Duke Lacrosse Case : Officer Says Accuser Needed No Medical Attention
Via Signifying Nothing, the Associated Press reports a radio call by one of the officers responding to the grocery store 9-11 call five minutes after it was made at 1:30 a.m. reported the accuser was passed out drunk and not in need of medical attention.
The officer gave the dispatcher the police code for an intoxicated person and said the woman was unconscious. When asked whether she needed medical help, the officer said: "She's breathing and appears to be fine. She's not in distress. She's just passed-out drunk."
Contrary to earlier reports by the media, no more DNA testing is being done. All the results are in.
The DA is taking the case to the grand jury and defense attorneys predict at least one player will be indicted. The D.A. said the accuser last week, three weeks after the incident, was able to identify one attacker. Reports are it was from a photo lineup.
Who wants to bet the only persons in the lineup were Duke Lacrosse players? If it didn't contain any foils (persons resembling her description of the perpetrators who have nothing to do with events of that evening) it's a bad lineup. One of the four key rules in proper eyewitness identification procedures is that the lineup must contain known innocents.
Also, if the accuser's motive is revenge -- either over the racial slurs or the money -- her selection of a player in a lineup may just mean he's the one that angered her the most.
TalkLeft's Posts on the Duke case:
- April 14, 2006 - Police Attempt to Interview Players in Dorm Rooms
- April 13, 2006 - Officer Says Accused Needed No Medical Attention
- April 11, 2006 - DA: Will Continue Investigaton
- April 10, 2006 - No Players DNA on Accuser's Body
- April 7, 2006 - Accuser Has Prior Criminal Record
- April 6, 2006 - Duke Responds to Lacrosse Team Crisis (with earlier post, Duke Case Sinking Faster than the Titanic)
- April 5, 2006 - Duke Lacrosse Coach Resigns; Post-Party E-mail Revealed
- April 2, 2006 - Newsweek on the Duke Lacrosse Team Rape Allegations
- March 31, 2006 - The Duke Lacrosse Players Rape Allegations: Truth or Scam?
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