minor update on the Dymond/Galveston lawsuit

onefinemess | December 19, 2008

more info from the original blogger/reporter (?) is here.
Excerpt:
So let’s clarify some misconceptions…
It’s all a hoax.
The lawsuit is very real. It was filed in August of this year.  Here’s a write-up from the Courthouse News Service from the day it was filed.  Here’s a copy (pdf) of the complaint.  If this is a hoax, Milburn, [...]

just in case you wondered the name of the little black girl

onefinemess | December 19, 2008

who Dave Chappelle immortalized in one of his movies, and who happened to be much smarter/etc. than that other little girl who got kidnapped and only taken a few miles from her home…
Anyway it’s Erica Pratt. Some links to bits of her story here and here.

this story needs more press

onefinemess | December 19, 2008

I don’t usually post for single links (but who knows, maybe I’ll start, some things do need more discussion) but this story was so vile that I had to.
Plainclothes police officers beat and attempt to kidnap a 12 year old girl.  Father charged with assaulting police officers for trying to stop 3 men from dragging [...]