Comments on: Next, Maybe She Can Do a Buddy Movie With Tawana Brawley http://www.popehat.com/2008/08/28/next-maybe-she-can-do-a-buddy-movie-with-tawana-brawley/ A Group Complaint about Law, Liberty, and Leisure Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:39:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick http://www.popehat.com/2008/08/28/next-maybe-she-can-do-a-buddy-movie-with-tawana-brawley/comment-page-1/#comment-9018 Patrick Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:03:38 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=1838#comment-9018 It's worth noting that in the main civil lawsuit arising from this scandal, Mangum is not a direct defendant, though she's surely as responsible for the scandal as anyone. I suspect that this choice was made for reasons tactical as much as monetary, in that of all the potentially responsible parties, Mangum might be the only one who, with the obvious mental illness you mention, might actually inspire sympathy from a federal jury. As an area resident who followed these events closely, I have no sympathy whatsoever for any of the parties being sued. It's worth noting that in the main civil lawsuit arising from this scandal, Mangum is not a direct defendant, though she's surely as responsible for the scandal as anyone.

I suspect that this choice was made for reasons tactical as much as monetary, in that of all the potentially responsible parties, Mangum might be the only one who, with the obvious mental illness you mention, might actually inspire sympathy from a federal jury. As an area resident who followed these events closely, I have no sympathy whatsoever for any of the parties being sued.

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