[tomxtr]

I've been following the case pretty closely because a friend of mine has a brother on the team.

I have several issues with the way the media and police have handled the case. First of all, the whole team was not present at the party where the alleged crime took place. As a matter of fact a number of players were out of state interviewing for jobs in New York. That didn't stop the cops from requiring all 46 white players, whether they were present at the party or not, to submit a DNA sample. If the colors were reversed, you can bet your ass the NAACP would be up in arms that people were subjected to DNA testing simply based on the color of their skin even if they were known not to be involved. That is total horse shit and many think not even legal.

Speaking of the NAACP, they feel the need to get involved to make sure the case is prosecuted with diligence just because a black female was involved and the Duke players aren't talking. Well, what I want to know is why the NAACP doesn't get involved when everyday crime is perpetrated in the black community and its perfectly acceptable for memebers of the community to walk around with Stop Snitching t-shirts on. That's not to say that all blacks buy into it, but I've heard of no effort by these black leaders to stem what appears to be a growing movement in the hood.

Another thing that ticks me off is that they NAACP say that the strippers past shouldn't be brought up in this case. Might that be because she was convicted of stealing another of her customer's car, leading police on a chase, and then attempting to run down a cop when she was cornered. I think it speaks to her character and might be relevant. This is especially true since the newspaper has printed the records of 15 of the players with such extreme infractions as urinating in public, noise violations, and open containers.

As far as I'm concerned, if any of the players are found guilty, then they should be locked up. No question. But, I think its ridiculous to crucify the players in the media for something that no one has been charged with. People file false reports all the time and I'm sure the girl was ticked when they called her the N word for not dancing for 2 hours like they paid her to do. I'm not sure how the injuries occured, but I might be willing to injure myself to set someone up, especially if I thought I could get money out of them.