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Postscript: Contradicting Durham

By KC Johnson

Attorneys representing the city of Durham shared their response with the individual defendants; the lawyers representing Sgts. Mark Gottlieb and David Addison both cite it in their responses. It seems unlikely, however, that either Gottlieb or Addison shared their responses with their superiors. Both Gottlieb and Addison undermine a central Durham claim. The Durham response dismisses the claim of the falsely accused lacrosse players and their attorneys that the Durham Police Department allowed Mike Nifong to usurp control of the police investigation as of March 24, 2006?or eight days into the investigation. ?In addition to being nonsensical,? scoff attorneys Reginald B. Gillespie, Jr. and Roger E. Warin, ?this claim fails as a matter of law...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on January 17, 2008 (boomark / email).