Wednesday, June 14, 2006
La Shawn on Nifong
La Shawn Barber, a conservative, religious black woman, writes what I feel about the Duke lacrosse FUBAR over at Townhall. Her best points:
When a black stripper claimed three white Duke University lacrosse players gang-raped her at a party, I knew instinctively it was a lie. [Comparison to Tawana Brawley case]...
As more evidence leaks out, it seems that my gut reaction was spot on. In the early stages of the Duke rape investigation, Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong couldn’t keep his opinions to himself, talking to the media, holding race-pandering sessions at a black college and all but guaranteeing the DNA evidence would prove the rape allegations. When the tests failed to link any of the 46 men to the stripper-accuser, Nifong finally did what he should have done in the first place: kept his mouth shut.
Indeed, it is unethical for a prosecutor to voice an opinion about his case in public or the quality of the evidence or the credibility of the witnesses. Maybe the rules in North Carolina are different.
And then things really went downhill.
When a black stripper claimed three white Duke University lacrosse players gang-raped her at a party, I knew instinctively it was a lie. [Comparison to Tawana Brawley case]...
As more evidence leaks out, it seems that my gut reaction was spot on. In the early stages of the Duke rape investigation, Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong couldn’t keep his opinions to himself, talking to the media, holding race-pandering sessions at a black college and all but guaranteeing the DNA evidence would prove the rape allegations. When the tests failed to link any of the 46 men to the stripper-accuser, Nifong finally did what he should have done in the first place: kept his mouth shut.
Indeed, it is unethical for a prosecutor to voice an opinion about his case in public or the quality of the evidence or the credibility of the witnesses. Maybe the rules in North Carolina are different.
And then things really went downhill.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:27 AM 
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I'm with Tony--you may have written the best comment on this site, ever. Nothing Nifong has done makes me like him or respect him as a prosecutor. Maybe he is kind to dogs, for all I know.
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