Third Duke Player Indicted on Rape Charges

May 16, 2006 by Marc Lamont Hill

Yesterday, on the day of graduation, Duke Lacrosse captain David Evans received an indictment naming him as the third player charged with sexually assaulting a North Carolina Central University student.

Right before turning himself in to authorities, the athlete took the opportunity to proclaim his innocence:
“I look forward to watching them unravel in the weeks to come. I am innocent. Reade Seligmann is innocent. Collin Finnerty is innocent. Every member of the Duke lacrosse team is innocent. … You have all been told some fantastic lies. I’ll gladly stand up to anything that comes against me. I’ve never had my character questioned before. Anyone who’s met me knows this didn’t happen.”

Of course, in his public appeal, Evans failed to acknowledge his own run-in with the law.

In August 2005, Evans was charge with having an open container of alcohol in a vehicle. In January, he was charged with violating the city’s noise ordinance. The state had agreed to dismiss the charges if Evans completed community service, paid court costs and stayed out of trouble. Clearly, he failed to comply and the charge has since been reinstated.

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14 Comments

1. Marc Lamont Hill wrote:

I need a sec to process President Bush’s commentary. I promise to put something up tomorrow…

May 16, 2006 @ 2:30 pm

2. SammyBee wrote:

Or peroxide bleached hair and the underlying racial and social issues of why black women want to be blonde! hmnnn.

May 16, 2006 @ 4:07 pm

3. SammyBee wrote:

MWHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!

And yes the punkrock look does originate from the Diaspora. I’ll be sure to show you my Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher images. But its ok, I guess I can make a connection with you to the Nubians who dyed their hair bright red. Perhaps you should get the little bowl cut they rocked too! exclamation point!

May 16, 2006 @ 7:32 pm

4. omodiende wrote:

Imma temple student and I have done neither to the point of being arrested or charged.

May 16, 2006 @ 11:04 pm

5. . wrote:

The next time we hear about him will be when they throw the case out in court. This whole thing is bullshit.

May 17, 2006 @ 9:00 am

6. Marc Lamont Hill wrote:

I don’t think that anyone is equating noise violations with rape. The point is that the media has made efforts to represent the boys and the woman in particular ways based on selective use of evidence. The other boys had more serious charges against them, including VIOLENT CRIMES. This also was under-reported in the mainstream press. Guilty or not, the national conversation is being affected by media representation.

May 17, 2006 @ 11:25 am

7. nonwhiteperson wrote:

“And, if we are talking “looks” he is one gene short of being cro-magnon, and I am sure had his unibrow plucked just for the press conference. Even his hair style reeks of goofus or child molester. The protruding brow ridge, sunken eye sockets – pure atavist.”

Yeah, they all looked guilty to me.

May 17, 2006 @ 11:49 am

8. omodiende wrote:

actually, i look guilty to me

May 17, 2006 @ 3:09 pm

9. Marc Lamont Hill wrote:

Omo: I agree!

May 17, 2006 @ 3:53 pm

10. SammyBee wrote:

****crickets****

May 17, 2006 @ 8:49 pm

11. SammyBee wrote:

Sorry Ting, you had it commin’ (exclamation point)

May 17, 2006 @ 8:50 pm

12. Marlon Hill wrote:

omodiende’s 5/17 11:12 izz poetry in motion–n da interpretaion of code words izz also on point…

WHY izz MLH (mine izz MEH, if u care) callin dem cavemen BOYS???

Marlon Everett Hill

May 19, 2006 @ 1:54 am

13. coco wrote:

I see how all of you expressed your hate without knowing the guy and all the evidences. What are you saying now?
DEAR BLACK PEOPLE: NOT ALL SCANDALS ARE RELATED TO RACISM. STOP BEING SO DEFENSIVE ABOUT EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY THE GUY IS INNOCEN.

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