| Blog and Media Roundup - Saturday, November 7, 2009; News Roundup | |
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| abb | Nov 7 2009, 05:39 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.heraldsun.com/pages/full_story_news_durham/push?article-If+indicated-+Lopez+vows+to+pursue+mosque+hate+crime+probe%20&id=4370861-If+indicated-+Lopez+vows+to+pursue+mosque+hate+crime+probe&instance=main_article If indicated, Lopez vows to pursue mosque hate crime probe 11.06.09 - 11:01 pm By KEITH UPCHURCH kupchurch@heraldsun.com; 419-6612 DURHAM -- Police Chief Jose Lopez said Friday that if investigators determine Monday's break-in to a Durham mosque was hate-motivated, police will pursue it. "We're trying to get the community to come forward -- anybody who might know who broke into it,'' he said. "We still investigating it.'' "But if we find any indication that it was a hate crime, we're going to pursue it. At this point, we know that someone broke in and stole some articles.'' The Jamaat Ibad Ar-Rahman mosque at 3034 Fayetteville St. was broken into Monday. Damage to the property, including several broken windows and doors, was found about 5 a.m. Police said two flat-screen monitors, a printer and a personal computer were taken from three of the five rooms entered. Lopez said that unfortunately, break-ins to houses of worship are not rare. "I don't think in most cases it's an attack on a religion as much as a means to steal something from what they might consider a soft target,'' he said. The chief said police will keep talking with mosque officials as the investigation continues. Anyone with information about the mosque break-in is asked to call Investigator Kevin Emanuel at (919) 560-4415, ext. 29306, or CrimeStoppers at (919) 683-1200. |
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| abb | Nov 7 2009, 05:52 AM Post #2 |
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http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/06/did-you-know-prosecutors-can-get-away-with-framing-you-for-murder/ Did You Know Prosecutors Can Get Away With Framing You For Murder? Published on November 6th, 2009 Posted by Uncle Dave in crime, legal While the reason for this may be reasonable, how many others are in jail, even been executed, because prosecutors are immune from answering, like the rest of us, for their actions? Perhaps it’s time to have their offices wired with cameras and mics like police cars that catch dirty cops in the act. What’s that line about power corrupting? In July 1977, retired police captain John Schweer was shot and killed while working as a night watchman at an Oldsmobile dealership in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Two teenagers, Curtis McGhee and Terry Harrington, were convicted of the murder based on evidence they allege was knowingly fabricated by prosecutors. [...] Now both men are suing the Pottawattamie County prosecutors, claiming they coerced and coached witnesses, fabricated evidence and arrested them without probable cause. But according to federal law supported by numerous legal precedents, prosecutors have immunity for anything they do during a trial. Richter and Hrvol say they were just doing their job. “If a prosecutor knowingly introduces false evidence at trial, that prosecutor is absolutely immune from lawsuit,” explains Stephen Sanders, an attorney representing Richter and Hrvol. The rationale is that if prosecutors could be blamed for errors in a trial, they would become vulnerable targets for any litigious convict with an ax to grind. “This means that some people who are genuinely wronged by a prosecutor [are not] able to recover,” Sanders concedes. [...] Hrvol and Richter cannot be tried for knowingly putting a dishonest witness on the stand. They don’t have to own up to the fact that they presented false evidence or coerced a witness’s testimony. But fortunately for McGhee and Harrington, they did something on which the law is not completely clear — they didn’t just present the evidence at trial, but also helped gather it. In an unusual move, the prosecutors aided detectives by canvassing the neighborhood and interviewing witnesses, and so their actions may not be covered by absolute immunity. That is what the Supreme Court will decide. |
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| abb | Nov 7 2009, 05:53 AM Post #3 |
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http://kellyayottesenate.blogspot.com/2009/11/kingcast-reminder-kelly-ayotte-should.html Thursday, November 5, 2009 KingCast reminder: Kelly Ayotte should be disbarred, just like Mike Nifong, and sued just as Iowa's David Richter in yesterday's Supreme Court case. As I already told you, Mike Nifong was disbarred for his fabrications in the Duke rape case. In Boston, the Court is soft-peddling the white prosecutor who did the same thing to Bernard Baran, who spent 21 years behind bars. I'll be following up to see what, if any discipline is meted out. Answer: Nothing. Daniel Ford has even served as a Judge. And now the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing the case of Terry Harrington vs. David Richter, as noted on NPR. These two black men were framed as boys and sent to prison for allegedly killing a white police officer in the snooty Council Bloughs, Iowa suburb back in 1977. In Boston these are echoes of the Jason Vassell case I've been following where bigoted white prosecutors selectively prosecute black males. From NPR: The Supreme Court has indeed said that prosecutors are immune from suit for anything they do at trial. But in this case, Harrington and McGhee maintain that before anyone being charged, prosecutors gathered evidence alongside police, interviewed witnesses and knew the testimony they were assembling was false. In New Hampshire former NH AG Kelly Ayotte -- the State's highest Prosecutor -- lied and fabricated evidence in the franconia shooting tragedy involving Liko Kenney, Bruce McKay and Gregory Floyd. Read these posts and check these videos at the book launch for Casey Sherman's "Bad Blood: Freedom and Death in the White Mountains." Sherman calls for a new investigation as do former Franconia LE Brad Whipple and I. Sadly, instead of stepping down with some measure of dignity, Kelly Ayotte has the nerve to flee and run a campaign for U.S. Senate. For shame, for shame. The North Country of New Hampshire is fighting back and I'm glad to be a part of that, read the Petition. I hope Terry Harrington and Curtis McGhee are permitted to sue the living daylights out of the public officials who race-baited an entire community and ruined these men's lives. Here's Terry Harrington leaving prison in April, 2009: |
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| Quasimodo | Nov 7 2009, 08:43 AM Post #4 |
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(Just as a service) : http://gsalr.com/big-yard-sale-unusual-durham-nc-4302143.html Big Yard Sale - Unusual Items, 11/7 (Durham - Trinity Park) 708 N Buchanan Blvd, Durham 27701 in Trinity Park Neighborhood, adjacent to Dukes East Campus wall (near 9th Street) Sat., Nov. 7, 8am-1pm Look for the signs (snip) Furniture: Lamps, end tables, tables, dinette set, house speaker, TV stand, desk, etc. MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!! [forgot to mention! pots and pans (only slightly used) together with bullhorn, candles (slightly used), roll of construction paper suitable for making banners, blank warrant applications (already pre-signed by a judge), cassette recording of Richard Brodhead suitable for use on your ring-tone, and complete set of Duke law books (like new, never opened).] Look for the signs. Location: Durham - Trinity Park |
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| chatham | Nov 7 2009, 08:47 AM Post #5 |
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Maybe I will go and check out the noise amplification system |
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| Payback | Nov 7 2009, 01:58 PM Post #6 |
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I'll repay anyone who snags me a recording of Brodhead saying "Belief of it oppresses me already." or I will pay double the purchase price for a recording of his saying "Whatever they did was bad enough." If you get me two I will send one to Carolyn. Edited by Payback, Nov 7 2009, 01:58 PM.
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