Duke Lacrosse Case – Arrests made
Two members of the Duke lacrosse team were arrested early this morning.
Kirk Osborn, Seligmann's attorney, said, "We're looking forward to showing that he is absolutely innocent as soon as we can."
Defense lawyers said players maintained that there was no sex at all. They said the accuser concocted the story, that she was drunk and injured late March 13 when she arrived at the three-bedroom house at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd.
"… Two young men have been charged with crimes they did not commit. This is a tragedy," Bob Ekstrand, who represents team players, said Monday in a prepared statement. "For the two young men, an ordeal lies ahead. They do not face it alone; they face it with the love of family and friends and strengthened by the truth. They are both innocent."
This has been a media driven frenzy. Two things in this report that show how frenzied:
Just after 7 a.m., Seligmann and another man left the jail and ran to a Ford Explorer with New Jersey license plates. They pulled onto Pettigrew Street and went to the traffic light at Pettigrew and Mangum streets. They stopped at a red light, waited for traffic to clear, and then turned left, running the red light.
In other words, the media was chasing the vehicle.
Throughout Monday, there were many more reporters on the sixth floor of the courthouse than the 18 members of the grand jury panel. Reporters tracked the district attorney's movements in minute detail. Just after noon, Nifong emerged from his office and walked across the hallway to the bathroom.
Reporters surrounded the bathroom door in a crowd that included five television cameras, three still photographers, sound men with boom microphones and at least a dozen print reporters. At the sound of flushing, the group tensed, raised cameras and prepared. Nifong did not emerge with news.
I'm surprised they didn't burst into the men's room and try to interview Nifong's private parts.
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By Black Jack, April 18, 2006 @ 11:21 am
Gaius said, “I’m surprised they didn’t burst into the men’s room and try to interview Nifong’s private parts.”
Well, if life can imitate what passes for art, then the question isn’t so far fetched at all. We are informed that certain parts of the female anatomy can talk, why then can’t a trouser snake hold a press conference? Just asking.
By Gauis Arbo, April 18, 2006 @ 11:27 am
Gee, thanks for that mental picture, Jack.
By God, Sex, and Politics, April 19, 2006 @ 5:17 pm
Rock & Roll, baby! The truth shall set ye free!