tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5555834998283914120..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: No one could ever be convicted based on false eyewitness testimony in Lubbock, except for those who areGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-52675069963294154102010-06-23T09:45:17.150-05:002010-06-23T09:45:17.150-05:00The real rapist was not Cole but Jerry Wayne Johns...The real rapist was not Cole but Jerry Wayne Johnson, another black man. <br /><br />The story of Michele Mallin. At the age of 20, she was a victim of sexual assault. <br /><br />It was Sunday night, March 24, 1985, and Texas Tech sophomore Michele Mallin had just returned to her dorm room after a weekend visiting her relatives. It was getting late when she remembered that she needed to move her car to a legal parking spot.<br /><br />"I thought, well, I'll just run over there and do that real quick — it was almost 10 o'clock. Then I'll come back and get ready for bed," Mallin says. <br /><br />As she finished moving her car, a black man appeared and told her he was having car problems. Did she have any jumper cables? <br /><br />"Then all of a sudden, he just opened the door of my car and forced himself in and then he put a knife to my throat at the same time," says Mallin, who is white. "He pushed me over into the passenger seat and started to drive away and stared telling me,' Stop screaming,' because I was screaming my head off, 'or I'm going to kill you.'" <br /><br />Mallin feared for her life as the man drove her out of Lubbock to a vacant lot. But she was strong, athletic, a virgin — and determined to stay that way.<br /><br />"I just couldn't fight him," she says. "As much as I tried, I couldn't. He was just stronger than me physically."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-88266602898219404032010-06-22T21:28:29.483-05:002010-06-22T21:28:29.483-05:00Those in power work hard to keep their power, in s...Those in power work hard to keep their power, in spite of you. If only there could be some accountability, so those in power were abused the way they abuse those they're supposed to serve. It's not just Lubbock, and it's not just TX, but it wasn't supposed to happen, here.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02808884177035705472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-86272314621893960372010-06-21T11:30:13.884-05:002010-06-21T11:30:13.884-05:00Some e-TYC'ers work for the Lubboxk PD. Tell y...Some e-TYC'ers work for the Lubboxk PD. Tell ya anything?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-47502842188509726292010-06-21T08:35:06.356-05:002010-06-21T08:35:06.356-05:00And here we just thought the TYC comment threads g...And here we just thought the TYC comment threads got ugly and then you two go talking college football...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-24591043242187405522010-06-21T08:04:09.109-05:002010-06-21T08:04:09.109-05:00Plato, I remember hearing the same thing from folk...Plato, I remember hearing the same thing from folks in Hub City (not to mention from Swisher County) when the Tulia debacle broke. People in the South Plains hold a high opinion of themselves given the results we see from you, and I'm not just talking about the Red Raider football team's miserable 15-43 record against the Longhorns.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-33944382356967299612010-06-20T23:35:42.286-05:002010-06-20T23:35:42.286-05:00As Clayton Williams once said, "lie back and ...As Clayton Williams once said, "lie back and enjoy it", 'cause I reckon there's more to come.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-65696799337917831862010-06-20T17:56:42.440-05:002010-06-20T17:56:42.440-05:00The Hub City don't need any outside agitators ...The Hub City don't need any outside agitators messin' with us up here. DeLoss Dodds gave us a good enough screwing last week.<br /><br />Plato of the PlainsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-64067128439958876172010-06-20T17:08:15.489-05:002010-06-20T17:08:15.489-05:00The other part of this is the District Attorneys a...The other part of this is the District Attorneys across the state. They need to uphold higher standards for prosecution instead of being hell bent for leather under the philosophy of "justice be damned, let's get a conviction - any conviction."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-22434500473769261542010-06-20T11:02:27.398-05:002010-06-20T11:02:27.398-05:00The Lubbock PD has corruption and mismanagement, l...The Lubbock PD has corruption and mismanagement, like most police agencies. They, so far, have hid it better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com