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cliffelam  ·  4402 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 15 Years Later, Tawana Brawley Has Paid 1 Percent Of Penalty : The Two-Way : NPR

I would be shocked if anyone really thought a prominent attorney raped a young girl that far outside his social circle and then covered her in excrement. It's not a crime novel out there, it's real life.

I bet if you cataloged the rapes in the US (and I'm sure someone does) you'd find that a vanishingly small percentage of them are "odd" like that one was.

This smelled from the start. I just think Sharpton didn't care - he knew the lamestream media would give him a bully pulpit and a pass.

-XC