tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post2002643100886401273..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: The Durham Waykcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-42380524419799610382013-11-23T20:35:25.027-05:002013-11-23T20:35:25.027-05:00We are the idiots now to defend this woman thug.We are the idiots now to defend this woman thug.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-80233761378025687302010-12-27T19:13:31.783-05:002010-12-27T19:13:31.783-05:00I met Tracey Cline while waiting on line to vote. ...I met Tracey Cline while waiting on line to vote. She introduced herself, and as I shook her hand, I said, "Hey! Did you hear that those Duke LaCrosse guys were actually innocent?!" <br /><br />She clearly knew I was busting her chops, but she recovered and said, "Yes, I think our Attorney General said that." Anyhow, while I'm a huge supporter of this site, I would place Tracey Cline very far back on the list of evildoers. <br /><br />Her boss was a crook -- something that many of us know or suspect about our own bosses -- so what did we REALLY expect her to do? Yes, she compromised herself -- she went along (mostly) silently with what the boss said -- not (I think) actively advancing his crooked agenda -- and hopefully she made a silent vow that she would do better when he was inevitably disbarred. <br /><br />She asked me some intelligent questions about the difficult issues facing a prosecutor (no need for details here), and I think she's a good sort who cares about the outcome of her policy decisions. <br /><br />More to the point, she seems to be the best we can get: Has anyone forgotten that, even as evidence became obvious that Nifong was a crook, NOBODY wanted his job? That his only real opponent, made it clear he would REFUSE that job if elected? <br /><br />WHEN has this happened in any other election? Nobody wants to be Durham's official zookeeper. Frankly we're lucky that anybody even slightly employable, would take that job.<br /><br />I am no Tracey Cline booster, but I would suggest that some perspective is in order: She may be the only fool that's foolish enough to want her job (indeed, the record proves this), but there is no evidence that she's the vicious, lying, despicable bully that was Mike Nifong. Just my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-50078887654501702962010-12-26T13:44:58.295-05:002010-12-26T13:44:58.295-05:00In the comments on one post Matherly made the rath...In the comments on one post Matherly made the rather fantastic claim that the DNA evidence that Brian Meehan and Mike Nifong conspired to withhold from the defense did NOT exclude the lacrosse team.<br /><br />I pointed out to him that's exactly what got Nifong in trouble. He wasn't interested in publishing my comment and eventually deleted the whole comment thread.Locomotive Breathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501722094860082283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-72704192356705670202010-12-25T21:50:50.609-05:002010-12-25T21:50:50.609-05:00Nothing ever changes in Durham - same old story......Nothing ever changes in Durham - same old story.....CGM manages to escape any punishment for her crimes and is lauded (this time as a great mother) to boot. With the certainty of death and taxes one could cynically add CGM escaping the full force of the law.<br />cksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-88957379021479340762010-12-21T18:27:40.996-05:002010-12-21T18:27:40.996-05:00'In the end, Durham has, again, done everythin...'In the end, Durham has, again, done everything in its power to harm three children.'<br /><br />Thats how it started and how this chapter ends. So sad indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-53082791207163416012010-12-21T16:04:54.812-05:002010-12-21T16:04:54.812-05:00"I wish someone who is well versed in the his...<i>"I wish someone who is well versed in the history of North Carolina would join this blog and perhaps enlighten us as to how Durham came to be Durham."</i><br /><br />Frank Matthews, who for a time in the 1970s controlled the East Coast heroin trade , was from<br />Durham and liked to employ Durhamites<br />even in New York because he trusted "home folk". When he was finally arrested his bail money came from Durham.<br />Millions in drug money was laundered through the city.<br /><br />I imagine that had a corrupting influence;<br />and also that his organization (taken over by Frank Lucas, also from North Carolina,<br />and the subject of a movie starring Denzel Washington) continued (or continues) that influence for some time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-84873285901305542662010-12-21T08:26:07.943-05:002010-12-21T08:26:07.943-05:00I comment about a couple of things.
I believe Mr...I comment about a couple of things. <br /><br />I believe Mr. Matherly made a statement to the effect that the Lacrosse players' attorneys could not have proven their clients' innocence in court. That is characteristic of the Mangum support faction, a lack of awareness of who has the obligation to prove in a criminal case, something that has been pointed out to them on a number of occasions. A defendant in a criminal case has no obligation to prove anything. The prosecution has the obligation to prove guilt, beyond any reasonable doubt. Mike Nifong could not prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in a fair trial. It shows the total lack of regard for due process on the part of the pro Mangum faction.<br /><br />I believe in a recent blog that Sidney Harr has again claimed that Mrs. Rae Evans precipitated what he calls the "carpetbagger jihad" against Mr. Nifong via her statement to ^0 Minutes. Mrs. Evans made her statement in January of 2007, according to what I found on the web. By that time, most of the criticism of Mr. Nifong's actions, the call to drop the charges had taken place. The NC State Bar had just about completed its case against Mr. Nifong. Mr. Harr has a marked disregard for the truth.<br /><br />The timing of Mrs. Evans statement has been pointed out to Mr. Harr on a number of occasions. Mr. Harr, in fact, has acknowledged that Mrs. Evans made her statement in January of 2007.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-55170473250066285502010-12-21T07:28:00.899-05:002010-12-21T07:28:00.899-05:00KC, loath as I am to give the justice4nifong crowd...KC, loath as I am to give the justice4nifong crowd any 'press', Matherly's idiot colleague Sidney Harr deserves mention for this:<br /><br /><i>I am of the opinion that the police, most likely Officer Tyler, started the fire in the bathtub, not Crystal or her ex-boyfriend....<br /><br />Why do I believe that police set the fire? The following reasons are but a few:<br /><br />(1) Police made no attempt to put out the fire. All that was required was to turn on water in the bathtub. That is what you, me, or anyone possessing a modicum of commons sense and sanity would naturally do.</i><br /><br />Words fail.RighteousThugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-37909555571982352022010-12-21T00:50:22.904-05:002010-12-21T00:50:22.904-05:00Thanks for shining a brilliant spotlight on these ...Thanks for shining a brilliant spotlight on these shenanigans, Professor Johnson! <br /><br />Judge Abe Jones has, through his rulings and non-rulings, showed himself to be an improvident man on occasion, but not uttely stupid or insane. A declaration that Crystal Mangum is a "good mother" -- knowing what he knows -- constitutes the ravings of a lunatic. But, I don't believe he is stupid or insane, so I would lean towards some type of appeasing political gesture as well. ("I split the baby, putting Wagstaff behind bars, but calling her Prostitute Madonna a 'good mother.'"). <br /><br />What a slap in the face to hard-working mothers across the country, who manage to keep a decent job, handle their personal problems, see that their children are well-fed and remain un-consumed by fire, and who ensure that their children are supervised by someone other than a pimp, a "driver" or someone Mangum herself has called "crazy" and "a psycho."<br /><br />Jones was wrong in instructing the jury not to consider the fact that Mangum did not alert the police to a fire before she was in custody. Mangum could have done it any number of ways without blaming herself, including placing the blame on someone else like her boyfriend. She's rather good at that, in fact. <br /><br />Likely based on that, Jones also erred in saying that he would not allow a conviction of Mangum for child abuse or neglect if there wasn't a conviction for arson. (His first error was in saying this in court before he had to do so.). <br /><br />Jones also erred in allowing the egregious court behavior of the Mangum cult to go unchecked until it became a mistrial issue. <br /><br />In the end, Durham has, again, done everything in its power to harm three children. And that is the saddest news of all. MOO! GregoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-28681367242294862942010-12-20T23:11:15.798-05:002010-12-20T23:11:15.798-05:00If I were you, Prof. Zimmerman, I would retreat qu...If I were you, Prof. Zimmerman, I would retreat quietly to your office at the law school. You are outmatched, and apparently incapable or either defending yourself or keeping your assertions straight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-60536872168628018122010-12-20T22:42:25.171-05:002010-12-20T22:42:25.171-05:00Dear Prof. Zimmerman:
I, along with many, many o...Dear Prof. Zimmerman: <br /><br />I, along with many, many other DIW followers (along with, perhaps, your Duke "colleagues" and "students" (and may God help them)) still await your point-by-point response to the specific issues Prof. Johnson raises in his 4:19 post. You've been called out--respond or begone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-74652647098963128552010-12-20T20:40:04.604-05:002010-12-20T20:40:04.604-05:00Gentlemen - why fight over the trees when the fore...Gentlemen - why fight over the trees when the forest is in plain sight?<br /><br />I don't live in Durham, but I live close to it. As a northern transplant, I've sometimes wondered if Durham is typical of the many other counties in North Carolina or whether it is some sort of unpleasant anomaly. I wish someone who is well versed in the history of North Carolina would join this blog and perhaps enlighten us as to how Durham came to be Durham. Maybe that would shed some light on the characters and events in its recent dismal history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-43358183791925260382010-12-20T19:41:57.840-05:002010-12-20T19:41:57.840-05:00Is Matherly a Communist?Is Matherly a Communist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-317609683736295752010-12-20T17:28:43.652-05:002010-12-20T17:28:43.652-05:00It's always nice to welcome Prof. Zimmerman ba...It's always nice to welcome Prof. Zimmerman back to DIW!<br /><br />I did--and I just doublechecked this--link to his comments in my original post, but just in case, I'm going to link to it again <a href="http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2010/12/mangum-trial-continues.html#comments" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />And, speaking for myself only, I still hope that at some point, some time in the future, he'll produce his long-hinted-at secret evidence suggesting that the Group of 88 statement didn't actually refer to the lacrosse case; and that perhaps, he'll even reconcile his argument with Prof. Lubiano's inviting signatures for the ad with the following opening sentence ("African & African-American Studies is placing an ad in The Chronicle about the lacrosse team incident").<br /><br />But, somehow, I expect that Prof. Zimmerman will produce his evidence regarding the Group of 88's intentions at about the same time Steve Matherly produces the 1920s/30s counterparts for Mike Nifong and the Group of 88.kcjohnson9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-61585540687027083062010-12-20T16:19:25.198-05:002010-12-20T16:19:25.198-05:00Prof. Johnson has me pegged, as usual. If you'...Prof. Johnson has me pegged, as usual. If you're interested, though, you can read my <a href="http://reharmonized.an-earful.com/2010/12/checking-in-with-kc/" rel="nofollow">actual opinion of Matherly</a> as well as an actual textual analysis.Robert Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122995991574352039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-56396098138473274742010-12-20T14:48:41.603-05:002010-12-20T14:48:41.603-05:00Wonderland, indeed. There is no way to make this ...Wonderland, indeed. There is no way to make this stuff up! Thanks for the comprehensive "light" on the matter. Now let's watch the roaches scatter again.skwillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216150339054413310noreply@blogger.com