Edited to add: Gah. The supposedly “absent” blogger wrote on the same story. I’m leaving this one up, anyway.
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From the Associated Press.
“This matter has been a fiasco. There’s no doubt about it,” said F. Lane Williamson, the chairman of the three-member disciplinary committee that stripped the veteran prosecutor of his state law license.
Ya think?
The committee found Nifong broke the state’s rules of professional conduct more than two dozen times.
“I would say there are no winners in this scenario,” said Kevin Finnerty, Collin’s father. “With that said, I think there’s closure. I think it’s appropriate and I think it’s justice.
“I think he brought it on himself.”
Again: Ya think?
This is a well-deserved punishment for Nifong, who — even if you accept his side of the story entirely — behaved egregiously.
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This has been a fiasco, for the everyone involved. Those who suffered from Mike Nifong’s professional misconduct include the boys who were accused, their parents, Ms. Mangum (the accuser), the city of Durham, the Duke Community, and the state of North Carolina. There are three more people or groups who are guilty of misconduct in inciting additional racial tensions in an already explosive situation when there was no evidence to prove anything had occurred. Those are the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpston, and the Black Panthers. I believe that all of these individuals who have suffered an injustice (the boys who were accused, their parents, Ms. Mangum (the accuser), the city of Durham, the Duke Community, and the state of North Carolina) deserve as vocal and newsworthy coverage of an apology as their attack on this community when this supposed attack occurred. I believe in equality for all races, but these 3 individuals/groups are quick to point out injustices to African-Americans, but don’t apologize publicly (if at all) when they are wrong. I think the people of Durham and all of us at Duke University who have had to live through this past year being ashamed of saying where we worked or lived deserve that apology as much as anyone else. In fact, we demand it!
Comment by Pamela Branson — Saturday, June 16, 2024 @ 10:19 pm