Posted on 07/28/2006 4:52:22 AM PDT by abb
"Based on the investigation of the case, and facts present, it was determined that these two charges were the appropriate charges to bring," Sughrue said.
Thomas was surprised Thursday to hear that the charges involved the officers they did. "Lee and Tanner? Huh. OK. Check that again and call me back," he said before cutting off a brief interview. "I don't think you have the right guys."
The cook did not elaborate, and did not return a call placed to his cell phone late Thursday afternoon.
Ping. New Coverup In DukeLax case.
Thanks, abb.
I see it is blogged at the N & O.
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/editor/index.php?blog=19&c=1&page=1&more=1&title=a_few_responses&tb=1&pb=1&disp=single
ALL:
Please send out to FODU, CTV, WTVD, etc.
Paging Cash Michaels!
Just got off the phone with my WRAL contact. She said they would persue it, but I ain't holding my breath, lol...
Thanks abb...
"We're not Duke lacrosse lawyers," Mason said ... "We don't practice that way. We don't comment about pending cases, we don't do interviews, we don't make statements."
Why not say, "We're not Mike Nifong, we don't comment..."
But they do accept cover-ups.
"The Raleigh charges were notable for the fact that they DIDN'T ADDRESS what Thomas has said was the first act of the confrontation, a move by one of the men involved to poke him in the shoulder with a finger... The shoulder poke was likely a criminal act under North Carolina law, given court decisions that have held "the merest unauthorized touching of another [person] is an assault," said Barry Winston, a criminal-defense lawyer in Chapel Hill.
A judge "who strictly interprets the law would, I suspect, hold that North Carolina law requires him to convict someone who walks up to someone and in an antagonistic fashion pokes that person with his finger," although that's "not what the average person thinks of as assault," Winston said."
Finnerty got a tough sentence for shouting at someone who punched him. This "poke in the shoulder" is technically battery, not assualt. What are these officers going to get?
And why aren't the Durham media all over this?
Are the Raleigh media any better?
Expect a "blue wall of silence" column from Ruth any minute now. /sarc...
Ruth will dismiss it.
Melanie will ignore it.
Nifong will whore it.
Jakki will extort it.
OMG!!! Sybil is posting at the abc forum
:-)
She is not one of me!
I've just emailed the FBI field office for NC
charlotte.public@ic.fbi.gov
and asked them to investigate this as a hate crime and police cover-up. The black cook was physically knocked down and kicked, by six assailants; racial slurs were hurled. Only two men have been charged and only with simple assault (which means, they shouted at the cook, but did not touch him).
This is a clear an example of the police trying to cover-up a physical assault which has racial overtones.
If this victim had been a muslim and had been kicked and called a "dirty muzzie", the FBI would be out there
at once.
I doubt the FBI will do anything at all about this; but if enough people raise this as an issue with them, maybe they'll think they have to do some routine kind of inquiry
in order to avoid criticism.
I also think the FBI site's online tip for reporting crimes of all types (including hate crimes) ought to be notified; and by as many people as possible.
Make this an issue they cannot ignore and pretend didn't happen.
And if (or WHEN) the FBI does no thing, complain to every congressman in site.
(It's real easy--just some clicks on a keyboard.)
Looking over the ABC report after their interview of the Cook, the BALD guy did the following that night:
(note: the BALD guy is referred to as the initial perpetrator in this article)
"F—- you, nig——-!" Thomas said the initial perpetrator responded (to his WOO-HOO)
"F—- you, cracker!'' Thomas said he replied.
The car stopped, he said, and the man who allegedly screamed the epithet got out. Thomas said the man walked over to him, POKED him on the shoulder with his finger, and said, "You don't know what you're getting into, BOY."
Thomas said he suggested to the initial perpetrator that a fight was imminent.
"I don't have to do it,'' the man allegedly said. "He's going to do it,'' and pointed to the driver of the Nissan.
Thomas described the initial perpetrator as about 6'1", medium build, BALD and with no facial hair.
Back to my comments, after the BALD man says he's going to do it, the man that BALD guy pointed to, DID, swiftly attack the man, according to the Cook's statements.
So the cook attributes the following actions to the BALD man:
Racial slurs
additional "Boy" comment
Aggressively and menacingly confronting him
Poking him in the shoulder (assault)
communicating threats (he's going to do it, etc)
the urging of a officer to assault and batter a person surrounding a man while he's being attacked
fleeing the scene
failure to report the crime.
Note: No BALD man is charged, the 3 men not charged (one is the BALD man) have had their restrictions lifted and they are back to their normal status on the Police force.
ABC article detailing alleged events that night:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=2227472&page=1
Who could it be? Ya' think it's a FReeper?
Thank you, they should investigate it as corrupt too.
The Feds can come in and charge the others with Hate crimes or at least the Ringleader of the reported attack.
Good thinking.
This is where the Media comes in my opinion. If this had been 3 black basketball players, the overwhelming media outcry would've had the FEDS taking over the DUKE LAX case within hours of the DNA results.
It's not me - I posted it over at Court TV.
We have lots of FReeper evil twins floating around Al Gore's invention, LOL!
Where is Bill Bennett? What happened to him? And why isn't he all over this mess?
Whyare are the blogs -- particularly FR and jmoo over at CTV -- doing what Bennett's supposed to be doing?
Bennett's not a "potential witness," so he's not muzzled by that unauthorized quasi gag order.
Good question.
Any one want to email Bennett or Cheshire?
Try this at home.
Go to a crowded Movie theatre on Friday night. Outside where there are lines of people waiting for tickets, pick out an African American male. After making eye-contact, Yell FU** YOU, NIG*ER!
Then approach him menacingly and poke him in the chest while saying, "You don't know what your getting into Boy!"
Then direct someone in the crowd to attack him.
Now look at your watch and record how long it is until you are arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!
Use your one call to ask a love one to report back to us on your adventure.
Where have the hell have I been? Obviously distracted.
The news conference was yesterday.
http://www.raleighchronicle.com/2006072703.html
Chalmers also said in response to questions from reporters that even though he is stepping down in 18 months from his job as chief, the case would receive his full attention.
"I think it has to do with public confidence," he said. "I think in a situation like this, people want to see...the chief."
HAHAHAHAHA!
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