http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2002/09/16/further-thoughts-about-the-wilding-teens/ Feminist, anti-racist, pro-fat, plus whatever else we feel like talking about. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:05:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2002/09/16/further-thoughts-about-the-wilding-teens/#comment-279565 Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Duke Lacrosse Players Cleared Of All Charges Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:06:07 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2002/09/16/further-thoughts-about-the-wilding-teens/#comment-279565 [...] It’s tempting to compare the Duke case to the Long Beach Beating case and the famous Central Park Rape case of the 1980s. In all three cases, a horrible crime was reported; in all three cases, there was enormous pressure from the public for arrests and convictions; and in all three cases, police and prosecutors used biased and unfair procedures to concoct a case against a group of young people. [...] […] It’s tempting to compare the Duke case to the Long Beach Beating case and the famous Central Park Rape case of the 1980s. In all three cases, a horrible crime was reported; in all three cases, there was enormous pressure from the public for arrests and convictions; and in all three cases, police and prosecutors used biased and unfair procedures to concoct a case against a group of young people. […]

]]> http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2002/09/16/further-thoughts-about-the-wilding-teens/#comment-248199 Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » The Long Beach Beating Case And Race Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:08:04 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2002/09/16/further-thoughts-about-the-wilding-teens/#comment-248199 [...] I think a more legitimate comparison could be made between the Long Beach case and the famous Central Park Rape case of the 1980s, in which — responding to a community’s desperation and anger after a white woman was attacked in a park — a group of black youths were convicted of rape, despite a lack of legitimate evidence against them. In both cases, a genuinely horrible crime happened; in both cases, there was enormous pressure from the public for arrests and convictions; and in both cases, police used lousy procedures to concoct a case against a group of poor black youths who didn’t have the resources (economic or cultural) to effectively defend themselves. [...] […] I think a more legitimate comparison could be made between the Long Beach case and the famous Central Park Rape case of the 1980s, in which — responding to a community’s desperation and anger after a white woman was attacked in a park — a group of black youths were convicted of rape, despite a lack of legitimate evidence against them. In both cases, a genuinely horrible crime happened; in both cases, there was enormous pressure from the public for arrests and convictions; and in both cases, police used lousy procedures to concoct a case against a group of poor black youths who didn’t have the resources (economic or cultural) to effectively defend themselves. […]

]]> http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2002/09/16/further-thoughts-about-the-wilding-teens/#comment-280879 Slant Truth Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2002/09/16/further-thoughts-about-the-wilding-teens/#comment-280879 <!--%kramer-pre%-->to be, but his point about institutional racism is right on. 1) Race, Class and The Duke False Accusation1 (This is rewritten from a post I wrote in February.) It’s tempting to compare the Duke case to the Long Beach Beating case and the famous Central Park Rape case of the 1980s. In all three cases, a horrible crime was reported; in all three cases, there was enormous pressure from the public for arrests and convictions; and in all three cases, police and prosecutors used <!--%kramer-post%--> to be, but his point about institutional racism is right on. 1) Race, Class and The Duke False Accusation1 (This is rewritten from a post I wrote in February.) It’s tempting to compare the Duke case to the Long Beach Beating case and the famous Central Park Rape case of the 1980s. In all three cases, a horrible crime was reported; in all three cases, there was enormous pressure from the public for arrests and convictions; and in all three cases, police and prosecutors used

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