Comments on: Salaciousness Sells

By: Anne Fox

Anne Fox — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 02:45:36 +0000

We have just finished eight years as parents of Duke students. If anything more happens to those boys, we feel that Duke bears much of the responsibility. Someone at the school must encourage all the students to register and to vote against Nifong in November.

By: Lisa M.

Lisa M. — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:28:35 +0000

The message boards also mention that the ADA in Nifong’s office, Destine, has a mother who once won a judgement of some sort against Duke…one that may have been reduced or thrown out??? Small town/small world coincidence or fodder for resentment and payback of some sort? It has been noted somewhere that the deep pockets for a civil suit are Duke’s..not the boys and their families.
I am curious as to why Nifong is getting support from many others….police, staff, etc. There have to be a number of police and DA staff who are competely aware of the perversions of the intent of the law and the flagrantly obvious persecution instead of prosecution going on. How ironic that the Duke Lacrosse team is repeatedly accused of a conspiracy of silence while police and DA staff have colluded to support Nifong’s efforts even if it means not reading their own reports, supporting faulty procedures, practicing intimidation, and so on and so on. The perfect combination of motivations must be in place….a few may have a grudge against Duke( the ADA’s mother, Nifong..), one or two may be robotic Nifong flunkies who never question anything he does, the police have mountains of incompetence to obscure – poor police procedure, sloppy investigative techniques and paperwork practices, lax enforcement (was the recent prostitution dragnet an attempt to catch up?) – better to keep the focus on evil outsiders. Durham looks like the Hollywood stereotype of a southern dirt town, a cesspool of corruption – very third world. Hardly a place to risk investment capital, or to get an Ivy League education.

By: Seahawk

Seahawk — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:04:43 +0000

Can we have the FBI now? Gonzales, are you reading this blog?

By: NDLax84

NDLax84 — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 13:58:55 +0000

From The Johnsville News:

Duke Investigators Now Subjects of Assault Probe

Durham police officers Sgt. Mark Gottlieb and Richard Clayton might be in hot water. Police spokeswoman Kammie Michael said both men had been assigned to administrative duty with pay Friday.

The Raleigh News & Observer reported:

At least two Durham police officers are being investigated in connection with an assault late Thursday outside a Raleigh sports bar.

Hours after the alleged incident, two investigators involved in the Duke University rape investigation were assigned to administrative duty.

No charges have been filed, but Raleigh and Durham police confirmed Saturday that some Durham officers are suspects in the alleged beating of a restaurant cook at Blincoâ€™s sports bar, 6711 Glenwood Ave., apparently after an angry verbal exchange…

But when asked specifically about the status of Sgt. Mark Gottlieb, the supervisor in the Duke investigation, police spokeswoman Kammie Michael said Gottlieb had been assigned to administrative duty with pay Friday.

Also on Friday, Investigator Richard Clayton was placed on administrative duty with pay, Michael said. Clayton has assisted in the Duke investigation and works under Gottlieb.

Michael could not comment on the reason for the change in Gottliebâ€™s and Claytonâ€™s status…

Add this story to the recent salacious revelations about a Durham Assistant District Attorney that have been circulating on the message boards and you have a carnival of the absurd going on in Durham.

By: Seahawk

Seahawk — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 02:17:14 +0000

Racial slurs, too :

A passenger in the truck, whom he described as white, yelled a racial slur at him, Thomas said. Thomas, who is black, returned with a different racial epithet.

By: Seahawk

Seahawk — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 02:15:27 +0000

And the plot continues to thicken…

link

At least two Durham police officers are being investigated in connection with an assault late Thursday outside a Raleigh sports bar.

Hours after the alleged incident, two investigators involved in the Duke University rape investigation were assigned to administrative duty.

“As ye sow, so shall ye reap. . .”

By: Seahawk

Seahawk — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:27:36 +0000

More Equal Justice in America

link

Raleigh, Durham Police Involved in Assault Case (07/22/06 – RALEIGH) -

Raleigh police are investigating an alleged assault outside a nightclub that involved Durham police officers, authorities said Saturday.

(snip)

Chalmers said no criminal charges have been filed against anyone from his department and that the names of the officers allegedly involved in the incident aren’t being released because of confidentiality issues.

What–no $500 fine?
No 30 days’ suspended sentence?
No 6 months’ probation?
No curfew?
No banning from town for 6 months?
No two-day trial conducted by two government/state attorneys?
Confidentiality so no release of names?

By: Seahawk

Seahawk — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 22:00:22 +0000

Do we have an FBI in this country?

Well, we do. It’s considering whether to investigate a man who made a film of shooting a Koran. (That might be regarded as a hate crime; or it might be part of free speech.) But obviously the Republic might be imperilled.

Meanwhile in Durham a lynching is taking place,
which some people believe is being conducted by a corrupt city government and police department, bent on a shakedown scheme. (There’s not enough room here to put down all the evidence of that.) But is the FBI interested?
No, can’t be bothered. . .

By: joan foster

joan foster — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:32:07 +0000

The Reporter’s Lament

Back in early Spring
Man, my cell phone would ring!
Melanie on the line…
Dig up all you can find!
Now I’m lonely and bored
Don’t get around much anymore…

Found interviews in the Hood
And quotes the kids were no good.
Ran the poster, ..remember then…
That “Swagger” headline was a gem
Now I sit here ignored.
Don’t get around much anymore.

Wanted to hit City Hall
Give Pat Baker a call
One story! He said it!
But Mel says “Forget it.”
What AM I here for…?
Don’t get around much anymore.

Thought I’d drive round the State
Talk to other D.A.’s
“Should the line-ups be tossed?
(They were ONLY Lacrosse)
“Are you kidding?” “What for?’
Don’t get around much anymore

Our blogs are loaded with questions
Leads and suggestions
Could win a Pulitzer Prize
But Mel says”No dice.”
Might shake Durham to the core?
Don’t get around much anymore.

See here’s the real scoop
I can go after Duke
Take down out-of -town laddies
That have rich out- of -town daddies
Their misdeeds we adore
And ….go after full bore

It fit our certain world-view
Now we’re in quite a stew
So we’ve “shut down” on this case
I spend days at MySpace
God, the truth is a bore!
Don’t get around much anymore

By: Seahawk

Seahawk — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:43:27 +0000

Well, there was a prostitution ring being run out of the Durham PD about a decade ago.

There have been no arrests for prostitution in Durham for the past couple of years (until this year);

Some people are openly allegeding that this same type of operation is still going on now, with official protection (see all the various links).

Consider the relationships between the ADA and Duke, the alleged victim in the current Duke case,the ADA’s mother and her suit with Duke, etc.

Leaving some to speculate if the lacrosse rape case is just a shakedown, to see how much the lacross players’s parents will pay to get their kids off a rape charge and keep them away from being sentenced to an NC prison.

If that is the case, will all the pot-bangers turn out to demonstrate against the police and DA
for the way they are downgrading women?

And do the players–already cleared by their DNA evidence–finally get to have the charges against them dismissed?

By: NDLax84

NDLax84 — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:22:35 +0000

Hmmmm….As I clicked to log the above post, the picture of Jay’s “friend,” C.Destine, was located two to the left of “Tammy.” Tammy??????? Well, in the following 15 seconds, C.Destine’s picture has suddenly disappeared and an “unexpected error” has caused Jay’s entire page to go blank. Must be a slow day in the Durham D.A.’s Office. Wonder how Mike’s vacation is going.

By: NDLax84

NDLax84 — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:16:14 +0000

I’m sure the intrepid N&O staff has been dispatched by the dozen to talk to “Jay”:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=62595706

By: NDLax84

NDLax84 — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:51:38 +0000

C. Destine. Durham County ADA. Sexy 18-39 year-old. Dancer. MILF Seeker, with a preference for Pajamas Optional Parties and Interracial Hookups.

HS Classmate of Precious.

NCCU student at overlapping times with Precious.

Mom, Duke Law grad and current President of the DC Bar Association, allegedly beat Duke for 2.5 MM in a negligence action. Said verdict alleged to have been overturned or modified. Her counsel???? Willie Gary.

The calls for FBI investigation of the cesspool that is Durham DAO/LE has been amped:

http://boards.courttv.com/showthread.php?s=4a059abfe26bb3e029afe811fdbfc0b9&threadid=270159

http://boards.courttv.com/showthread.php?s=4a059abfe26bb3e029afe811fdbfc0b9&threadid=269979&pagenumber=3

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/editor/index.php?title=duke_case_coverage_1&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments

http://forums.go.com/abclocal/WTVD/thread?threadID=124368

http://friendsofdukeuniversity.blogspot.com/2006/05/general-topics-open.html

By: SteveDinMD

SteveDinMD — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:38:38 +0000

Seahawk, I’m sad to say there are few people of such moral fiber as Judge Horton. Most have little interest beyond preserving their phoney-baloney jobs.

By: Seahawk

Seahawk — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:48:30 +0000

“Judge Horton LOST his reelection after Scottsboro, and perhaps a judge should hear the case or at least all the evidence to confirm itâ€™s a hoax before dismissing.”

Yes he lost, but he was willing to give up his job rather than see an innocent man executed. Should he have let the man die just so he could keep his seat on the bench a little while longer? In this case, we’ve got three innocents threatened with a sentence which would amount in effect to judicial murder. But how can that stack up against the possibility that a judge might lose his job? (sarc/off)

As far as hearing the evidence before deciding the case is a hoax–we’ve all seen the evidence, and it’s glaring obvious the case is a hoax.