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Topic Started: Mar 6 2014, 10:47 PM (205 Views)
Quasimodo



http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2778455

February 25, 2007

"When I walked onto the plane wearing my Duke lacrosse jacket, the entire plane applauded. And I wore the Duke jacket when it wasn't as popular," said Dr. Thom Mayer, father of junior defenseman Kevin Mayer. "I think Duke has become everyone's second-favorite team.

"We knew the day this came out that there was no way [that the players were guilty]. It was a total hoax. It just took the rest of the world some time to catch up."

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City Journal
Sins of Omission March 1, 2007
by John Leo

(snip)

A current example is the so-called “second rape case in Durham,” an eerie mirror image of the Duke lacrosse case: here the suspect is black and the alleged victim is white. North Carolina’s News & Observer described the suspect as “in his late teens or early 20s, about 6 foot 1 and wearing a do-rag, a gray sweatshirt and blue jeans.” That’s word-for-word from the police description, except that the police said that the suspect was black. The newspaper deleted the reference. It also couldn’t bring itself to mention that the attack allegedly took place at an African-American fraternity at Duke.

This squeamishness brought the expected hoots of derision. The blogger Confederate Yankee ran the mock headline RACELESS FEMALE RAPED BY RACELESS MALE AT A PARTY HOSTED BY A RACELESS FRATERNITY IN THE SAME CITY WHERE RICH WHITE BOYS RAPED A POOR BLACK STRIPPER.

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http://www.bleacherreport.com/columns/columns%11editorspicks/duke's-lacrosse-team-and-culture-should-not-be-under-the-microscope-200703011038/
Bleacher Report
Duke's Lacrosse Team and Culture Should Not Be Under the Microscope

(snip)

Each and every person who reflects upon the Duke case and says “the players were innocent, but…” should be ashamed of themselves. Duke University ’s administration should be ashamed of itself. Ryan Alberti should be ashamed of himself. Those students who cheered for Mike Nifong at all of his self-aggrandizing press conferences should be ashamed of themselves.

Why? Because they are foolish enough to think that the false accusations speak to anything about the Duke players or the community in which they live. Such a viewpoint is abhorrent. The players and their way of life should not be coming under scrutiny. For Duke to release a study about campus culture in the wake of this case suggests something awful. It suggests that even though the players were innocent, the school is going to uphold some sort of critical reaction – yes, it’s a small reaction, but a reaction nonetheless.

Maybe Duke will accept fewer athletes on scholarship, or maybe they will crack down on socializing. It’s too early to say. But even a small change in how Duke goes about its life represents a big statement: "The players were completely innocent, but we are going to lend the stripper credence by changing our way of life."

If there are lessons from this debacle – and that’s a big if – then they should pertain only to the nature of false accusations in our nation.

That’s a real problem that needs fixing.

[One wonders if that slant--"the players were innocent, but..."--will be reappearing soon in the future...]


(snip)

Any other form of reactive self-reflection is irresponsible. After all, isn’t it illogical to say, “We are going to make changes because of something you didn’t do.”

You’re damn right it is.

[See above.]

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Congressman Tiahrt on the case (early 2007):

It is always good to hear from constituents, even if it is regarding tragic situations.

I too am troubled by the conduct of the Durham District Attorney in the case. It would appear that Mr. Nifong violated police procedure in suspect identification and made improper and inflammatory remarks to the media. Most troubling is the claim that he withheld potentially exculpatory DNA evidence.

One of the pillars of our judicial system is the right to a fair trial. I have contacted the U.S. Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, to look into the matter. I hope he will do so and determine whether it constitutes prosecutorial misconduct.


(And where was David Price on this? Or Congressman Van Halen--David Evans' congressman?)
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The Washington Post
Charges Dropped Against Man Accused of Assaulting Girl, 8
by Ruben Castaneda March 10, 2007

The decision came after prosecutors obtained DNA test results that exonerated Andre C. King and read statements from defense witnesses who provided a solid alibi for him, said both Prince George's State's Attorney Glenn F. Ivey and Andrew V. Jezic, King's defense attorney.


:sarc2:


How does DNA exonerate you? :confus: Did they ask for Peter Neufeld's opinion on that, first?



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Quasimodo


From the "great examples of leadership in a crisis" category:


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On Anniversary of Lacrosse Party, Duke President Reflects

March 2007

http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/1232022/

AP: Should Duke's administration have been more supportive of the players when they were first accused?

Brodhead: You have to take us back to last spring. Don't forget district attorneys are regarded as people who usually speak in an authoritative way. The district attorney had said on over 40 occasions with great certainty that a rape had taken place.

We had no independent source of certainty about this case. [Not the testimony of the players? And why did Brodhead refuse the offer to see the evidence which the defense attorneys had?]

In that circumstance there was only one thing for us to do, which was to say we took this seriously. Our students were entitled to the presumption of innocence and we had to look to the legal process to resolve the matter. [Did he ever say he was obliged to take their presumption of innocence seriously?]

However this case had worked out, there would have been people who would have gone back to the beginning and said you should have done this or done that. I had to step up to a situation based on the facts that were available.

AP: Should the remaining charges against the players be dropped?

Brodhead: I said in December, when the (rape) charge was dropped, that given the certainty with which the DA had spoken of that charge and that it was now dropped, inevitably it calls into question the validity of the other charges. That's pretty much what I would still say to you. I think a year later we are all owed an answer to the question 'is there a case here or is there not, was there ever a case here?' The students under indictment are owed that most of all, but we're all owed that. I think the great majority of people believe if the case had any strength to it, it would have been shown by now.

[How about just answering the question with a, 'Yes'? Can't he even say that in MARCH 2007? He can't make up his mind by MARCH 2007, or is he just afraid, even then, to speak out? Or is he covering himself legally? I'd like to ask him when he first knew the case was a fraud--was it in March 2006? May 2006? August 2006? (MOO)]



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The Johnsville News March 2007
Speaking Truth to Power

The phrase, "Speaking Truth to Power," explains one important reason why this massive and unjust hoax was perpetrated in Durham. No one, who was in a position to speak truth to the power of a rogue and corrupt district attorney did so.

Not the local newspapers, the Herald-Sun and the News Observer. Not the local television stations. Not the largest employer in Durham and the school of three railroaded students, Duke University. Not the local chapter of the NAACP. Not the local politicians. A who's who of Durham and North Carolina's so called watch dogs became candy ass, spineless goop. That is a scandal onto itself.



Maybe that can be investigated in a book someday...it would be one of the principal cultural aspects to be explored, imho...

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http://boortz.com/nuze/200704/04122007.html

Neal Boortz

April 13, 2007

(snip)

Would you like to spend a few moments comparing the effect of Mangum's charges on the Duke lacrosse team and Imus' words on the Rutgers woman's basketball team? Sure! Why not! Now, let's see ......

The remainder of the Duke lacrosse season was cancelled. They were nationally ranked, and had to forfeit the rest of their games. The coach, Mike Pressler, resigned. "Mug shots" of the lacrosse players were posted on campus. Mark Anthony Neal, an African Studies professor on the campus said that this was "a case of racialized sexual violence." A Durham, N.C. resident called it "racial terrorism." In the middle of all of this we had a district attorney, Michael Nifong, who was running for reelection in a majority-black jurisdiction. There were suggestions that he wanted to be the mayor one day.

Jesse Jackson had plenty to say about this case also. In his column on Blacknews.com Jackson said "Predictably, the right-wing media machine has kicked in, prompting mean-spirited attacks upon the accuser's character." Later he offered to pay Mangum's tuition for a college education if her story proved true. Later he amended his promise. In January he said that the Rainbow/Push Coalition would pay her college tuition even if it turns out she completely fabricated her story! Now isn't that special? Hey sisters! How would you like to get a college scholarship from Jesse Jackson? Apparently all you have to do is lodge a false rape accusation against an all-white college sports team!


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Now ... why even bring all of this up? Well, we have two college teams in the mix. A Rutgers women's basketball team that is largely black, and a Duke men's lacrosse team that is almost (save for one player) exclusively white. A white man insulted the Rutgers team with a mean-spirited quip. No season cancelled. No coach fired. No arrests. Nobody on the basketball team had to spend tens of thousands of dollars on defense attorneys. They were insulted. The were the targets of a stupid racially charged remark ... but that's pretty much it.

But how about Duke? The Duke team members were accused of a crime. Attorneys were hired. Coaches fired. Seasons cancelled. Reputations damaged. DNA swabs were taken. Charges were filed. The district attorney was out there saying that a rape most definitely had occurred. Now we find that they were completely innocent. In the meantime the white man who made the stupid remark about the Rutgers basketball team is being attacked and vilified as if he was a mass murderer. The black woman who made the false charges of rape against the lacrosse team is going to walk. In fact, you can fully expect the civil rights establishment --- the same civil rights establishment that is united in their efforts to destroy Don Imus -- circle the wagons around Crystal Gail Mangum and protect her at all costs.

Oprah is going to have the Rutgers woman's basketball team on her show. How many of you would like to make book on when Oprah invites the Duke lacrosse team to be on her show? When pigs fly.


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Letter from the herald sun this morning.


Flinging racist rhetoric

The mayor, city manager, the City Council, the NAACP, and the old guard at the Police Department appear to have their whole purpose in life premised on the fear of racial unrest. Translated, black people get mad and shoot white people. That's kind of insulting to black people, don't you think?

Besides, if that happens, our police officers are perfectly capable of handling it, and if they can't, the governor or the president will call out the National Guard and take care of it. Let there be racial unrest. So what. As soon as a black person is involved, the city starts flinging around racist rhetoric.

Not everything is racism, and black people aren't the only ones who suffer injustice. This climate of racist hype means that the black leadership of Durham buffers accountability for their actions from the North Carolina politicians who live in fear that somebody from Durham is going to call them a racist before reelection. Get over it. Be men. Or call in the powers that can squash them like bugs: eg. the FBI, the SBI, New York lawyers.

You cannot put American citizens through egregious civil rights violations and expect to get away with it. Not if you're black, white, purple, pink or polka-dotted. I hope the white City Council members go to jail, too. And the women, too. How is that racist? That's just judging people people by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. Voila, we have arrived.

RACHEL KINDRED
Durham
October 30, 2007


Well, apparently you can (at least, Judge Beaty thinks you can...because civil rights laws don't apply
to all races equally. How's that for doublethink? (IMHO, Beaty should have overruled NC case law,
thus forcing the other side to appeal and argue on behalf of segregated laws...)


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