"A Rush to Injustice" Covers Duke Case

Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2007-06-13 01:56

I just heard an interview with the author of this book: A Rush to Injustice: How Power, Prejudice, Racism, and Political Correctness Overshadowed Truth and Justice in the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case and it sounds like it has the inside story of what Nifong's actual motivations were for rushing to prosecute the Duke LAX players. Should be plenty revealing. If you have read it, please comment.

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I googled on "gang of 88" and found a link to their original "we are listening to our students" rant, where they quoted various (supposedly real) Duke students about the "terrors" of racism and sexism existing on the campus. Here's an example quote, apparently from a female student:

"You go to a party, you get grabbed, you get propositioned, and then you start to question yourself. (Independent, 29 March 2006)"

Yeah okay, here's some of the questions you should be asking, stupid:
2) "Why did I come to this party in the Phi Delta Grabber jock fraternity house?"
1) "Why am I holding a daquiri? I ordered a rum and coke!"
3) "Why can't a better-looking guy grab me? Then I can get laid upstairs!"
4) "Why do I suddenly feel like making a false rape accusation because some guy grabbed me?"

-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Sat, 2007-06-16 04:44