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| Quasimodo | Oct 30 2009, 07:56 PM Post #31 |
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(hat tip: a poster a DIW) http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/10/29/article/jesse_jackson_rappers_must_lift_their_vision Jesse Jackson shares thoughts on rapper Gucci Mane, A&T's decision FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 GREENSBORO — The Rev. Jesse Jackson , a civil rights leader and head of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, sat down for an interview Thursday with Allen Johnson , the News & Record editorial page editor. Here are some excerpts of what Jackson had to say while he took a break from homecoming festivities at his alma mater, N.C. A&T. (snip) On the Duke University lacrosse team case, and rape allegations by a stripper who Jackson originally supported before the N.C. attorney general intervened, investigated and ordered all charges against the accused players dropped: “The good news is those boys’ parents paid to get the proper legal representation and get them vindicated. So often, young black youth and youth who are poor, don’t have legal protection. That’s why you have 2.3 million Americans in prison,” he said. (snip) --------------- comment by a poster on this article: ------------------- The headline for this "news article" in the print edition of the paper is this: RAPPERS MUST LIFT 'THEIR VISION' and subhead of The Rev. Jesse Jackson talks about N.C. A&T homecoming and other hot topics. The "hot topics" covered in the interview include these (in the order in which they appear): Gucci Mane as a performer at the A&T homecoming, being mistakenly called Al Sharpton during an interview with MSNBC, the Duke lacrosse team case, opinions on A&T's new chancellor and changes to the A&T campus since Jackson was a student there. Am I alone when I consider that list and find one of the "hot topics" rather incongruent with an interview being conducted this week? I scratch my head at how the Duke lacrosse case is a "hot topic" anywhere. Did Jackson say: "Let me tell you, the Duke lacrosse case is what is on my mind when I come back to NC A&T," or did the interviewer artificially raise that as a "hot topic"? If that's a hot topic, then let's get his take on the Tawana Brawley episode. That was another racially charged event, and it was only what...20 years ago? For goodness sakes, just report the news and don't artificially create it. That cheapens even more the pathetic excuse for journalism that this newspaper has become. If your reporters cannot come up with questions and topics any more germain, then move on to another profession. --------------- [This is, really, great news. It means a return to normalcy for the accused. Let it fade...OTOH, there is still the matter of complete vindication and clearing of the names of the accused, which will come from the testimony in the suits; and establishing the whole truth, which needs to be so firmly established so that no amount of revisionism can twist it to give it another meaning. Any lingering suspicion that might cling to any of the laxers (especially Evans, Finnerty, Seligmann, McFadyen; and the other members of the team) needs to be dissipated; and it needs to be established that they were the victims of a hoax and then a frame-up attempt by LE; and that the only thing that "happened" in that house were the lies of the accuser. In that regard, according to an (unsubstantiated) poster at DIW, as late as Feb. 2007, Steel was still asserting that 'he knew that something happened in that house that night to CGM'. If this is correct--and the poster was anonymous--then it suggests that at that time this was still the mantra of the Trustees and Duke. If true--an "IF"--then that might again suggest that Duke was ready to mandate disciplinary action against the accused after the AG finished his investigation (especially if all he did was drop the charges for lack of evidence). Duke was still ready to proceed on the basis that "something happened", whether it was provable or not. Which means, that Steel still was following his "sometimes good people have to suffer for the good of the organization" policy. Publicly, Duke would not admit any wrongdoing, and claim that since "something happened", therefore it was correct to discipline the students (and let them try and prove their own innocence against the word of Duke). The innocence declaration put an end to that. But how close did we come to Duke still maintaining that the accused had done something wrong? And how would that official action by Duke have affected their transfers to other schools, and their future?] |
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| Kerri P. | Oct 30 2009, 09:28 PM Post #32 |
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http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/6319777/ One injured in Durham shooting Posted: 5 minutes ago Durham, N.C. — Durham police are investigating a shooting outside of an apartment complex in the 1300 block of Hudson Avenue Friday night. Police said one person was shot. The victim’s condition was unknown. No arrests have been made. |
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| Kerri P. | Oct 30 2009, 09:34 PM Post #33 |
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http://www.wralsportsfan.com/college_football/story/6318575/ Blue Devils bringing their air attack to Virginia Updated at 8:17 p.m. Virginia is making a defensive about-face this week, going from preparing for the Atlantic Coast Conference team that runs the ball best to the one that throws it most. The Cavaliers (3-4, 2-1 ACC) didn't fare too well in their 34-9 home loss to No. 11 Georgia Tech last week. While they have won 17 of their last 20 meetings with Duke, these pass-happy Blue Devils bear little resemblance to those weak teams of the past two decades. Or even to the one that last year forced five second-half turnovers and ended a 25-game winless streak against conference teams with a 31-3 embarrassment of the Cavaliers. snip.... |
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