Nifong in the Hot Seat
Posted on December 29th, 2006 in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
The North Carolina state bar has filed an ethics complaint against district attorney Mike Nifong, the man who continues to botch the Duke rape case.
In perhaps the most serious accusation, the bar also said Mr. Nifong had engaged in âdishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentationâ by suggesting to reporters that a condom was used in the alleged attack when he had in his possession a sexual assault examination report that indicated otherwise.
…[Nifong] has also admitted going too far in some of his public comments. In his interview with The Times last week, for example, Mr. Nifong said he was wrong to have described members of the lacrosse team as âa bunch of hooligans.â
Um….well, yes.
Meanwhile, a poster below named the “victim” in the Duke case, so if you believe that her name should be public, take a look; a quick Google search shows that, in effect, her identity is public. There’s even a Wikipedia page on her.…
By the way, that Wikipedia page is fascinating. Reading it, I learned an enormous amount of information that I’d never before seen; it’s enough to make you think even more that Nifong is an incompetent, silly man in way over his headâwhich makes him dangerous.
It’s remarkable how these voluntary journalists who create Wikipedia have committed an end-around around the mainstream media…. Obviously, you can’t trust everything you read on Wikipedia, but then, you shouldn’t trust the MSM either. And the piece on this woman seems relatively balanced.
It is hard not to emerge from reading about her with the conclusion that she is a sad, troubled, and somewhat pathetic personâbut not a rape victim.
3 Responses
12/29/2006 11:24 am
If we removed from the planet every last “incompetent, silly man in way over his head”, who would be president?
12/29/2006 6:51 pm
It’s a psychological analysis of this person the best way to understand the situation? Sometimes a look at structures helps to understand human actions better than a look at their mind or words.
Is a psychological analysis of Summers the best way to understand his Presidency? Another way to analyze it is to ask why was he appointed, why was he supported and by whom and who won and lost with his actions. He may also turned out a troubled person who made numerous personal choices for which he should be accountable. But asking which larger interests he served illuminates other dimensions of his Presidency.
Are there any parallels between the movie the Shawshank Redemption and life at Harvard in the recent past? If so, who will bring to light what was really going on?
12/30/2006 11:45 am
Poster #1: A woman?