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Congressman Pushes for Probe Against Nifong
ABC 11 News ^ | 1/25/07 | Steve Daniels

Posted on 01/25/2007 7:20:20 PM PST by freespirited

North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones is demanding an investigation of Durham D.A. Mike Nifong.

Thursday Jones met with the U.S. attorney general's office in Washington. He said he has a new reason why he thinks the nation's top law enforcement office will launch an inquiry.

According to the Jones, there is no excuse for the attorney general not to initiate a civil rights investigation because the three lacrosse players had their civil and constitutional rights violated.

The Congressman delivered letters from nine members of congress who think now that Nifong has removed himself as prosecutor on the Duke lacrosse case, the U.S. Justice Department should take action against the D.A.

Jones cites as basis for the investigation "misconduct by the prosecutor." He went on the say that gives the U.S. Justice Department "authority to look into misconduct by a state or federal law enforcement officer."

Jones said he has never spoken with Dave Evan, Collin Finnerty, Reade Seligman or their lawyers or family members. The three are charged with sexually assaulting an exotic dancer at a lacrosse team party last March.

"I feel sorrow for the three young men and their families," said Jones. "They have been destroyed by this D.A. for politics." We just want to bring some protection to the young men.

The Congressman hopes the charges against the men will be dropped.

Eyewitness News spoke to Nifong's legal assistant and she said the D.A. has "no comment" about the latest development in Washington


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KEYWORDS: doj; dukelax; nifong; walterjones
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Walter Jones has been tenacious about this. Kudos to him.
1 posted on 01/25/2007 7:20:21 PM PST by freespirited
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To: freespirited

GOOD NEWS


2 posted on 01/25/2007 7:21:10 PM PST by unkus
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To: freespirited

He needs to be tried for civil rights crimes the way the Rodney King cops were.


3 posted on 01/25/2007 7:22:22 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (When toilet paper is a luxury, you have achieved communism.)
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To: freespirited
According to the Jones, there is no excuse for the attorney general not to initiate a civil rights investigation because the three lacrosse players had their civil and constitutional rights violated.

What a novel idea. I didn't know that white, Duke lacrosse players had civil rights. When did that happen? I guess the Duke faculty will weigh in and explain just who has reliance on civil rights laws.

4 posted on 01/25/2007 7:26:03 PM PST by groanup (Limited government is the answer. Now, what's the question?)
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To: freespirited

Nifong is a good example of what is sick with our justice system in this country. A pure partisan political hack using the judiciary as a political weapon. It should become a felony with a heavy prison sentence attached to it....


5 posted on 01/25/2007 7:32:12 PM PST by EagleUSA
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"the Duke faculty will weigh in"

And they would never approve of giving civil rights to those uppity white boys. It would harm race relations.


6 posted on 01/25/2007 7:32:38 PM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: freespirited

The Rats are always ready to turn to the legal system to intimidate people they don't like. The Pubbies need to learn how to play the law card too, at least until the Rats back off. I wouldn't hold my breath, though.


7 posted on 01/25/2007 7:38:16 PM PST by speedy
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To: EagleUSA

I think some legislation holding these DA's accountable for there actions is in order.


8 posted on 01/25/2007 7:38:24 PM PST by zarf
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To: freespirited

Nifong needs to be prosecuted because of what he's done to those kids and to send a message to other DA's that this behavior is not acceptable.


9 posted on 01/25/2007 7:39:18 PM PST by umgud (The profound is only so to those that it is.)
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To: EagleUSA

Not just a heavy prison sentence, but hard time in a real prison, not one of those "non-violent offender" country club prisons.

Methinks Nifong needs to experience the San Francisco State Football Team phenomenon.

Y'know, where you start as a tight end, and end up as a wide receiver. . . . (evil grin)


10 posted on 01/25/2007 8:27:58 PM PST by Salgak (Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
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To: Salgak

Y'know, where you start as a tight end, and end up as a wide receiver. . . . (evil grin)
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(chuckle) Justice always prevails IN THE END!!!! :-)


11 posted on 01/25/2007 8:37:53 PM PST by EagleUSA
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To: freespirited

The "pushed probe" should be a stiff, thick broomhandle up his arse.


12 posted on 01/25/2007 9:42:07 PM PST by pissant
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To: freespirited

Walter Jones has refused to support the military surge in Iraq and after originally voting to send the troops there, he now claims he was misled. Cindy Sheehan calls Walter Jones "her hero". I call him a coward.


13 posted on 01/25/2007 10:17:37 PM PST by a4drvr
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To: freespirited

I agree with the message, but Walter Jones is a poor messenger for this cause.

He's got the reputation as being a bit of a grandstander and a political opportunist (he's a party switcher, as well as a flip-floper on Iraq, and one of the authors of that freedom fries stupidity,) and the fact that he's not a lawyer and is talking about lawyer rules just seems to reinforce the image, earned or not, that this is more grandstanding then substance. I'm not saying I think it is, but I think that's the appearance.

I wish one of the other R's from NC would run with this.


14 posted on 01/25/2007 10:26:05 PM PST by zbigreddogz
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The question I don't hear anybody asking is what might have happened had the racial roles been reversed, i.e. had a psycho DA met with klansmen and agreed to lynch three innocent blacks as quid pro quo for an election, and then been reelected to his job with 95% of the white vote. I believe the FBI would have been bang straight down on top of that like flies on manure. Some of the biggest villains in this story appear to be in NCCU and the NC chapter of NAACP.


15 posted on 01/25/2007 11:04:37 PM PST by rickdylan
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16 posted on 01/26/2007 4:05:56 AM PST by Alia
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If those boys were three black students, there would already have been an investigation. But then, civil rights are only for minorities, right?


17 posted on 01/26/2007 4:14:14 AM PST by anton
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He needs to be tried for civil rights crimes the way the Rodney King cops were.

The civil rights charges were filed only after the state courts didn't convict. I'd rather see this remain a state case and be tried in state courts unless it becomes clear that justice isn't going to be done there.

18 posted on 01/26/2007 4:16:12 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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ElkGroveDan wrote:

"He needs to be tried for civil rights crimes the way the Rodney King cops were."

However, Nifong should not be tried for civil rights crimes because the Rodney King cops were so tried. Each case must be decided on its own merits, or else you get a series of retaliatory prosecutions, one group on another, until you have a Balkanized judicial system. After all, the O.J. Simpson acquittal was to express distaste and anger at the Los Angeles Police Department after the King beating, damning the evidence.

Nifong should be punished for abusing his office, not because someone else abused their office.
19 posted on 01/26/2007 4:21:25 AM PST by GAB-1955 (being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Kingdom of Heaven....)
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