There is a simple way to end the racial hysteria surrounding the Duke Lacrosse team. Simply tell people it was El Duke,
not Duke players that were accused the rape of a white woman, and the same civil rights leaders who are lynching the Duke Players would lynch the racist DA.....

I can see it now, "racist DA perpetuates black rape myth." And of course the nails were planted by a racist cop, "If the nails don't clip you must acquit."

Dag

You know what else I just read. That according to fotographic evidence the woman allegedly raped disappears for 20 minutes and the defense is claiming she was in the bathroom doing her nails. Can you believe this shit. I am besides myself in stupefaction.

Keep this in mind: so far, Duke players haven't had scholarships revoked. When I was in college, this guy pleaded guilty to assault and not only stayed at the university: HE STAYED ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM WITH A FULL SCHOLARSHIP. So, a couple of years later, he attacked again, and now he's finally in jail. But he'll be out in less than a year if he "behaves." A friend emailed me today that money will win this case, and because it did in the case of Pierre Pierce, I'm so afraid it will again. It will be a fine day when our country equally values men and women, all races, and has a justice system less based on economic availability.

Nela, do you have a source for that? I would love to see it.

I know when I spend twenty minutes at a party doing my nails, I like to rip them off and leave them in the bathroom.

This kids are so screwed, no matter if they are guilty or not. The district attorney put his reputation at stake on this, and I can't believe that the May 2nd election has nothing to do with the outcome of the investigation.
So on one side you have lack of DNA, no traces of lubricant (that would explain the lack of DNA), photos and and ATM receipt. On the other you have her word. I am not saying that it is worth less, but I haven't read or heard of any other proof to support her accusation, besides the fact that her injuries were "consistent" with a sexual assault.
True, one of the kids was arrested after an "alleged gay-bashing incident" (from SI), but she "She pleaded guilty following a June 2002 incident to misdemeanor counts of larceny, speeding to elude arrest, assault on a government official and driving while impaired" (still SI).

It seems to me that you have already decided, from the very first day, that this kids are guilty but I really don't understand why or how you got to that conclusion.
Please explain it to me. Really, please.
Thank you.

This kids are so screwed, no matter if they are guilty or not.

If these men (that is what they are) aren’t guilty, then they will be seen by any number of the public as wrongly arrested and accused. In fact, they already have a support group. However, their own racist, possibly homophobic, deceitful, irresponsible, persistently inconsiderate (according to neighbors) behavior is their own damn fault.

So on one side you have lack of DNA, no traces of lubricant (that would explain the lack of DNA),

The DNA so far was inconclusive, not exonerating like the defense had said. Further, what do you base that on? In rapes, the man doesn’t always ejaculate, doesn’t always use his penis, and there isn’t always DNA. There is a reason the defense mislead people and is milking this; its to create a smoke-screen. It is their job, but lack of DNA, if that will be the case, doesn’t mean no rape occurred.

photos and and ATM receipt.

However, at least two people who have seen or were told about the photos say they don’t show what the defense said they show. Indeed the description I heard didn’t, either. One person saying the defense will say she was painting her nails as she walked up the porch … so that explains her nails in the bathroom, she was doing them? And by doing them, painting them on the way up and then going into the bathroom and ripping them off? Whaa? We also hear from Newsweek and other reports of the photos that she wasn’t battered when she arrived, as the defense first claimed. Just as the other stripper’s story doesn’t contradict the alleged victim’s, as the defense claimed. Maybe one of the men has an ATM receipt, maybe he doesn’t. But this man being cleared, I don’t think, means there was no rape and/or she lied.

On the other you have her word. I am not saying that it is worth less, but I haven't read or heard of any other proof to support her accusation, besides the fact that her injuries were "consistent" with a sexual assault.

Yes, a rape kit found as much. That is insignificant? Gee, maybe I should say, “the DNA ’tests’ were inconclusive� and question the credibility of those. We also have the second stripper’s story corroborating her’s.

True, one of the kids was arrested after an "alleged gay-bashing incident" (from SI), but she "She pleaded guilty following a June 2002 incident to misdemeanor counts of larceny, speeding to elude arrest, assault on a government official and driving while impaired" (still SI).

Except we don’t have the alleged victim lying to cops and then doing that, though. It is not a deceitful crime, which would be the crime on her part. This man, on the other hand, punched another man a few times after he tired to make him stop harassing him with derogatory and (apparently) homophobic slurs (for which he got community service, wow). That is similar to this crime, given the apparent hateful nature and being likely to assault somebody.

Whether in a smaller context they will use that they both committed violent crimes, I don’t know.

It seems to me that you have already decided, from the very first day, that this kids are guilty but I really don't understand why or how you got to that conclusion.

Pray tell, to whom are you speaking? What I’ve seen discussed here is the actions and behavior of the defense and the alleged perpetrators outside of the alleged crime, speculation on what everything means in a cumulative sense and whether they could have done it, perceived lack of action initially and camparisons to other cases, the evidence and it’s significance, and the social reflection in a broader societal sense.

It appears to me, however, that if you don’t out and out speak about these poor “boys� and tout around the DNA issue as the be-all, end-all then it is supposed to mean you’ve decided these “kids� are guilty. And that its “okay�, on the other hand, to go about as if she is lying.

Sorry for the brief response but I'm running to work.
All I am saying is that, as much as you are able to argue about the "proofs" that I brought up, we (or I, whatever) can do it with what your brought up: for example, if you remember, the first time the other stripper talked she did contradict her friend's story, only to change her version after hiring a lawyer, etc.
Trust me, I am a non-trad going to school with this kind of kids (or men, if you prefer, but they don't seem men to me) and I really can't stand them either. All I am saying is that, to my perception, public opinion already decided the guilt of this students, on this website too.I mean c'mon, it's pretty clear.
And that bothers me.

All I am saying is that, as much as you are able to argue about the "proofs" that I brought up, we (or I, whatever) can do it with what your brought up:

Perhaps its your haste, in fairness to you, but I'm not sure what that was supposed to mean.

for example, if you remember, the first time the other stripper talked she did contradict her friend's story, only to change her version after hiring a lawyer, etc.

No, I don't remember. Refresh it? I know the defense said the other woman's story contradicted the alleged victim's (who isn't her "friend", by the way), just as they exagerrated the pictures, but when she spoke she said what she said. What is the "etc." for?

Trust me, I am a non-trad going to school with this kind of kids (or men, if you prefer, but they don't seem men to me) and I really can't stand them either.

I don't see what that has to do with anything.

All I am saying is that, to my perception, public opinion already decided the guilt of this students, on this website too.I mean c'mon, it's pretty clear.
And that bothers me.

Right.

-It meant that we don't have enought proofs to come to any conclusion, and it's also because the case got out of hand of the DA and in the hands of the media too fast, so now it's just a mess.
-I'll look for that article, but I remember that it wasn't coming from the student's lawyers.
-The etc. is because I was late.
-I am sorry, but I don't believe you when you say that "I don't see what that has to do with anything". I really can't. sorry. And add to that that they are rich white and (I assume) snobby and they become the perfect target for a public outrage.
You know, you're the first one with whom I can discuss this matter in a civilized and interesting way.Thank you!

Durga_is_my_homey wrote:
Pray tell...

Years ago, in college, I made the mistake of prefacing a sentence with that when speaking to a couple of girls... They looked at me like I was from another planet.

Thank you. I don't feel so weird now.

Durga,
It is too soon to tell what is going on at Duke, but so far the media emphasis has been on one side of the story (the Defence media blitz/spin). I watched CNN last night, and they spent about five minutes reiterating what the defence lawyers were saying. Then, they interviewed a reporter for the university's paper who said that most people on campus seem to be reserving judgement because not enough is known yet, and Paula Zahn queried (paraphrasing), After what you just heard the defence lawyers say, do students really still believe that these boys might be guilty!? So, no, I don't think these young men are necessarily screwed whether they are innocent or guilty. (Well, that, and the couple of cases lately in which the rapists videotaped their rape and still got off or had to go through a retrial.)
Pam

-It meant that we don't have enought proofs to come to any conclusion, and it's also because the case got out of hand of the DA and in the hands of the media too fast, so now it's just a mess.

I agree with that. But the DA, the defense, and the media are to blame for that.

-I am sorry, but I don't believe you when you say that "I don't see what that has to do with anything".I really can't. sorry.

Whether you like them or I like them, no. I don’t see how that should effect the case. You didn’t need to bring up your feelings about them, as I wasn’t suggesting they meant anything as far as your opinion, I mean.

And add to that that they are rich white and (I assume) snobby and they become the perfect target for a public outrage.

I don’t know if they’re “snobby“. But I do know what you mean; class will be an issue with the public, but that goes for the alleged victim as well. The difference is they have more power. I just hope that is all put aside and it is judged for what it is. However, the media-coverage, I think, isn’t helping.

You know, you're the first one with whom I can discuss this matter in a civilized and interesting way.Thank you!

You’re welcome. However I’m feeling a bit burnt out on it and I don’t want to become desensitized, so I may take a break, actually.

Thank you. I don't feel so weird now.

Heh.

I ran a red light once. I have a history or running red lights...

Oh! and I kicked a dog when I was 9. I have a history of violence.

NICE Logic!

TMOTS

What the hell.. lets go for the gusto!

She hooked once, so she has a history of hooking right? And..and she made a false claim to police once, so she has a history of false alligations... right?

Ahhhhh I totally understand now. Thanks.

TMOTS

Here is some info on one of the suspect's alibi from ABC News:

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/LegalCenter/story?id=1858806&page=1

Durga,
It is too soon to tell what is going on at Duke, but so far the media emphasis has been on one side of the story (the Defence media blitz/spin). I watched CNN last night, and they spent about five minutes reiterating what the defence lawyers were saying. Then, they interviewed a reporter for the university's paper who said that most people on campus seem to be reserving judgement because not enough is known yet, and Paula Zahn queried (paraphrasing), After what you just heard the defence lawyers say, do students really still believe that these boys might be guilty!? So, no, I don't think these young men are necessarily screwed whether they are innocent or guilty. (Well, that, and the couple of cases lately in which the rapists videotaped their rape and still got off or had to go through a retrial.)
Pam

You basically hit the nail on the head in the first part. I know it is the defense’s job to spin to some degree as they apparently have with the time-stamped pictures, but continuously hearing the case specifically from their side with no putting up and then trivial things like what the alleged perpetrator’s jail-cells look like, how fast they posted bond, and what students think is wearing me down before the thing even plays out.

The defense is merely responding to the constant barrage of "information" that seems to somehow make it to the media... whether true or not.

Constant speculation and MISinformation by the MSM is what has made this a circus, on both sides of the fence. If they did it, they deserve what they get, BUT if they are found not guilty (innocent - semantics) then SHE deserves to pay... no?

If not, then who pays? Should someone pay? Should this woman be held accountable for her accusations? Should the media be held accountable as well? I say yes! "Privileged" or not, they are being treated AS RAPISTS before they are PROVEN to be.

If they are proven innocent and that is how it works, then she should be treated as a FALSE ACCUSER AND A LIAR since she has a past of doing so. not just in this alleged incident.

I wont put her name here, even though I feel that she DESERVES to be published just as well as they do, being equal en all, but I don't want my post to be taken to the magical fairy troll place where most MRM posts tend to go.

TMOTS

Rape shields were created in the 1970s to protect the alleged “victim� from having her reputation ruined by baseless assumptions, unfair judgments, public humiliation, and character assassinations, but any of this could describe what’s happening to every member of the lacrosse team.

Irresponsible “special interest groups� have held protests everyday holding the name and pictures of anyone on the lacrosse team, to having their pictures and hate slogans pasted all over school. The actions of these groups against these men are nothing short of harassment and unfair character assassination.

Media hungry District Attorney Mike Nifong stated he is positive a rape has occurred, but he isn’t sure if it’s by the members of the lacrosse team, yet he obtained an order to get DNA samples from only the members of the team, then he stated on a national news program that the lacrosse team has a “rowdy� reputation on campus – obviously playing up to sexist stereotyping of jocks to further play his case for the media. As Nifong continues to publicly massacre the characters out his case for public consumption, he claims that the team is “stonewalling the investigation� because they claim not to have any knowledge of what transpired, but is Nifong now believing the men to be telling the truth as he recently changed his tune stating that even if the DNA evidence clears these boys that he’ll have other evidence.

Opportunistic political groups have descended on Duke’s campus using unscrupulous methods to get media attention at the expense of innocent young men who happen to be on the lacrosse team. Young men who were too recently, only boys not yet ready to handle this ugly side of the world. In today’s climate, we need the rape shield laws extended to protect all the innocent, including those who just happen to get in the way of media hungry district attorneys and opportunistic political groups.

District Attorney Mike Nifong’s should be held accountable for the irresponsible actions he’s taken in this rape investigation.

The boys are being tried in the national media before there is any charge are made. Nifong stated that someone else could have assaulted the 27 year old stripper, yet he publicly damned the men’s lacrosse team and only the men’s lacrosse team as gang rapist, and still not knowing whether or not the “alleged victim� was telling the truth, or if the three men sought are on the team, Nifong claims the team is stonewalling to protect its own.

In response, daily protest are held with hate comments made directly to the lacrosse teammates, pictures of the teammates with rape slogans are plastered all over Duke’s campus, and now gang members are driving by the east campus threatening students.

Nifong’s circus-like antics to perform for the national media has put the whole campus in danger.

Nifong proclaimed in the national media that the DNA sweep of 46 boys would find the guilty and clear the innocent. DNA tests prove that the boys of the lacrosse team were telling the truth, but Nifong wants to go ahead with the case only weeks before his election against a woman and a black man. There should be laws in place to prevent unscrupulous politician like District Attorney Mike Nifong from bulldozing over 47 innocent boys just to bask in the international media spot-light.

Stripper claims: She struggled so hard fighting off these three white men that five of her press on nails fell off.

Facts: nails were recovered and no DNA were found under the nails; no scratches were found anywhere on any of the boys. No scratch marks were found anywhere on any of the boys’ bodies.

Stripper claims: three men raped her on the bathroom rug,
Fact:
• No vaginal or seminal fluid, no skin, blood, or hair were found anywhere in the bathroom, bath towels, bath rug, door handle, bathroom floor, basin, water faucet handle, etc.
• A man cannot take off a condom and not get DNA from himself or the female on his hands and not transfer it to everything he touches?
• Accuser claims she was vaginally penetrated; accuser claims she was panicked and thought she was going to die; Where is her vaginal fluid, urine, or blood anywhere in the bathroom? Does her body defy basic physiology capable of keeping any ejaculate from spilling out?
• Accuser claims she was anally penetrated; Where’s her fecal material or scat smears in the bathroom? Does the accuser have inhuman anal sphinter control that prevented any of the ejaculate from dripping out?
• Accuser claims she was orally sodomized; where is DNA from her saliva and tears? Did she lick up every drop and swallowed any evidence?

DNA evidence not connecting the boys to the "criminal stripper" is significant enough, but absolutely no DNA at all is significant in suggesting the rape never occurred at all!

Stripper claim bruises were result of an attack from three boys:
Fact: Time-stamped photos prove stripper arrived bruised and cut while drunk.

Pictures show the stripper performed without the finger nails, and her knees were bruised before she arived.

Nifong stated that a condom was used, if this is true than where is the spermicidal lubricant evidence? Where are the condoms? Where are the condom wrappers? Where is the empty condom box?

If no DNA material were present on the stripper, than why were DNA samples taken? The District Attorney vigorously claimed that these DNA evidence will clear the innocent.

The second stripper stated that she didn’t notice any rape, and when they got back in the car the “accuser� didn’t mention anything about being rape.

Apparently the “second stripper charged with embezzling $25,000� changed her story to conspire with the “lying stripper under-probation-for-larceny-and-trying-to-kill-a-police-officer-with-a-stolen-car� as part of a deal with Nifong to get released from jail, also contacted a public relations firm to “not let this opportunity pas her by and to spin it to my advantage�.

This in the wake of pictures surfacing showing that the “lying stripper� had those fake finger nails missing before the time she lied that a rape occurred.

With the taste of his own foot still lingering in his mouth, District Attorney Mike Nifong has another piece of evidence blow up in his face, I wonder how's his ulcer is doing?

So would it be his own aura or is it the universe's way of getting back at Nifong for destroying these young boys lives?

It would be funny if Nifong's ulcer leads to a colonoscopy, or would it be “ironic� or “poetic justice� that he screws 47 boys over a false rape claim and have to take a 36 inch colonoscopy tube up his @ss for his part in the fiasco he created.

Lets not forget that not only that there lacks any DNA evidence of the boys, but there’s an absolute absence of DNA from her who claims she was raped vaginally, anally, and orally… why wasn’t any of HER vaginal, urine, blood, sweat, fecal, saliva, or tears not found anywhere in the bathroom? Nifong claims that condoms could have been used, then where are the condoms? The condom wrappers, the condom box, the spermicidal evidence from the rape kit?

Some feminist claim the boys were drunk and where so overwhelmed with excitement that they couldn’t ejaculate- not even one, obviously these women have never had sex with a 19 year old male or any male.

Finally, don’t forget the three boys who lived in the house agreed to be questioned by the police for over six hours, and volunteered to a lie detector test. When the boys were told to surrender DNA samples, none called their parents r tried to block the order, they complied because they new the “stripper� was lying. These are not the actions of guilty boys, but Nifong claimed that they were all covering up for each other and will charge each of them with aiding and abetting because the only information they had is that no rape occurred.

These boys were and continue to be put through hell by these criminal strippers and an unscrupulous DA. Hopefully these three will be held accountable for the racial riots pending the acquittal of these innocent boys.

Below is the text of the e-mail sent by Kim Roberts to 5W Public Relations in New York. Roberts, an exotic dancer, accompanied the woman accusing members of the Duke University men's lacrosse team of raping her the night of March 13.
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 2:21 PM
To: Ronn Torossian
Subject: duke lacrosse scandal
Hi!

My name is Kim and I am involved in the Duke Lacrosse scandal. Although I am no celebrity and just an average citizen, I've found myself in the center of one of the biggest stories in the country. I'm worried about letting this opportunity pass me by without making the best of it and was wondering if you had any advice as to how to spin this to my advantage. I am determined not to let any negative publicity about my life overtake me. I'm so confused as to who to talk to for relevant advice and I hope that you can return my e-mail. If you cannot help, do you know of any names and numbers I can call?
Thanks for your time,

Kim Roberts
Stripper, Model, Escort, Witness

Rape shields were created in the 1970s to protect the alleged “victim� from having her reputation ruined by baseless assumptions, unfair judgments, public humiliation, and character assassinations, but any of this could describe what’s happening to every member of the lacrosse team.

Irresponsible “special interest groups� have held protests everyday holding the name and pictures of anyone on the lacrosse team, to having their pictures and hate slogans pasted all over school. The actions of these groups against these men are nothing short of harassment and unfair character assassination.

Media hungry District Attorney Mike Nifong stated he is positive a rape has occurred, but he isn’t sure if it’s by the members of the lacrosse team, yet he obtained an order to get DNA samples from only the members of the team, then he stated on a national news program that the lacrosse team has a “rowdy� reputation on campus – obviously playing up to sexist stereotyping of jocks to further play his case for the media. As Nifong continues to publicly massacre the characters out his case for public consumption, he claims that the team is “stonewalling the investigation� because they claim not to have any knowledge of what transpired, but is Nifong now believing the men to be telling the truth as he recently changed his tune stating that even if the DNA evidence clears these boys that he’ll have other evidence.

Opportunistic political groups have descended on Duke’s campus using unscrupulous methods to get media attention at the expense of innocent young men who happen to be on the lacrosse team. Young men who were too recently, only boys not yet ready to handle this ugly side of the world. In today’s climate, we need the rape shield laws extended to protect all the innocent, including those who just happen to get in the way of media hungry district attorneys and opportunistic political groups.

District Attorney Mike Nifong’s should be held accountable for the irresponsible actions he’s taken in this rape investigation.

The boys are being tried in the national media before there is any charge are made. Nifong stated that someone else could have assaulted the 27 year old stripper, yet he publicly damned the men’s lacrosse team and only the men’s lacrosse team as gang rapist, and still not knowing whether or not the “alleged victim� was telling the truth, or if the three men sought are on the team, Nifong claims the team is stonewalling to protect its own.

In response, daily protest are held with hate comments made directly to the lacrosse teammates, pictures of the teammates with rape slogans are plastered all over Duke’s campus, and now gang members are driving by the east campus threatening students.

Nifong’s circus-like antics to perform for the national media has put the whole campus in danger.

Nifong proclaimed in the national media that the DNA sweep of 46 boys would find the guilty and clear the innocent. DNA tests prove that the boys of the lacrosse team were telling the truth, but Nifong wants to go ahead with the case only weeks before his election against a woman and a black man. There should be laws in place to prevent unscrupulous politician like District Attorney Mike Nifong from bulldozing over 47 innocent boys just to bask in the international media spot-light.

Well said. There is not alot more to it than that. By the way, Phe's arguments are weak and just typical. I see she didn't try to disprove the last one, because she can't. Well said, Nice guy.

" There should be laws in place to prevent unscrupulous politician like District Attorney Mike Nifong from bulldozing over 47 innocent boys just to bask in the international media spot-light."

Great point.

"Below is the text of the e-mail sent by Kim Roberts to 5W Public Relations in New York. Roberts, an exotic dancer, accompanied the woman accusing members of the Duke University men's lacrosse team of raping her the night of March 13.
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 2:21 PM
To: Ronn Torossian
Subject: duke lacrosse scandal
Hi!

My name is Kim and I am involved in the Duke Lacrosse scandal. Although I am no celebrity and just an average citizen, I've found myself in the center of one of the biggest stories in the country. I'm worried about letting this opportunity pass me by without making the best of it and was wondering if you had any advice as to how to spin this to my advantage. I am determined not to let any negative publicity about my life overtake me. I'm so confused as to who to talk to for relevant advice and I hope that you can return my e-mail. If you cannot help, do you know of any names and numbers I can call?
Thanks for your time,

Kim Roberts
Stripper, Model, Escort, Witness"

Wow, that is interesting.

"Stripper claims: She struggled so hard fighting off these three white men that five of her press on nails fell off.

Facts: nails were recovered and no DNA were found under the nails; no scratches were found anywhere on any of the boys. No scratch marks were found anywhere on any of the boys’ bodies."

Can't really disprove that.

"Apparently the “second stripper charged with embezzling $25,000� changed her story to conspire with the “lying stripper under-probation-for-larceny-and-trying-to-kill-a-police-officer-with-a-stolen-car� as part of a deal with Nifong to get released from jail, also contacted a public relations firm to “not let this opportunity pas her by and to spin it to my advantage�.

This in the wake of pictures surfacing showing that the “lying stripper� had those fake finger nails missing before the time she lied that a rape occurred.

With the taste of his own foot still lingering in his mouth, District Attorney Mike Nifong has another piece of evidence blow up in his face, I wonder how's his ulcer is doing?

So would it be his own aura or is it the universe's way of getting back at Nifong for destroying these young boys lives?

It would be funny if Nifong's ulcer leads to a colonoscopy, or would it be “ironic� or “poetic justice� that he screws 47 boys over a false rape claim and have to take a 36 inch colonoscopy tube up his @ss for his part in the fiasco he created."

Kind of gross, but a good point.

"Rape shields were created in the 1970s to protect the alleged “victim� from having her reputation ruined by baseless assumptions, unfair judgments, public humiliation, and character assassinations, but any of this could describe what’s happening to every member of the lacrosse team.

Irresponsible “special interest groups� have held protests everyday holding the name and pictures of anyone on the lacrosse team, to having their pictures and hate slogans pasted all over school. The actions of these groups against these men are nothing short of harassment and unfair character assassination.

Media hungry District Attorney Mike Nifong stated he is positive a rape has occurred, but he isn’t sure if it’s by the members of the lacrosse team, yet he obtained an order to get DNA samples from only the members of the team, then he stated on a national news program that the lacrosse team has a “rowdy� reputation on campus – obviously playing up to sexist stereotyping of jocks to further play his case for the media. As Nifong continues to publicly massacre the characters out his case for public consumption, he claims that the team is “stonewalling the investigation� because they claim not to have any knowledge of what transpired, but is Nifong now believing the men to be telling the truth as he recently changed his tune stating that even if the DNA evidence clears these boys that he’ll have other evidence.

Opportunistic political groups have descended on Duke’s campus using unscrupulous methods to get media attention at the expense of innocent young men who happen to be on the lacrosse team. Young men who were too recently, only boys not yet ready to handle this ugly side of the world. In today’s climate, we need the rape shield laws extended to protect all the innocent, including those who just happen to get in the way of media hungry district attorneys and opportunistic political groups.

District Attorney Mike Nifong’s should be held accountable for the irresponsible actions he’s taken in this rape investigation.

The boys are being tried in the national media before there is any charge are made. Nifong stated that someone else could have assaulted the 27 year old stripper, yet he publicly damned the men’s lacrosse team and only the men’s lacrosse team as gang rapist, and still not knowing whether or not the “alleged victim� was telling the truth, or if the three men sought are on the team, Nifong claims the team is stonewalling to protect its own.

In response, daily protest are held with hate comments made directly to the lacrosse teammates, pictures of the teammates with rape slogans are plastered all over Duke’s campus, and now gang members are driving by the east campus threatening students.

Nifong’s circus-like antics to perform for the national media has put the whole campus in danger.

Nifong proclaimed in the national media that the DNA sweep of 46 boys would find the guilty and clear the innocent. DNA tests prove that the boys of the lacrosse team were telling the truth, but Nifong wants to go ahead with the case only weeks before his election against a woman and a black man. There should be laws in place to prevent unscrupulous politician like District Attorney Mike Nifong from bulldozing over 47 innocent boys just to bask in the international media spot-light."

Well said.