Reply #61: There were about

[mzteris]

20 people at the party - maybe he heard 20 people - and the word rape - and put 2 and 2 together and 17!

I think - if it had have been corroborated - if he HAD actually talked to the police - that would have been put out by Duke by now, don't you think?

They (DUKE) look bad enough in this. I would think they would have made sure everyone knows that the Durham police HAD indeed said this. They have not. I have to think - based on current pervasive LOCAL opinion and behaviour - something I am exposed to on a daily basis - that Duke would have made sure that that info got out. They haven't. In fact, if you read the report, you see that they implicate Duke Security for dropping the ball - but try to halfassedly blame the Durham police department (this was on May 8th.)

There is history here that I don't expect you to know about - there has actually ALWAYS been a bit of tension between the "Duke Police" and the "Durham Police" - Duke police are there to "protect and serve" the DUKE STUDENTS. The Durham Police are there to "protect and serve" everyone in the community - NOT just the Duke Students. And, to be honest, the Durham Police look down their nose a bit at the Duke "police" as not being "real police" - and the Duke "police" are simultaneously suffering from an inferiority complex (not being a "real policeman") and suffering from a superiority complex (they work for DUKE!). (You'd have to be a local to understand, I think.)

The "17/20 men raped her" is a NON-story and has nothing to do with the case at all. (Except in how the Dfense wants to spin it to try and discredit the AV.