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Duke Rape Case: Conspiracy in Durham?

December 19, 2006

Update III (12/22 @ 12:45 p.m.): Looks like Collin Finnerty, Reade Seligmann, and David Evans won’t face charges of rape. Ding-dong Mike Nifong dropped the rape charges. But kidnapping and sexual offense charges stand. (???) This post is closed to commenting, so please visit the latest post to discuss the good news: DUKE RAPE CHARGES [...]

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Congressman’s Request to DOJ: Investigate Mike Nifong

December 13, 2006

Tuesday, December 19: This post is closed to commenting. Continue the discussion at Conspiracy in Durham. ——————————————————————- 2:26 p.m.: News of a baby’s birth is greatly exaggerated. The stripper-accuser is still pregnant. Not due until February. She was knocked up after the alleged gang-rape. Update III (12/15): Last night, FOX News reported that the stripper-accuser [...]

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Race-Based School Assignment Cases Before the Supreme Court

December 5, 2006

Update II (12/6): James Taranto on How “Integration” Became Discrimination, SCOTUS blog… ——————————————– My latest Washington Examiner column is about the two race-based school assignment cases currently before the Supreme Court. White parents in Seattle and Jefferson County, Kentucky, sued the school districts for assigning students to schools based on race, a policy they claimed [...]

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Christians Parking Illegally

November 12, 2006

Photo: A news crew films a segment about illegally parked churchgoers. The tension between white “newcomers” and illegally parking black churchgoers is so high in Washington, D.C., that the city abandoned its plan to crackdown on double-parkers to come up with a “solution” to the problem. In my experience, getting a parking ticket was always [...]

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Crime Time: Annual FBI Thug Report

September 21, 2006

Update (9/24): A commenter writes (emphases added): Critics could quibble with LaShawn’s post in that the FBI stats represent only reported arrests and not actual convictions. Hence it could be argued that she is unfairly singling out blacks for criticism. Nevertheless the high proportion of blacks in prison (people actually convicted) indicates that the arrest [...]

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Duke Rape Case: 1,300-Page Discovery Bolsters Defense

May 23, 2006

Monday, May 29: According to a liberal journalist, Duke’s women’s lacrosse team was “ignorant and insensitive” for supporting the lacrosse men. This post is closed, so feel free to comment here. Thursday, May 25: Tom Bevan responds to this article (which conveniently fails to mention black men’s complicity in perpetuating negative stereotypes about black women. [...]

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The Sad Fate of Lionel Tate

May 18, 2006

He killed a little girl when he was 12. Convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison, Lionel Tate caught a break when an appeals court threw out the conviction. He got a new trial, plead guilty to second-degree murder, and received 10 years probation. A blessing, all things considered. Instead of doing [...]

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Duke Rape Case: DNA Matches Stripper’s ‘Boyfriend’

May 13, 2006

Thursday, May 18: I live-blogged today’s hearing. Exciting stuff! Not. Tuesday, May 16 @ 4:18 p.m.: This post is closed. I will blog about the Duke hearing on Thursday and invite discussion. For now, let’s take a break. Tuesday, May 16: VIDEO – The accuser should watch it. Interesting new info: DNA possibly matching a [...]

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Rape Shield Law and the Duke Rape Case

May 4, 2006

Tuesday, May 9: Greetings! This post is closed. Follow the link to read and discuss the latest news about this mess of a rape case. Update (5:00 p.m.): In other college rape-related news too boring for blanket media coverage and bereft of titilating white-on-black, man-bites-dog drama, two football-playing midshipmen at the Naval Academy reap the [...]

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Duke Lacrosse Lawyer Demands Evidence

April 24, 2006

Update III (4/27): The Duke rape accuser has cried rape before. Ten years ago she claimed three men had raped her three years earlier. (Source) The girl’s got an active, though not terribly original, imagination. I wonder if the alleged rapists were white… Remember, readers — as more info like this seeps out — the [...]

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Duke Rape Case: Vulgarity, Hypocrisy, Double Standards, Myths, Money, Etc.

April 21, 2006

Monday, April 24: Comments closed on this post. A defense lawyer wants to see the evidence. Read and discuss the latest news. Update (4/23): Read Newsweek’s latest story about this case. It’s long and detailed enough to cover almost everything we know so far. The emerging images pop right out at you: two strippers start [...]

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No (Public) Indictment in Duke Rape Case…

April 17, 2006

Monday, April 24: Comments closed on this post. A defense lawyer wants to see the evidence. Read and discuss the latest news. Friday, April 21: Comments closed. Read and discuss the latest news on the case. Thursday, April 20: Looking for pictures of duke stripper? Update V (4/18 @ 4:32 p.m.): This will be the [...]

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The ‘Black’ Helen of Troy? (Updated)

April 14, 2006

Monday, April 24: Comments closed on this post. A defense lawyer wants to see the evidence. Read and discuss the latest news. Friday, April 21: Comments closed. Read and discuss the latest news on the case. Thursday, April 20: Looking for pictures of duke stripper? Tuesday, April 18: This post is closed to comments. Read [...]

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Michigan Civil Rights Initiative to Appear on November Ballot (Updated)

April 5, 2006

Update II (4/7): Hube at Colossus of Rhodey blogs about the “disparate impact” theory. Read more about disparate impact at Firehouse Diversity. Update: Another city lowers police hiring standards for blacks and Hispanics; another win for “equality.” ————————————————————————– I’ve blogged about the Michigan Civil Right Initiative (MCRI) several times at LBC, and I’m pleased to [...]

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

March 31, 2006

Ignorance breeds contempt. I was stunned into eye-rolling disbelief and embarrassed silence the first time I heard a rumor about the Voting Rights Act of 1965. When I began writing columns a few years ago, I’d get e-mails from black people concerned about their voting rights. Some thought that when the Act expired, blacks would [...]

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