Duke LaCrosse Prosecutor Michael Nifong Is Disbarred
by Jeff Davis
A day after the prosecutor in the Duke LaCrosse case resigned Michael Nifong has been disbarred for unethical conduct.
The Duke Lacrosse Rape Case has been likened to “the white version of the Scottsboro Boys”, an infamous case of the 1930s in which a gang of black rapists who violated a white woman were eventually freed from prison and escaped punishment due to the organized liberal sob sisters of the time, as well as the efforts of the American Communist Party. There is a crucial difference, though: the Scottsboro rapists were guilty, and the three “whites” accused (one is a Jew) in Durham were innocent.
The politically ambitious and completely unscrupulous Durham County, N.C. District Attorney, Michael Nifong, pushed the case against the LaCrosse players even though it was obvious from the start that there was no basis for a case. WRAL-TV in Raleigh reports that “Mike Nifong acknowledged inconsistencies in an exotic dancer’s story that she was raped, beaten and sexually assaulted at a Duke lacrosse team party but decided to move forward with the case anyway, the lead investigator on the case testified Tuesday. During an initial meeting at Nifong’s office, (black) Investigator Benjamin Himan said, he and his supervisor met with the district attorney to review the evidence and status of the case and that Nifong made a comment to the effect, ‘You know we’re f****d.’” (Meaning the highly-publicized case had no merit.) This was in the very early stages of the “case,” which Nifong then dragged out for over a year after tossing off this casual comment to the lead detective. (more…)