motherhood, politics, faith & whatnot

You know, I really don’t know what to make of the Duke*lacrosse*rape case. As a friend of mine remarked (also a non-practicing lawyer), it’s like a roller coaster ride trying to figure out which side is up or down. I stopped riding the roller coaster a couple of weeks ago because nobody except the DA and the person who was allegedly attacked really have the most complete picture. Trying to figure it out based on the dribs and drabs of info coming from offhanded comments made by the DA or witnesses or the defense attorneys posturing is futile.

I just gotta figure that the DA has got something pretty damning that hasn’t come out and doesn’t need to come out. Ni*fong talked a little bit too much at the beginning of the case, but I don’t think he’s an idiot.

So, we’ll just sit back and wait to see everything unfold. None of these motions being filed by the defense are anything that wouldn’t normally be requested in any other rape/assault case. And it will all come out eventually.

One I do know for sure, however, is that we do not need the “New Black Panthers” in the middle of things stirring the pot. The accuser’s family doesn’t even want them here. One of the indicted players had a court hearing today and the New Black Panthers were outside the courthouse and were reported to have said, “Justice will be done, rapist” to the guy as he walked by. That’s just so wrong. Not because I believe the kid is necessarily innocent, either. This case isn’t really about black vs. white, nor has it really divided our community that way, despite how everything is portrayed in the national news scene. This case didn’t arise out of racial tensions in the local community. As I’ve said before, it’s more about class and privilege and a college culture that condones crazy-ass behavior.

And it’s not like the New*Black*Panthers are even from around here. They are busybodies, that’ what they are.