By Steve Sailer
04/20/2011
From the AP:A murder charge against the woman who falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of raping her is but the latest problem for a woman friends say is still haunted by the stigma of the lacrosse case.
Crystal Mangum, 32, was indicted Monday on a charge of first-degree murder and two counts of larceny. She has been in jail since April 3, when police charged her with assault in the stabbing of her boyfriend Reginald Daye, 46. He died after nearly two weeks at a hospital.As for the poor bastard Ms. Mangum is alleged to have stabbed to death this month, well, his problems are over, so let’s get right back to Crystal’s troubles.
Friends said Mangum has never recovered from the stigma brought by the lacrosse case and has been involved in a string of questionable relationships in an attempt to provide stability for her children.
Mangum, who is black, falsely accused the white lacrosse players of raping her at a 2006 party for which she was hired to perform as a stripper. The case heightened long-standing tensions in Durham about race, class and the privileged status of college athletes. …Okay, most of this article sounds like it was written by Oprah’s friend Gayle, but the last line almost makes up for the rest:
Even when Daye’s nephew talked to a 911 dispatcher after the stabbing, he referenced the notoriety Mangum still carries.
"It’s Crystal Mangum. THE Crystal Mangum," said the nephew, whose name was removed from a publicly-released version of the emergency call. "I told him she was trouble from the damn beginning."I think the AP Style Guide should recommend that all news stories try to end with a quote from somebody who sounds like Chris Rock’s grandfather. Maybe the NYT should have talked to the nephew before running two dozen stories based on the assumption that Crystal Mangum was obviously telling the truth about the Great White Defendants.
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