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Biggest mystery of the lacrosse case
Topic Started: Mar 11 2010, 10:23 AM (418 Views)
Quasimodo

No, it's not the missing shoe.

When searching for a new planet, astronomers often look not only for a direct sight of the planet, but for its effects on other surrounding bodies. Many times the planet itself is invisible, and its existence can only be detected by the presence of these effects.

So, likewise, in this case, we may be wrong to focus solely on the actions and motivations of Nifong and co. Perhaps their actions are really only the "effects" of other, hitherto invisible bodies, whose existence may be inferred from their effects.

Take, for example, the decisions of Judge Stephens. He seemed anxious--overly so--to protect the privacy of one class of persons in the case--the names on Crystal's cell phone. (The privacy of no one else seemed to matter, even when federal regulations were broken.)

(Ergo, assume Crystal had other clients. Who were they? Whose names were on the cell phone, or in her black book? What sort of influence might she (or her handlers) have been able to exert, and what sort of pressure might she/they have been able to bring--resulting in possible actions/inactions in the case?

(And the Platinum club was said to be a favored watering hole for many of Durham's elite. Who were these persons, and what sort of pressure might have been applied against them?)

Then there was the unusual example of Chief Chalmers; he suddenly spun out of orbit. This isn't ordinary conduct by a police officer, let alone a chief. It is so extraordinary that it is, in fact ( so far as I have been able to discover) almost a unique celestial event. Obviously he didn't disappear merely because he wanted an extended paid vacation of several months. What was that reason?

If the chief was being pressured because of his daughter's pending case, why didn't he inform the city council (or the SBI or the FBI) and have the matter handled at a higher level? Or if his own background had something which could be threatened with an investigation, why was the city council uninterested in this? Why did no one in the city--not Patrick Baker, not anyone on the city council--object to paying an absent police chief? Why were there no calls for him to either return full time, or else have his salary stopped, or else be replaced? (Certainly that was the case in Hawaii, when a police chief was unable to be present and at work for a couple of months.) Was the council trying to hide something?

Obviously there are secrets yet to be uncovered.

Or to put it another way, one conclusion to be drawn from these observations is that there are other centers of gravity in Durham, which affect those which we know and see; but that as yet we can only postulate their existence.

(MOO, of course.)
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Quasimodo

But even the above is not the BIGGEST mystery of the lacrosse case.

The BIGGEST mystery is, WHERE DID ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSE INJUSTICE DISAPPEAR TO?

Because the minute the lacrosse case broke, they suddenly couldn't be found anywhere.

It may be no surprise that a southern city may become corrupt; that it's judges and LE become tainted and the local media backs them up.
That's happened before, and could even be said to be expected (once the corruption is known, the script for the subsequent story could be written in advance).

But what WAS a surprise was the absence of the ACLU, Jesse Jackson, the Innocence Project, the DNA experts,

and all those others who are so rapidly on the scene anytime it appears that a criminal defendant may be being railroaded by a flawed system.

THEIR DISAPPEARANCE was not expected.

THEIR ABSENCE is inexplicable.

THEIR SILENCE is incomprehensible.

and THAT remains the biggest unexplained mystery of the case:
Edited by Quasimodo, Mar 11 2010, 10:35 AM.
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Walt-in-Durham

Quasimodo
Mar 11 2010, 10:29 AM
But even the above is not the BIGGEST mystery of the lacrosse case.

The BIGGEST mystery is, WHERE DID ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSE INJUSTICE DISAPPEAR TO? ...
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Not so fast, my friend.

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But what WAS a surprise was the absence of the ACLU, Jesse Jackson, the Innocence Project, the DNA experts,
Jesse was on the scene, promising money to Crystal. Of course we all knew that was a sham. Jesse is the one who collects money, not hands it out.

The ACLU was "monitoring" the situation. Of course the situation did not fit into their preconceived notion of who might be the subject of injustice. The ACLU will defend both black and white extremists just so long as their views are extreme enough to attract media attention. (The ACLU has at times defended the American Nazi Party's right to march in predominantly Jewish Skokie, Illinois and is justifiably famous for defending black people's right to vote.) Here, the real subjects of injustice were middle class white guys who were just seeking a fair shake. Hardly the stuff of which ACLU legends are made.

And lets be fair, the Innocence Project's Barry Scheck is the lead counsel for the guys in their civil suit.

Walt-in-Durham
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Quasimodo

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And lets be fair, the Innocence Project's Barry Scheck is the lead counsel for the guys in their civil suit.


I only play fair when somebody's watching...

But OK. Let me substitute Darryl Hunt, who was freed by DNA testing, and who spoke to the freshman Duke law class of 2007.

And the members of that class--who professed to be so moved by Hunt's testimony about how a DA railroaded him.

And the rest of the law students?

Wasn't there even a flyer posted on the wall of the school? A student who went to sit in on the hearings? A student who
wore a wristband? (Don't know; but for some reason I think that if the students were unwilling even to demonstrate
support in other ways, they'd probably have left off the idea of wearing a wristband, also.)

Were they warned off? Were there suggestions that their status at the school might be in question if they didn't toe the line?

Did all several hundred of them (or however many there are) either have NO INTEREST in the case which was developing on their own campus, at their own doorstep? Or did all several hundred of them believe that the accused were guilty, until the AG made his remarks?

Is it possible to get several hundred politically astute and well-motivated and well-informed students together in one place and have them NOT have strong opinions about everything under the sun?

They weren't even interested in following an of the legal issues raised?

And yet--from their inaction (AFAIK...?), they had NO opinions about this case?

(another mystery?) :confus:
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There are many questions surrounding this case but certainly the actions of the DPD Command will be center stage in the lawsuits.

How did such an obviously false case get moved along?

Who briefed Addison and who gave him his marching orders to appear on TV and in the Newspapers?

Why did Officer Shelton have to send a sealed supplement report to Himan on April 9?
Edited by Baldo, Mar 11 2010, 04:05 PM.
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