People I Hate

It’s Friday, so you know what that means: it’s time for another edition of People I Hate. Bon apetit.

Mike Nifong

As a former lacrosse player and current high school lacrosse coach, Durham County, North Carolina district attorney Mike Nifong holds a special place in PIH lore. Nifong was the lead prosecutor in the Duke Lacrosse rape case until last week, when he recused himself amidst charges of ethics violations and misconduct.

The case started to self-destruct rather quickly, as the victim changed her story time after time, but Nifong kept charging like a pit bull after a Milk-Bone. The Democrat was up for re-election – he won – but did not drop the rape charges until eight months later. Then in December, Nifong allegedly made “improper comments” to reporters covering the case, and failed to tell the defense that DNA from four unidentified men was found on the victim’s body and underwear. To quote Marissa Tomei from My Cousin Vinny: “It’s called disclosure, ya dickhead!”

Nifong will now have to appear at a hearing in May, where he may be disbarred. In my opinion, it would be a fitting end to a man who almost gleefully ruined three young men’s lives.

Jill Porter

The uber-liberal columnist from The Philadelphia Daily News – she makes Helen Thomas look like a neo-con - has a story today explaining how if a mentally ill person charges police with a weapon, care and understanding should be the only defense.

“Charles Kelley is one of three people shot by Philadelphia police in the past three weeks, a stunning development in and of itself.”

Because officers are always looking for someone to shoot, right Jill?

“Kelley had broken into several City Hall offices and was later confronted by police after he broke a window at the Robert N. C. Nix Federal Building at 9th and Market Streets. When he lunged at them with a knife, and failed to be stopped by two tasers, police shot him.”

Gee, sorry, Jill, but the officers used non-lethal force, and it didn’t work. Would rather be writing about a murdered cop? Oh, never mind, you probably would.

Porter finishes up with “[T]hat’s too late for Charles Kelley and others, whose only crime was that they were sick.” That’s just like Jill the Shrill; typical second-guessing pabulum from someone who has never had to make a life or death decision in an instant.