within the campaign. ( I would guess someone called Cy. I am not so sure that nifong would have realized this case as his opportunity. After all, it was concluded to be a robbery case, not a rape case.) Then the DAMN, CY thinking caps went on and like a blinking incandescent light bulb the frame started. The truth had to be known early on that a false rape was presented to the ED at Duke and the case turned into a robbery investigation. BUT....since CGM was well known and someone(s) living in a well manicured neighborhood in Durham knew that CGM could be stupid enough to follow up with the accusations even though they were dropped earlier. Someone knew about CGM's medical problems from previous interaction with her and her family. Someone(s) in the DA's office knew that gottlieb would want in on this as well. The only question remaining, if this action of the night really occurred who was the fine citizen of Durham NC that called Cy (nifong) to let them know that their chariot had arrived. Again, I don't think, even if nifong was updated the morning of the 14th during a morning meeting with his staff that he would A) be smart enough to know the opportunity he had or B) take the chance right then and there to initiate a rape investigation, or C) if he did conclude that he could make this non rape viable or set false allegations into motion, that everyone or anyone in the DA's office would go along. Nope, it is still my opinion that Cy set the frame and cover for nifong into motion. I believe such based on the assignment of gottlieb to nifong when nifong took over the case. Nifong would not leave a trail leading back to him that he was the responsible party to that assignment. Someone high up in the Durham PD or the managers office owed someone a favor. Just wondering if a favor was owed Cy by one chief who disappeared' working behind the scene to allow the police events to occur the way they did. That favor or plan would have taken a few days to put into action. Lets say around the 24th, when the "discovery" laying on the copier was made. 8:43 AM |
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