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Postscript: Durham Officials, DNA Security

By KC Johnson

The lawsuit responses of both Durham officials (Steve Chalmers, Ron Hodge, other police supervisors, and former City Manager Patrick Baker) and DNA Security touch on themes that by this point are familiar: everything bad was done by Mike Nifong and Nifong alone; and if anyone else did anything which violated the lacrosse players' civil rights, the defendants have immunity from a civil suit. That said, both responses exhibit some notable instances of selective memory. For instance, attorney Patricia P. Kerner, representing Chalmers, Hodge, and Baker, contends, Deliberate indifference on the part of a supervisor may not be established ?by pointing to a single incident or isolated incidents, . . . for a supervisor cannot be expected to promulgate rules and procedures covering every conceivable occurrence within the area of his responsibilities...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on January 18, 2008 (boomark / email).