Per an announcement, possibly later day from Cooper

http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=3028515&page=1

4/11/2007 1:50:19 AM

boooo, I WANT MY MOB JUSTICE

4/11/2007 1:51:32 AM

i fully expect sharpton and jackson to issue lots of public apologies

4/11/2007 2:20:52 PM

Hope Jackie has fun paying that girl's tuition like he promised.

4/11/2007 2:25:44 PM

It's official

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/11/duke.lacrosse/index.html

4/11/2007 2:49:41 PM

I want to see Nifong get hung up by his nuts before this is all said and done

4/11/2007 3:12:22 PM

i wonder if some of the female duke students, who basically held fake lynchings in the duke guys' yards, are going to apologize?

4/11/2007 3:13:40 PM

oh, i'm sure they will

4/11/2007 3:14:45 PM

so, are they not suing the girl because they are afraid of looking like the rich white boys suing a poor black girl?

4/11/2007 3:16:33 PM

no money and bad pr

4/11/2007 3:17:39 PM

could she still be charged with filing a false police report?

anyways, cue the civil suits against nifong.

4/11/2007 6:07:45 PM

Nope. Cooper said at the news conference that they were not going to press charges against the dancer as they basically said in so many words, that she was so screwed up, she believed each story she told them, no matter how different it was from the last.

4/11/2007 6:24:57 PM

so can the coach have his job back now or what?

4/11/2007 6:29:31 PM

i think he already took another one didn't he?

4/11/2007 6:30:54 PM

i dont know but it is pretty messed up they fired him over this

4/11/2007 6:31:46 PM

yeah pressler already has another job; i think technically he was "asked to resign" so yeah more or less fired.

but he was a dickbag anyway.

4/11/2007 6:32:52 PM

it is about god damn time

4/11/2007 6:49:17 PM

**EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS OF AL SHARPTON AND JESSE JACKSON'S PUBLIC APOLOGIES FOR CALLING THE BOYS RAPISTS**

4/11/2007 7:51:54 PM

where all the haters now???????

are they busy hanging imus for saying "nappy headed hos"??????

things need to change

4/11/2007 8:08:41 PM

Nifong has absolute immunity. He can't be sued unless he stepped outside his role as a D.A. which is actually in doubt. As shitty as it is doubtful that they can successfully sue anyone. Couple that with the amount they spent to retain Wade Smith and Joe Chesire, et al they got royally screwed. Happens every day though.

[Edited on April 11, 2007 at 10:03 PM. Reason : sdf]

4/11/2007 10:02:30 PM

speaking of nappy headed hos, how the hell does that get turned into a racial comment? Was it the nappy headed part or the ho part that made them think he was referring to all black people?



[Edited on April 11, 2007 at 10:09 PM. Reason : .]

4/11/2007 10:08:57 PM

nah, i really can't defend that one in good spirits mate

4/11/2007 11:38:41 PM

IMUS's show was something I loved to watch. If you don't like it turn the damn channel. Damn you MSNBC. oh and its about time for Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to aplogize for their Duke comments, like IMUS had to about NAPPY HEADED HOES.

4/11/2007 11:54:58 PM

TreeTwista10 winz this thread... it's getting too deep for ST though.

4/12/2007 12:03:25 AM

Quote :

"I WANT MY MOB JUSTICE"

Hahaha...

Yeah, this was a pretty shitty turn of events. I hope the duke players' lives aren't completely ruined by this crap.

"Weren't you investigated for rape once?"

Yeah but the stripper was lying, that was proved in court, and the charges were dropped.

"But you were investigated for it right?"


Mmm... There's a conversation one would like to avoid.

4/12/2007 12:25:21 AM

Quote :

"**EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS OF AL SHARPTON AND JESSE JACKSON'S PUBLIC APOLOGIES FOR CALLING THE BOYS RAPISTS** "

Don't speak too soon. I bet you'll see one of them, at least, apologizing soon.

4/12/2007 12:46:27 AM

^maybe

but i'll take that bet

4/12/2007 12:49:31 AM

Things that need to happen now....

Mike Nifong- disbarred and kicked out of office.

Durham-Herald Sun- Prints apology for piling on, pledges to run Ann Coulter's column for a year as punishment.

Chancellor of Duke- Apologizes and resigns for cancelling season and firing coach. Leaves for a 5 year personal journey to find a spine.

Every Professor who piled on: Loses tenure, has to get real job.

Al Sharpton & Jesse Jackson: Public apology for calling them white rapists.

Black Panthers: Come back and march in protest of strippers making false police reports to get back at smart-ass college kids.

All the Pot-Bangers: Arrange all their pots in front of the Duke boys homes..spelling out "We Were Idiots"

Roy Cooper: Promises to stop starring in "Public Service" announcements that he always runs around election time. "This is NC Attorney General Roy Cooper, reminding you to chew your food at least 50 times before swallowing. Thank you..this is Roy Cooper"

The Duke Boys: Write their books and make millions.

The Stripper Accuser: Feels real bad.. offers to dance for free at Nifong's going away party.

4/12/2007 1:07:07 AM

^Yeah, I'm wondering what the "Group of 88" will say about this.

4/12/2007 3:26:30 AM

While I am thankful that these boys have been cleared of what were, obviously from the very beginning, false charges - we cannot forget that the Chancellor and Group of 88 had very valid concerns about conduct that DID occur at that party. Specifically the racial slurs and verbal abuse coming from overly intoxicated(mostly minors) players who have a duty to represent the university in the best way possible.

4/12/2007 6:42:00 AM

Quote :

"**EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS OF AL SHARPTON AND JESSE JACKSON'S PUBLIC APOLOGIES FOR CALLING THE BOYS RAPISTS**"

Hell, they're still too busy riding Imus' nuts.

4/12/2007 6:53:04 AM

they drug these guys names and faces through the mud for a whole year, not once showing the person who accused them. now that they have been proven innocent, i feel its only right for her name and picture to be shown on the news...

4/12/2007 7:59:30 AM

^^ They wernt going againts the university they were practicing Diversity adn EXPLORING NEW THINGS DUH.

4/12/2007 8:18:20 AM

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0411071duke1.html

4/12/2007 8:34:00 AM

but aren't these charges going to remain on their record forever?

4/12/2007 8:42:44 AM

you can get charges expunged from your record, but it doesn't happen automatically just because they're dropped

4/12/2007 8:50:57 AM

Quote :

"we cannot forget that the Chancellor and Group of 88 had very valid concerns about conduct that DID occur at that party. Specifically the racial slurs and verbal abuse coming from overly intoxicated(mostly minors) players who have a duty to represent the university in the best way possible."

so because they uttered some racist remarks at a party they should be viewed nationally as rapists for over a year?

4/12/2007 10:35:44 AM

Quote :

"i dont know but it is pretty messed up they fired him over this "

the lax kids already had discipline problems and then they had a underage stripper party. i don't think the firing was totally out of line.

4/12/2007 10:40:20 AM

I guess it's a huge relief for the players and I'm happy for them.

But leaving them and their families with $3 million in legal fees is going to quell the celebrations for them bigtime.

Someone needs to set up a donation to help pay thier legal bills. I'd kick in a few bucks as long as it wasn't paypal based.

4/12/2007 10:42:19 AM

I'm sure that Sharpton is thanking his lucky stars that he has the whole Imus story to go batshit over in lieu of facing up to the apology he owes to the lacrosse players

4/12/2007 10:48:36 AM

Quote :

"then they had a underage stripper party"

??????? Uh, pretty sure college kids are 18.

4/12/2007 10:54:06 AM

(drinking)

4/12/2007 10:54:46 AM

You're right, Duke LAX players are the only collegians who have ever hosted a party with alcohol, talk about discipline problems out the wazoo, out with the coach, he must be fired!

[Edited on April 12, 2007 at 10:58 AM. Reason : .]

4/12/2007 10:57:19 AM

fire the coach because college kids were drinking at a party!

4/12/2007 10:58:03 AM

players getting arrested for assault in a separate incident, racial slurs being yelled at passersby, not to mention other rowdy parties that had gotten them in trouble with the university. it's not like these were shining examples of collegiate athletes.

[Edited on April 12, 2007 at 11:00 AM. Reason : .]

4/12/2007 11:00:27 AM

i'm pretty sure the ONLY reason he got fired was the rape charges

4/12/2007 11:02:49 AM

i'm glad you were there.

and sure this incident brought the other problems to the public eye. but it's not like the

[Edited on April 12, 2007 at 11:04 AM. Reason : firing was some huge injustice]

4/12/2007 11:03:11 AM

i'm glad you were there.

4/12/2007 11:03:36 AM

i'm glad you were there.

4/12/2007 11:04:30 AM

i'm not the one claiming to know what was going on in the duke admin's head.

4/12/2007 11:05:01 AM