Duke Lacrosse Players face gang rape allegations

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<p>This is too serious for the cafe, so I'm putting this here. All of Duke's lacrosse team except for its one black player have had to give DNA tests because of an alleged rape that happened at a house that allegedly was rented by 3 lacrosse players. The alleged victim was a black exotic dancer who also is a North Carolina Central student and a mother of 2.</p>

<p>The situation has resulted in hundreds of people converging on campus to protest the alleged incident.</p>

<p>Here's the latest from the Raleigh News and Observor:</p>

<p>"In the past three years, about a third of the members of the Duke lacrosse team, under investigation in a reported gang rape, have been charged with misdemeanors stemming from drunken and disruptive behavior, court records show.</p>

<p>Of the team's 47 members, 15 faced charges including underage alcohol possession, having open containers of alcohol, loud noise and public urination.</p>

<p>Most of those charges were resolved in deals with prosecutors that allowed the players to escape criminal convictions.</p>

<p>On Monday, details continued to emerge in the March 13 incident in which a woman who was hired as an exotic dancer for a lacrosse team party said she was held down, beaten, strangled, raped and sodomized. When the woman and another dancer began their routines, the woman said, one of the men watching held up a broomstick and threatened to sexually assault the women, according to court documents released Monday.....</p>

<p>After the broomstick threat, the women left but were followed out by a man who persuaded them to return, the document says. That's when, the woman said, three men pushed her into a bathroom and began the assault, which she said lasted for 30 minutes. She lost four fingernails as she scratched at one of the men who was strangling her, according to the document.</p>

<p>After the attack, police found four red polished fingernails in the house in addition to her makeup bag, cell phone and identification, the newly released document says.</p>

<p>A Duke spokesman said that the team captains have denied criminal wrongdoing...."</p>

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<p>damn.........</p>

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<p>That really makes me ill. Wrong and disgusting on so many levels...</p>

<p>The players should have everything thrown at them. And, they should seriously be expelled.</p>

<p>I'm so ill, I can't even formulate words or type.</p>

<p>IB</p>

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<p>duke...................ew</p>

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<p>and the house they were residing in was University Property??? Am I understanding that correctly???</p>

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<p>Hazmat,
Yes, it is university property. The university bought the property after repeated complaints from neighbors about racuous behavior by the student residents.</p>

<p>"
On Monday, protests were on Duke's campus rather than at the house, one of 15 properties Duke bought in February in an effort to reach out to neighbors who have complained of rowdy parties at houses rented by students.[Duke Senior VP John] Burness said the lacrosse captains who lived at the house have asked the university to relieve them of their lease.</p>

<p>"My speculation is that the house is such a target they're concerned about their security and safety," Burness said."</p>

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<p>All of Duke's lacrosse team except for its one black player have had to give DNA tests because of an alleged rape that happened at a house that allegedly was rented by 3 lacrosse players</p>

<p>...why didn't he (the black player) have to give a DNA test?</p>

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<p>I know that is what I read I just wanted to make sure I understood. And so this young mother, student herself, can sue the university?? How divine. I hope she and her child are granted acceptance and full scholarships to Duke. I hope she never has to dance another dance except at a Duke Basketball game.......sitting in seats with all the big donors. There has to be some form of justice other than imprisonment of the perps.</p>

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<p>Because the victim said she was raped by 3 white men. That's why the only black player didn't have to take a DNA test.</p>

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<p>I think that all the players should have had to give dna tests regardless of what the victim said-it wasn't really the sort of situation where it was so calm that it was clear what happened
part of gathering evidence is to let the evidence speak for itself- not to decline to collect it because of what someone said or remembers
memory is faulty</p>

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<p>I completely agree with emeraldkity4.</p>

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<p>I'm pretty sure if the situation were reversed, with a white woman claiming to have been raped by 3 black men, no one would argue that the lone white player on the team should have to supply his DNA.</p>

<p>Just a thought...</p>

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<p>what race was the high stick? Did the they test the broom stick???</p>

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<p>If convicted they should get kicked out of the university.</p>

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<p>Does Duke ask about Felony Convictions of all applicants? Do they screen prior to arrival on campus/teams???? Many schools don't. How does this play with an Honor Code?</p>

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<p>why single out the black player?
If all players are to be tested whether they were there or not- why exempt the black player just because of victim testimony?
Don't you think that it is better to have evidence showing that you weren't involved rather than somones word that could later be changed?
Even if he didn't rape her- what if they found evidence of his DNA under the fake fingernails?
All team members must be treated the same to prove their innocence or guilt.</p>

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<p>so you are saying prove a negative???</p>

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<p>emerald...</p>

<p>You need REASONABLE SUSPICION to try to force someone to submit to a DNA test... it's our Fourth Amendment protection from unreasonable searches.
If the victim says she was raped by white men, you can't go test a black guy
"just to be safe." That's not the way the criminal justice system works.</p>

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<p>Just to be FAIR.......that was the premise.</p>

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<p>right on the money lewis, so crazy true.</p>