Reply #99: You know, you really should educate yourself about this case [View All]

[pnwmom]

if you want to intelligently argue your case. You are woefully uninformed.


As you can see below, the police were going to bring her to a mental health and substance abuse facility for involuntary commitment. But after she claimed to have been raped, they instead took her to the Duke hospital.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_lacrosse_case

As Roberts drove away with Mangum, the two women began to argue. Roberts pulled over and attempted to push Mangum out.<22> When that measure failed, Roberts drove Mangum to a nearby Kroger supermarket, went inside, and spoke to a security guard. She told the guard that a woman was refusing to leave her car. The guard walked to the car and asked Mangum to leave, but Mangum stayed in the vehicle. The guard said that she did not smell alcohol on Mangum's breath, but thought she might have been under the influence of other drugs. At 1:22 AM, the guard called 911 to report that Mangum refused to leave the car. Police then arrived, tried to remove Mangum from the car, and questioned her.<23>

The police then took Mangum to the Durham Access Center, a mental-health and substance-abuse facility, for involuntary commitment. During the admission process, she claimed that she had been raped prior to her arrival.<24> Mangum was transferred to Duke University Medical Center and received treatment for genital injuries, but it was unclear whether or not these injuries were consistent with rape. There were no abrasions, tears, or bleeding in the vaginal area, but investigators did find swelling in the vaginal area, along with tenderness in Mangum's breasts and lower-right quadrant. There was no blunt-force trauma, but Mangum had two non-bleeding scratches on her right knee and a non-bleeding scratch on her right heel.