Paper: Family Tawana Brawley Case Reopened

Daily News: Mother Wants N.Y. Officials To Take Another Look At Racial Flashpoint

(CBS)  Twenty years after her allegations of a racially charged rape became a national flashpoint, Tawana Brawley's mother and stepfather want to reopen the case, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Glenda Brawley and Ralph King want to press Gov. Eliot Spitzer and state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to re-examine the November 1987 incident, which a state grand jury ultimately concluded was a hoax, the Daily News reported.

"New York State owes my daughter. They owe her the truth," said Glenda Brawley. She reiterated her stance that her daughter was indeed raped by a group of white men who smeared her with feces and scrawled racial epithets on her body.

Representatives for Spitzer and Cuomo did not immediately respond to telephone and e-mail messages early Saturday.

Brawley was 15 when she went missing for four days from her home in Wappingers Falls, about 75 miles north of New York City. After being found, she made the shocking allegation that she had been abducted and raped by six white law enforcement officials.

The case quickly made headlines and drew the attention of the Rev. Al Sharpton, who became an outspoken advocate for the teen.

But a special state grand jury found evidence Brawley had fabricated her story. A former Dutchess County prosecutor who had been implicated in the case later sued Brawley, Sharpton and other Brawley advisers for defamation, winning a $345,000 judgment against the advisers and a $185,000 judgment against Brawley.

A spokeswoman for Sharpton, who was held liable for $65,000 in the case, did not immediately respond to an e-mail message early Sunday. The former prosecutor's lawyer did not immediately return a telephone message.

Brawley has changed her name and become a nurse, the Daily News reported.

[jowand]

Momma smells money.

[dvillegas43-2009]

I''m not a Sharpton fan. He''s a racist pure and simple. But if Sharpton is smart, he''ll step in and quash this before it gets too far. If he want''s to maintain whatever standing he has in the african american community this needs to go away quickly and quietly. I think jowand is right. Mommy wants to see if she can get some quick out of court settlement cash from all of the exonerated accused. Being the case is 20 years old, the current generation might not be too familiar with the case. Re-opening it could very well damage lives, family and careers. Those involved might be pressured to cough up some cash to keep it from surfacing again.

[justfacts2]

The girl lied, plain and simple! Anyone who believes otherwise, including Sharpton, need to have a professional examine their mental capacities. This girl is a liar, her mother is a liar, and they are both trying to pull another scam because their welfare checks aren''t enough money for them. Sorry but this girl is trash and so is her mom. These two women give the people who honestly need the help with public aid a bad name and they are an embarrasment to not only Americans but the African-American people.

[gmond]

Sharpton is too smart to get involved in this again.

[kailumego1]

OH NO, I KNOW THIS CAN''T BE HAPPENING AGAIN..

I haven''t been a Sharpton fan since this case. He went out of the way to make a reputation for himself by telling everyone NOT to work with the authorities! He even refused access to the victim. That from a supposed attorney. Can you imagine the gall to run for president when you can''t even support the laws of the country?

Please, this is a no brainer... send Tawana off to live with that other lying broad from the Duke lacrosse case and they can split the rent and live happily ever after!
Do we really need to hear her *** again? Besides, it''s almost primary time and I''ve got enough on my mind trying to juggle the politicians right now...

[keithle1]

That expression on Rev Al''s face is his patented expression of outrage.

Why would you bring this up 20 years later? Brawley
had to pay $185,000 & Sharpton $65,000. Can''t imagine Sharpton wanting to get involved again. I wonder if Moms asked Tawana first.

Rape is one thing. "Smearing her with feces" is a little over the top.

[richintx]

When are the black folks going to stop all this racism against whites ?

[alanrobisch]

Sharpton is too smart to get involved in this again.

Wanna bet?


Posted by aardbear at 05:35 PM : Nov 18, 2007

Good question? He is a person who searches for things to keep his name in the public eye and why the family has reopened this maybe they think there is money in it who knows. He has never paid the money that he was found to owe the policeman. Maybe if he could prove he was right he would help himself?

[cmp271]

These people are nuts!!! Unless there is evidence such as DNA, there is no way this case should be opened again. This ho is no better than the stripper/w.h.o.r.e who falsly accused the Duke boys. both of these idiots should have been impisoned for false accusations.

If Sharpton is involved he is behind the scenes hoping to clear his name. He is also too being being a black racist against white Imus.

It is time for the justice system to start prevailing on the side of whites who are victimized by blacks due to black racism. blacks hate whites.

Send this girl home. Let''s hope the accused turn around and sue her again!!!

[nyckate]

they have got to be effing kidding us, right??

One poor falsely accused ended up committing suicide cause his career was ended his life was ruined by this family sharpton and the rest of the thugs.

The ONLY good thing to come out of this is to remind US who and what Sharpton is.

[nyckate]

alanrobisch2 -- how does al get away without paying?

[sjw1253]

I cannot believe the horrible comments on this story.

Speaking of racist - the majority of you are clearly racists as it is clear that many do get away with these things. 20 years or not - clearly the family feels they did not get justice.

I don''t think they would bring this back up if there were not something to the story. It is clear today there are many of these instances still occurring (look at the poor woman in W. Va.)

I am also not a fan of Sharpton - but I do believe he believes in his causes and am sure he does not take on every case he is presented. Without someone like him - there are many wrongs to blacks that would never be righted and would continue with no end in sight to these human rights violations.

I am caucasian for the record...

[sjw1253]

This young lady was 15 at the time. She was not a stripper and clearly is not at all comparable to the woman involved in the Duke case.

I cannot understand all of the comments on this section - so racially motivated. Someone said that "Blacks hate Whites" - well - that is a big generalization.

Yes - there are racists from every diverse group of people on this earth - but NEVER include ALL in any statement. This demonstrates your lack of objectivity and your own prejudices.

If you want anyone to take you seriously with any form of respect - demonstrate some intelligence and objectivity...

With mentalities as demonstrated on this comment section - peace in the world has no chance. I just hope that your type of thinking is becoming extinct in all racial, religious, and other group of people that have something in common. This would be our only hope for true harmony in our world.

[missingamerica]

"six white law enforcement officials" - that number gives me pause...two or even three, maybe - but six rotten apples?

Even assuming there were six, then between them they''d have had at least one brain sufficiently cunning to realize that a living victim represented a significant problem.

[jetranger7]

Will somebody refresh our memory on this case, I remember something about it, but can''t recall everything, lets have the details in short- thank-you !!

[trenticus-2009]

six white law enforcement officials" - that number gives me pause...two or even three, maybe - but six rotten apples?

Even assuming there were six, then between them they''''d have had at least one brain sufficiently cunning to realize that a living victim represented a significant problem.

Posted by ibsteve2u


ROFLMFAO!

[nyckate]

JetRanger7

a 15 year old girl had a wild weekend with her friends and boyfriend - she didn''t call home and was of course in trouble as she had stayed out for 3/4 nights.

She made up a story, drew things on her body, covered herself in feces and then of made up the story that every black community will want to believe - this ''poor'' ''innocent'' girl was attacked by racists white men.

All Sharpton, two of his pal attorneys made the situation into a full-blown nightmare of racism - demonsstrations, national news coverage for months - wild accusations, careers and families destroyed with one falsely accused man committing suicide as his name was ruined, his career destroyed and his future gone.

The two attorneys were reprimaned by the ABA and put up for disbarrment. Shartpon got off scot free.

Intellectually I understand that this mother wants desperately for it to notbe her daughter who stuck by this horrendous lie and destroyed so many people because she was a lying fool who wanted to party with her friends. Factually there isn''t a shred of truth to her story.

[nyckate]

sjw1253 -- this girl''s story was taken apart minutely - there wasn''t a shred of truth to her story -- her momma wants her daughter to be righteous - she isn''t.

There isn''t one member of the brawley group that deserves an iota of respect - they destroyed lives, careers and families and now want some sort of payment? How low can they get is the question.

[nyckate]

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE5D8133AF936A35757C0A96E958260

All these years later, Harry Crist Sr.''s grief should be less keen, the awful circumstances of his son''s death less immediate.

But recent weeks have scraped the tenuous scabs off his suffering, and the mere mention of Harry Crist Jr. has the power to convulse his father''s 6-foot-2 frame with a toddler''s unrestrained sobbing.

Why, he asks, can''t his son rest in peace?

On Dec. 2, 1987, Harry Crist Jr., 28, was found dead in his apartment here, a hole in his head and a .357 Magnum revolver at his side.

His timing, like his final act, proved disastrous. Less than a week earlier, a 15-year-old black girl named Tawana Brawley had said she was raped by several white men, at least one of them a police officer. Because Mr. Crist had worked part time for the Police Department in nearby Fishkill, some people ventured that his death should be examined, and the investigators duly examined it.

Before long, Ms. Brawley''s advisers were identifying him as one of her attackers, with one adviser even suggesting that Mr. Crist had not committed suicide, as the police determined, but had been murdered in the service of a cover-up. When Steven A. Pagones, then a Dutchess County prosecutor, offered an alibi for Mr. Crist, he too was ensnared in the advisers'' web of accusations.

[ajmarine1]

"covered herself in feces"


Couldn''t DNA samples have been taken from this "feces" and determined who''s butt it came from?

[eggy1620]

The most effective way to silence flamethrowers like Sharpton, et.al. and their false accusers is to discover and publicy expose whoever is writing their paychecks. This goes for those funeral protesting nutcases from Kansas, too.

[gunnerv1]

When you get into their purse, you will have their undivided attention

[korinsha]

"Will somebody refresh our memory on this case, I remember something about it, but can''''t recall everything, lets have the details in short- thank-you !!" - JetRanger7

I''ll refresh your memory. There''s this mysterious thing called the in-ter-net, where you can actually find all this information yourself, instantly. Rather than asking strangers to recap (and even saying HOW they are supposed to do it for you!), you could just look it up. I think someone even posted part of the article on Wikipedia for you. Yeesh. What a lazy country.

[korinsha]

Where the dog feces came from (it was said to have come from Brawley''s neighbor''s dog, though I''m not clear on how that was determined) is irrelevant! The main point was that she didn''t have so much as a scratch or bruise anywhere on her body except for a small bruise behind one ear. Tawanda was seen by classmates at a party during the time she was "missing". Like I said, just look up the forensics on this... it was a total and complete lie. Though, when subponed, both Brawley and her mother took their "defense fund" of about 300k and fled the state and never went to court. I guess they got what they wanted, and now, the mother is quoted as saying "we should be millionares". I think that sums up her interest in the case. Also, now that Brawley (changed her name & converted to Islam since then) is an adult... why is her MOTHER still trying to cash in? What a sow. They make a mockery of REAL victims, like poor Megan Williams (the young lady held prisoner, tortured and raped by the 6 epitomes of the ''white trash'' stereotype). Nothing but theives and liars, the Brawley clan.

[funksgirl2u]

Hey, ibsteve2u, Good comment! If they WERE all cops, they would have had enough forensics knowledge among them to know how to get away with it! I''m studying criminology right now and I can''t for the life of me figure out how she thought she was gonna get away with this! She could be a case study in my Forensic Psychology class! Al Sharpton just needs to GO AWAY! QUICKLY! He''s just a joke! Let''s all turn our attention to the Stacy Peterson case... not a shred of evidence anywhere with a COP husband.... there''s how to get away with a crime if you are in law enforcement.