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7/24/2006 6:29:38 PM

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"During a court appearance in Durham two months ago, Roberts made an obscene gesture at a news camera and stuck out her tongue."

lol

7/24/2006 6:30:02 PM

http://www.wral.com/news/9589993/detail.html

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"DURHAM, N.C. -- Mike Nifong is trying to reassure voters that he's the man for the job a day after a potential challenger said he won't pursue the district attorney job. Friday morning Nifong admitted there's some justification to criticism about how he handled the media with the Duke case. "Could I have done things differently? Certainly, but would it have made a difference -- I don't know," Nifong said. Lewis Cheek, whose name will appear on the November ballot challenging Nifong but who won't actively campaign, had criticized Nifong's handling of the case in which a woman told police three Duke lacrosse players beat and raped her at a party in March. The three players charged have denied the accusations. Nifong also said there was evidence he hoped to have in the case, such as DNA, but that it didn't pan out. "there were things we hoped to have in terms of evidence that we ended up not having," Nifong said. But Nifong said that he stands behind the case. "I have not backed down from my initial assessments of this case," Nifong said. Nifong said that no case has been ignored because of the attention to the Duke lacrosse rape case. He also said that he hoped voters would judge him on his 28-year career, rather than just one case."

7/28/2006 11:33:41 AM

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""there were things we hoped to have in terms of evidence that we ended up not having," Nifong said. "

7/28/2006 11:46:33 AM

hahah

well at least this thing has fallen out of the national media spotlight, thanks to lebanon being invaded.

7/28/2006 12:13:23 PM

Yeah thank God. I have relatives that are close friends with the family of the kid from NJ (live in same town). Totally fucked up situation. I hope they end up suing the crap outta that DA.

7/28/2006 1:43:00 PM

Can't sue the DA, well, you probably can but its pointless.

Can however sue the stripper in civil court for defamation of character etc, etc. This however is pointless because she has no money to win. The only thing it would do is leave a large judgement hanging over her head forever.

Not to mention Al Sharpton would probably pay for her legal defense even though she is a lying sack of shit poor victimized mother.

7/28/2006 2:21:23 PM

Thursday, August 3, 2006
Nifong: I might quit (the committee)

Poor Mike Nifong. His world is slowly shrinking. In an email message to Durham's Animal Control Advisory Committee, he said he is considering stepping down from the board because some of the other members signed the petition supporting Lewis Cheek.
Did he read every one of those 10,000 names?
Where'd he find the time? I thought he was supposed to be prosecuting the biggest case of his career.
And what does he have in store for the other thousands on the petition sheets? Maybe a database to use in court.... "NO plea for you! You signed the Cheek petition!"
Yikes.

DURHAM -- District Attorney Mike Nifong might step down from a county board because some of his fellow members signed a petition in support of Lewis Cheek, whose name will appear opposite Nifong's in this fall's election.

Nifong, who has been criticized for his handling of a rape case involving three members of Duke University's lacrosse team, wrote recently that he is reconsidering his role on the Animal Control Advisory Committee, an eight-member volunteer board that meets four times a year and advises the county's animal control office.

In a July 28 e-mail message to his fellow board members, Nifong wrote that he "was truly dismayed at the number of my fellow board members who signed the Lewis Cheek [petition].

8/3/2006 7:43:06 PM

Fuck him - peace out, nigga!

8/3/2006 8:43:12 PM

Actually I'm thinking you might be able to get the DA - qualified immunity only goes so far, and I think there was a NC Supreme Court case that limited a prosecutor's qualified immunity. I'd have to look it up. Plus I'm sure there are probably federal civil rights charges that can be brought under Section 1983.

8/3/2006 11:20:31 PM

OH SNAP

http://www.newsobserver.com/1185/story/468272.html

8/6/2006 9:30:11 AM

They are innocent.

8/6/2006 10:58:13 PM

http://www.wral.com/news/9736876/detail.html

8/25/2006 2:26:12 PM

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"Gottlieb had told defense lawyers that he took few handwritten notes and had relied on his memory and other officers' notes to write entries in his chronological report of the investigation, Cheshire said."

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"Defense attorney Joseph Cheshire, who represents Evans, told The Times Gottlieb's report was a "make-up document" that was "transparently written to try to make up for holes in the prosecution’s case." "

so you think this police sergeant owed Nifong a favor, or just trying to cover his ass and this investigation?

Find the holes in the case and fill them in "from memory". Smell that.....me too

8/25/2006 4:20:43 PM

8 pages reviewing the files released to the public from the case (i figure it's a little long to post the whole thing). But basically it clarifies some things and debunks some of the criticisms of the DA's case. It still casts the guilt of the lacrosse players as ambiguous.



http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/25/us/25duke.html

8/25/2006 9:27:21 PM

buahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahaha

http://www.newsobserver.com/141/story/480871.html

9/1/2006 2:51:53 PM

Sheehan missed the point. The Elmo hour wasn't about justice. It was about corrupt politicians trying to intimidate an honest citizen who had the balls to tell truth. Nifong doesn't want the truth to come out about who really raped the stripper. They have the DNA evidence. It matches somebody, but that person isn't a Duke student.

9/1/2006 3:45:44 PM

http://www.newsobserver.com/1185/story/484329.html

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"From May 2005 to February 2006, the period during which Gottlieb was a patrol supervisor in the district, court and police records examined by The News & Observer show that Gottlieb arrested 28 people. Twenty were Duke students, including a quarterback of the football team and the sister of a men's lacrosse player. At least 15 of the Duke students were taken to jail. In comparison, the three other squad supervisors working in District 2 during the same 10 months -- Sgts. Dale Gunter, John Shelton and Paul Daye -- tallied a combined 64 arrests. Two were Duke students. Both were taken to jail."

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"Gottlieb often treated Duke students and nonstudents differently. For example, Gottlieb in 2004 wrote a young man a citation for illegally carrying a concealed .45-caliber handgun and possessing less than a half-ounce of marijuana, but records indicate he wasn't taken to jail. He was not a Duke student."

9/9/2006 2:59:49 PM

Ok, I agree the guy sounds like an ass but...

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"A barrel-chested man, Gottlieb tends to walk with his shoulders back and chin up. Among his colleagues, he is known as outspoken and sometimes headstrong. In a 2005 court affidavit that noted his qualifications, Gottlieb listed several community colleges he has attended and professional certifications. The affidavit did not mention an academic degree beyond high school."

WTF, how the hell is that relevant at all? And for a news article, that sure as hell read more like an opinion piece.

9/9/2006 3:23:30 PM

goes to bias

9/9/2006 6:15:57 PM

http://www.newsobserver.com/1185/story/493316.html

Long story about Nifongs career and background.

10/1/2006 1:47:31 PM

coworker was telling me this morning that she heard on the radio the other stripper is recanting her statement

10/13/2006 8:50:29 AM

yeah... 60 minutes is running a piece on it Sunday night and supposedly the other stripper said it was all bullshit. That the victim didn't get raped, etc.

10/13/2006 9:01:47 AM

is this new?

10/13/2006 9:30:51 AM

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"coworker was telling me this morning that she heard on the radio the other stripper is recanting her statement"

Which one. The original where she said it was a lie or the second where she said she was raped? Ah, credibility.

10/13/2006 10:20:23 AM

Nifong has almost waited this out long enough that no one will care if nothing comes of the case

10/13/2006 11:13:25 AM

I really hope they vote his ass out in this election. I work in RTP and see the "Keep Mike" election signs and can't help but roll my eyes.

10/15/2006 12:09:30 PM

FIRE NIFONG!

10/15/2006 1:40:15 PM

Reminder, the 3 douchebags who are probably innocent will be on 60 minutes (CBS) tonight, very shortly.

10/15/2006 7:13:27 PM

On now... see chit chat

10/15/2006 7:34:09 PM

Great coverage - if I were licensed in NC, I would make a motion myself to have Nifong permanently disbarred.

10/15/2006 8:06:29 PM

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/11/60minutes/main2082140.shtml

6-page transcript for anybody who wants to read it. Provides a nice summary to date, though is a bit biased.

10/15/2006 11:23:22 PM

Blame it on black people.

10/16/2006 12:48:48 AM

RoFL LawL

http://www.wral.com/news/10171851/detail.html

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"Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong handed over more evidence to defense attorneys Friday. He also said in court that he has not talked to the alleged victim in detail about the Duke lacrosse rape case."

10/27/2006 1:59:33 PM

so why are they still wasting taxpayer money this case?

10/27/2006 3:18:37 PM

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"Nifong said during a meeting in April, the alleged victim looked too traumatized to talk about the incident. During the meeting, Nifong said she spoke less than 15 words, had difficulty making eye contact and looked like she was going to cry the entire time."

It's because she is a lying piece of shit. She knows she's wrong and doesn't know what to do now.

Those three guys, although they are already rich from family, should sue Mike Nifong for everything he is worth. Their lives are ruined.

10/27/2006 3:52:53 PM

i wouldnt say their lives are ruined. thats going a little far dont you think

[Edited on October 27, 2006 at 4:02 PM. Reason : .]

10/27/2006 3:57:25 PM

Its ironic that the black community swarms around this girl and proclaims these young mens guilt with almost no evidence and apparently hardly even any testimony from the accuser, yet with ALL the shit that went down with OJ, many still claim he is innocnent. Fucking ironic I tell ya.

10/27/2006 5:03:41 PM

^ I don't think the "black community" is really swarming around her, just as much as the "white community" is swarming around the LaCrosse players. There's probably people on both sides that support who they support for racial reasons, then there's other people who weigh the evidence.

10/27/2006 5:07:44 PM

I drive a Buick LaCrosse sometimes when I go to lacrosse games in La Crosse, the eponymous city to the sport of baggataway.

[Edited on October 27, 2006 at 5:28 PM. Reason : people who don't like to consume it are lacrose intolerant]

10/27/2006 5:26:59 PM

^^^That's a pretty stupid generalization. While there is a tendency take the black person's side in a dispute with racial undertones, many blacks do look at things objectively. I know plenty of black people who think OJ is guilty. This case is no different.

10/27/2006 5:38:57 PM

If the dancer is lying, here's why I think she did it:

This woman has had issues with the law before. She was even in a police chase at one point. Anyway, she finds herself being questioned by a security guard outside a store, and she's extremely fucked up. He calls the police, and the police start to take her to a mental health facility, which she makes up a story to avoid, a story of a rape. She's fucked up, worried about losing her child, and she says the first thing that comes to her mind that could garner her sympathy and explain her behavior so she doesn't have to go away. She never intended to identify anybody, and even in her identification, she made it clear she was confused.

From the beginning, I've objected to this notion that she was lying to get attention or money.

10/27/2006 7:39:15 PM

So let's say that is the case Bridget. What do you think would be the proper legal course of action? I mean, should she be held accountable, or should she be given mental health help and let go?

There isn't a wrong answer here, I'm wondering your own opinion on it.

10/27/2006 7:49:09 PM

1. I think mental health help is being held accountable in many circumstances.
2. I'd need to know more details about this situation to create an opinion on what should happen to her.

10/27/2006 7:54:26 PM

^I agree with you on both points, I didn't mean the "held accountable" to sound the way it came off there.

10/27/2006 7:55:52 PM

Well now you might not see as many. But you remember after this happened that the black churches and NAACP were both holding rallies around her saying this was some rich white kids taking advantage of a poor black girl? That sorta thing is what I meant. Your right, you don't see much support from them anymore.

10/28/2006 8:14:05 AM

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"“One of the most interesting things to me of course is Mr. Nifong did admit that he in fact has basically never talked to this woman and has absolutely no idea what her story is, and yet he has chosen to continue to go forward with this case,” defense lawyer Joseph Cheshire said."

10/28/2006 1:18:24 PM

Anyone else feel like being a Duke lacross player for Franklin Street...we are trying to get a whole team goin...

10/28/2006 3:49:26 PM

Look at this motherfucker! Currently, Mike Nifuck is the most ridiculous creature of which I am aware.

10/28/2006 3:57:42 PM

PS: When Kobe Bryant was accused of rape, which I said was total bullshit from the beginning, did the Lakers cancel the season? Where do the lacrosse players go to get last season back? Where does the winning lacrosse coach who was fired go to get his Duke job back? Where do the falsely accused young men go to get their reputations back? Any woman who lies about being sexually assaulted should have a special place reserved for her in Hell.

Oh, and fuck nervous Nellie Brodhead, too. I'm sick of all these motherfuckers!

10/28/2006 4:11:34 PM