I never thought I’d ever write the name “Crystal Mangum” on this blog again. Back in March 2006, the then-prostitute and stripper accused three Duke University lacrosse players of gang-raping her in a small bathroom at a house party. Mangum said the three men beat and choked her, and orally, vaginally, and anally raped her.
Reasonable people knew she was lying. A southern version of Tawana Brawley.
I accused Mangum of lying early on, and I caught heat for it. Unfortunately for them, it added fuel to my fire. Check out the Duke Rape Archives. Lots of stuff. Also see Wikipedia’s entry for more information.
The district attorney, Mike Nifong, though armed with evidence disproving a rape occurred, charged Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty, and David Evans with rape. Nifong was held in criminal contempt and ended up disbarred. Among other antics, he kept exculpatory evidence from the defense. North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper dropped all charges against the men and declared them innocent.
Tax dollars wasted. Families going into debt defending against false charges. The psychological shock the falsely accused and those who love them endured.
People believed what they wanted to believe. Disgruntled feminists and liberals of all stripes used this story as an opportunity to dump all their frustrations on “rich” white men, even though they knew the record showed Mangum was lying, and that she’d made a false gang-rape accusation in the past. Mainstream media set the “rich white boys raping black women” narrative, along with the “poor black woman who had to strip and sell her body for money to feed her children” meme. It was a disgusting display of race and class envy. A bloody mess, the whole thing.
Why Crystal Mangum wasn’t charged with something, I’ll never know.
Anyway, one would think she’d keep a low profile, raise her children properly, and keep out of trouble. Yes, I’m being sarcastic. Yesterday, the former prostitute, stripper, and gang-rape fantasy-weaver was charged with attempted first degree murder, arson, and other crimes. She threatened to stab her “boyfriend,” but that’s not the worst part. She started a fire in the bathtub, and her three children were inside the house. More to say later maybe.
by La Shawn
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