In all the talk regarding the Duke Lacrosse rape case, there have been statements made by many Blacks saying “if Black men had been accused of raping a White woman the police would not wait for DNA results to charge them with rape”. (For the police to lock up anyone they’ve got to have some kind of charge to hold them on.) I have to say that the above mentioned statement is historically factual, but presently fictional. Meaning, once upon a time in America a Black man accused of doing anything to a White woman was often mistreated. But today the statement that a Black man would be locked up already, when police have DNA evidence to review is simply not true.

Here are a list of cases to prove my point that Blacks are not being “rounded up” today as some claim:

• Eagle, Colorado 2003 “The Kobe Bryant Rape Case”. This case never went to trial, but Mr. Bryant was not charged by the White DA in the mostly White town of Eagle, Colorado until after DNA testing was performed. See the full timeline of that case here.
  If Kobe was White and his accuser Black, would Al Sharpton have acted like he did with the Tawana Brawley case?
• Columbus, Ohio January 2006 - A Black man was charged after DNA linked him to the murder of a White woman. Before he was charged police checked out 2000 tips and interviewed 32 people, but never made an arrest. (Let’s keep in mind that DNA can be used to determine someone’s race.) You can read here about the case involving Jonathan J. Gravely and Stephanie Hummer.
• New York, New York March 2006 - Police suspected a Black man, Darryl Littlejohn murdered Imette St. Guillen. Mr. Littlejohn was not charged until police were able to use forensic evidence to connect him with the murder. Ms. St. Guillen is Latino, but given her photo circulated in the media many see her as White. You can read how forensic evidence was used to press charges in this article.

I’m not saying mistreatment because of race never happens, but it’s so less likely today, that claims saying the Duke case would be handled differently if the race of people involved were changed is bogus. I’ve seen way too many Black jocks get off easy to buy that. There was much media attention given to a case here in Georgia involving Marcus Dixon. A Black high school jock, who was convicted of raping a younger White female. Because of them being fairly close in age and findings that the sex was consensual Mr. Dixon was released by GA’s Supreme Court. This was used by race warlords to express how race results in Blacks being mistreated by the criminal justice system. What they don’t mention is that Mr. Dixon has prior accusations of sexual misconduct involving White girls that never went to trial and Mr. Dixon was never charged with anything. Because in those cases the officials at his schools (White officials) did not want to tarnish the reputation of a jock. For the record, I agree with GA’s Supreme Court ruling.

Now lets look at some other cases involving Blacks committing crimes against Whites.

• Columbus, Ohio 2005 - A Black man is convicted of kidnapping a 5 year old girl. She was never found. He was only sentenced to only 10 years in prison.

  But wait there’s more. Because there is information in this case that would have resulted in street riots if the accused was a White man and the victim was a 5 year old Black girl. And if not street riots, at the least there would have been massive marches in protest of the outcome of this case.

  Man Sentenced For Kidnapping Missing Girl (emphasis added) COLUMBUS, Ohio — The man convicted of kidnapping a missing 5-year-old girl learned his fate in court Wednesday. Lindsey Bruce, 24, was convicted of kidnapping Emily Rimel, who has been missing since December. She was last seen in her Madison Township home on a night when Bruce was visiting. Rimel’s body has not been found and Bruce was not charged with murder. But, he was also accused of rape after her DNA was allegedly found on his genitalia. He was found not guilty on the rape charge. …

  Let’s be honest, there would have been some Black folks having a real fit if the races in this case were different!

• Alexandria, Virginia 2005 - A Black man accused of killing an 8 year old White boy is avoiding trail because he has been deemed “mentally incompetent”. You can read about that here.
  If the races were different I’m sure this would be called a “racist trick”.

Having said all of that, I think the people making noise about the Duke case have every right to do so. There is plenty of information so far that indicates the rape and other abuse probably did occur. But don’t go saying the case would be handled “so differently” if the races of the parties involved were different. The case has plenty of racial overtones and trying to create more only takes away from the facts of this case. Now I’m just wondering where all those protesters in Durham, NC were when Jenna Clayton was killed? Her accused killer was eventually found and charged, after he tried to hide from authorities. There are plenty of candles burning into the night on behalf of the Black woman who may have been raped. (I think she probably was raped.) I wonder if any wax fell to the ground on behalf of Jenna Clayton?

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