Friday, May 27, 2011

When an assault turns into a homicide

Nifong and Mangum detractors are quick to accuse Crystal Mangum in the mysterious April 13, 2011 death of Reginald Daye, who the media has propped up as Ms. Mangum’s live-in boyfriend. As you may very well know, Ms. Mangum is alleged to have stabbed Daye in the torso, on April 3, 2011 after a heated argument over finances. At issue was where money, which Crystal Mangum had earned, should go. Mr. Daye wanted to use the money to purchase alcoholic beverages (my sources have informed me that Mr. Daye had a serious alcoholic problem, and that he may have had liver damage as a result of his drinking), whereas Crystal, who was unable to find anyone willing to rent an apartment to her, wanted the money to go towards rent to pay for the apartment in which she and her three children moved into with Daye. Reginald Daye, who had been laid off work was on the verge of being evicted when Ms. Mangum entered into the living relationship with him.

I have not received any further information regarding what precipitated the physical altercation which resulted in the stabbing of Reginald Daye. It is generally agreed that Mr. Daye was conscious when paramedics arrived on the scene, and that he underwent immediate surgery for the stab wound to the torso at Duke University Hospital. It is unclear, as well, the number of stab wounds Daye sustained, although ABC-11 News reported that he had been sustained as many as eight wounds.

The mystery surrounding Reginald Daye’s death will undoubtedly continue at least until the autopsy report is released… being withheld an unprecedented 120 days after the autopsy was performed. Why the delay? It is very suspicious and only adds to the sowing of doubt about the report’s credibility and the emergence of conspiracy theories.

What seems to have likely transpired is that Daye’s Sunday morning emergency operation went without a hitch and his immediate recovery was uneventful. By the following weekend, however, Daye was suddenly and without explanation, found to be in a coma… one that was deep and determined to be irreversible. There had been no media coverage of the coma, and the media, not surprisingly, does not have any curiosity about why Daye, who was up and walking around and ready for discharge by week’s end, should be at death’s door by the Saturday. Although Daye’s condition was judged to be not salvageable by the medical staff by weekend’s end, April 10th, he was not taken off life-support until Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

There was obviously some event that took place on the Friday or Saturday before his death that contributed to it. Without access to medical records, charts, lab work, toxicology results, nurse’s notes, etc. it is impossible to have even an inkling of what caused the death of Daye. But one thing can be ascertained without doubt, and that is that Crystal Mangum was not responsible for Daye’s demise. During the weekend in question when Daye sustained an insult which eventually deprived him of his life, Crystal Mangum was locked away. There was no way possible for her to have contributed to the comatose state of Reginald Daye.

Without even having a cause of death documented, Durham prosecutors rushed to charge Mangum with murder. Never mind awaiting the autopsy findings. Duke prosecutors were of the mindset that they were going to appease the Carpetbagger families of the Duke Lacrosse defendants… and to achieve that end, they were going to charge her with murder. The blind loyalty of the Durham prosecutors to the Carpetbaggers is mind-boggling when one realizes that these same avaricious actors who shook down Duke University for a total of $60 million, are actively trying to pry loose another $30 mil from Durham itself. That makes about as much sense as a poor and disenfranchised person voting for a conservative Tea Party candidate.

Because the Duke Lacrosse case has been such a galvanizing cultural event, especially in the Triangle Area, it is not unreasonable to speculate about the possibility that the death of Daye may have been premeditated by someone for the sole purpose of having Mangum face a murder charge instead of merely one for assault with a deadly weapon. A similar tact was carried out last February 2010 when Durham police set clothes ablaze in a bathtub for the purpose of being able to charge Crystal with a serious charge… arson. The police knew at the time that the charge of “attempted first degree murder” against the unarmed Mangum would never stand up in court. And although logic shows that a weekend event was responsible for Daye’s loss of life, the Durham police have elected to turn a blind eye to that possibility and focus on a stab wound from which Daye had been in full recovery.

Daye may have been murdered, but if he was, Mangum is not the culprit… and if determined that he was a homicide victim, the authorities doggedly have no one other than Mangum in their sights.

Now, let me give and example of a patient who is wounded, is taken to the hospital, and then dies from his wounds. On Tuesday morning Darrice Jamar Covington, a 24 year-old man, was shot in a east Raleigh residence. According to the Wednesday newspaper article, which give only the basic rudimentary information, the person was shot Tuesday morning. Whether he underwent surgery or other treatment at the hospital is unknown. It is unknown whether CPR was performed, and if so, when. But the gist, from the article, is that he was alive when he was admitted to the hospital, but that his condition deteriorated thereafter resulting in his death.

There is no doubt amongst individuals of reason and common sense that Mr. Covington most likely died from the gunshot wound he sustained earlier. The proximity in the time from the infliction of the wound to the death is a major determination in the cause of death. Even had Mr. Covington lingered on a day or two after the wound, if his condition had not improved, if he never regained consciousness, and if there was never any up-tick in his condition, it could still be assumed that his death was a proximate result of the gunshot wound he received.

The deaths of Covington and Daye are diametrically opposed, in that the former is a direct result of the initial wound he received and the other strongly suggests an interim unknown insult was responsible for death and not the initial wound.

To many unknowns and irregularities are associated with the death of Reginald Daye, and the lag time in release of the all important autopsy report does nothing to assuage concerns about the truth and justice being compromised.

The next flog is scheduled for release on Tuesday, May 31, 2011.

56 comments:

Nifong Supporter said...

NOTE: I attempted to place the image in the body of text, but was unsuccessful. So, the format for blogs may have images at the beginning of the dialog, just as in the flogs.

Anonymous said...

Two words for this entire piece: Bull Hockey

Anonymous said...

Sidney, if you actually believe this crap you write, you are one sick puppy.

Anonymous said...

It's obvious that the Duke Lacrosse team conspired with the CIA and Ku Klux Klan to kill Reginald Daye while nobody was looking in order to frame drunk prostitute Crystal Mangum.They're really out to get that poor girl.

Anonymous said...

Sidney, who are your sources and how would any of them be in the know.

You are no Walter Cronkite.

You peddle lies and unsupported allegations as the truth.

Nifong Supporter said...


Anonymous said...
"Sidney, who are your sources and how would any of them be in the know.

You are no Walter Cronkite.

You peddle lies and unsupported allegations as the truth."


My sources are friends of Crystal Mangum... people who have had access to her.

If the mainstream media did an unbiased, fair and objective job of reporting about Mike Nifong, Crystal Mangum and the Duke Lacrosse case, then there would be no need for my blog/flog site.

Anonymous said...

If the mainstream media did an unbiased, fair and objective job of reporting about Mike Nifong, Crystal Mangum and the Duke Lacrosse case...

You have never done an unbiased, fair and objective job of reporting anything.

You have attempted to hide the fact that Crystal Mangum made one or more demonstrably FALSE accusations in her written statement.

I ask you to apologize for your attempt to deliberately mislead your readers.

Anonymous said...

"If the mainstream media did an unbiased, fair and objective job of reporting about Mike Nifong, Crystal Mangum and the Duke Lacrosse case, then there would be no need for my blog/flog site."

You mean when the media gave access to Mr. Nifong when he made his inflammatory, guilt presuming statements before he had any knowledge of the facts of the case.

Like the N&O article about Crystal which was published before any facts were available?

Or Ruth Sheehan's article, about the deafening silence?

Sidney, even if the Duke Lacrosse case had never happened, you would still have been filled with hate towards people like the innocent Duke Lacrosse players.

Anonymous said...

"My sources are friends of Crystal Mangum... people who have had access to her."

These are the same people who insist the false accuser was actually raped.

How would they be in the know about what happened to Reginald Daye?

Anonymous said...

"Daye...was up and walking around and ready for discharge by week’s end, should be at death’s door by the Saturday."

You have no way of knowing that.

Anonymous said...

"And although logic shows that a weekend event was responsible for Daye’s loss of life, the Durham police have elected to turn a blind eye to that possibility and focus on a stab wound from which Daye had been in full recovery."

Sidney, you claim it is your powers of reason and logic which have revealed the existence of the carpetbagger jihad.

What has been revealed is that you have no powers of reason and logic.

Anonymous said...

Sidney, I will say again, one group of people who would have a motive for killing Reginald Daye would be Crystal's supporters. They would not have not wanted Mr. Daye testifying in open court that Crystal had stabbed him and taken his money.

Anonymous said...

"Daye may have been murdered, but if he was, Mangum is not the culprit… and if determined that he was a homicide victim, the authorities doggedly have no one other than Mangum in their sights."

Sidney, that Mr. Daye did not die within a few days of the Mangum-inflicted stab wound does not rule out the stab wound as the cause of death. Nor does it automatically mean something else caused his death.

Anonymous said...

Sid, you accused DPD Cpl. John Tyler of felony arson in setting the fire in Crystal's last legal episode. Do you want to double down and accuse Tyler of sneaking into DUMC and murdering Daye?

Anonymous said...

"...the Durham police have elected to turn a blind eye to that possibility [that Reginald Daye died from something other than the Mangum-inflicted stab wound] and focus on a stab wound from which Daye had been in full recovery."

Unless you have read the Medical record, you have no basis for saying that "Daye had been in full recovery."

It is not credible that Crystal's friends would be in the know about that.

Anonymous said...

"...logic shows that a weekend event was responsible for Daye’s loss of life".

Sidney, if you really know anything about Surgery and trauma, you would not be saying that. You have not shown any knowledge of Surgery or trauma.

Anonymous said...

"If the mainstream media did an unbiased, fair and objective job of reporting about Mike Nifong, Crystal Mangum and the Duke Lacrosse case, then there would be no need for my blog/flog site."

If Crystal had not falsely accused innocent men of raping her, if Mr. Nifong had not prosecuted innocent men for the alleged rape without probable cause, then there would have been no Duke rape hoax.

I say again, even if there had been no Duke Rape hoax, your heart still would have been filled with hate for those innocent men, just because of who they were.

That is called prejudice.

Anonymous said...

Sidney,

Where's your apology?

Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Sydney? said...

This post is some funny shit, Sidney. Your best satire yet.


"when Durham police set clothes ablaze in a bathtub"

Occam says you need to get a new razor.

Anonymous said...

Sid you crack me up. The funniest bit of racist malarkey yet. What a sad little man you are

Nifong Supporter said...


Anonymous said...
"'If the mainstream media did an unbiased, fair and objective job of reporting about Mike Nifong, Crystal Mangum and the Duke Lacrosse case...'

You have never done an unbiased, fair and objective job of reporting anything.

You have attempted to hide the fact that Crystal Mangum made one or more demonstrably FALSE accusations in her written statement.

I ask you to apologize for your attempt to deliberately mislead your readers."


I could apologize but it would be meaningless as it would not be sincere. Besides I have no reason to apologize for it is not I who attempt to mislead, but the mainstream media. I attempt to enlighten with information that is objective and truthful.

With regards to a written statement by Crystal Mangum, I am not certain about what exactly you're referring.

Nifong Supporter said...


Anonymous said...
"'If the mainstream media did an unbiased, fair and objective job of reporting about Mike Nifong, Crystal Mangum and the Duke Lacrosse case, then there would be no need for my blog/flog site.'

You mean when the media gave access to Mr. Nifong when he made his inflammatory, guilt presuming statements before he had any knowledge of the facts of the case.

Like the N&O article about Crystal which was published before any facts were available?

Or Ruth Sheehan's article, about the deafening silence?

Sidney, even if the Duke Lacrosse case had never happened, you would still have been filled with hate towards people like the innocent Duke Lacrosse players."


For the record, I, like the man from Nazareth, hate no one... a few people I have a little dislike for, however. I am flabbergasted how you came to the conclusion that I would hate Duke Lacrosse players. Let me repeat that my focus is on getting justice for Mike Nifong... which would be defined as the unilateral and unconditional reinstatement of his law license without restrictions by the North Carolina State Bar.

Regarding the statements Mr. Nifong made, they were hardly inflammatory. Calling a bunch of beer-guzzling, stripper-ogling, epithet-spewing college party-going athletes "hooligans" is hardly inflammatory... if anything, it's on the tame side.

Anonymous said...

"I attempt to enlighten with information that is objective and truthful."

Sidney, you purvey unsupported allegations and outright lies as "objective and truthful" information.

Nifong Supporter said...


Anonymous said...
"'...logic shows that a weekend event was responsible for Daye’s loss of life'.

Sidney, if you really know anything about Surgery and trauma, you would not be saying that. You have not shown any knowledge of Surgery or trauma."


What I'm saying does not require one to possess a general surgery residency, or even a medical degree... just a modicum of common sense and a mindset to be objective.

Anonymous said...

"I am flabbergasted how you came to the conclusion that I would hate Duke Lacrosse players."

Your continued vendetta against innocent falsely accused men says you are in no way "like the man from Nazareth".

Anonymous said...

"What I'm saying does not require one to possess a general surgery residency, or even a medical degree... just a modicum of common sense and a mindset to be objective."

Sidney, you have demonstrated you have neither.

Nifong Supporter said...


Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Sydney? said...
"This post is some funny shit, Sidney. Your best satire yet.


'when Durham police set clothes ablaze in a bathtub'

Occam says you need to get a new razor."


Well if I can't enlighten you, at least I am glad that I can entertain you. One out of two objectives... not bad.

Anonymous said...

"
Regarding the statements Mr. Nifong made, they were hardly inflammatory. Calling a bunch of beer-guzzling, stripper-ogling, epithet-spewing college party-going athletes "hooligans" is hardly inflammatory... if anything, it's on the tame side."

Considering Mr. Nifong intended to indict some of them with a crime for which he had no evidence, it is "tame" only in your distorted, hate filled psyche.

Proclaiming publicly without evidence that a crime had happened, that Lacrosse players were perpetrators, that it was racially motivated was inflammatory.

Proclaiming publicly that retainng an attorney was an indication of guilt was inflammatory.

Saying that remaining silent was inflammatory.

They were also flagrant violations of defendants' rights.

In the words of your friend Professor Coleman, Mr. Nifong was mooning the justice system.

Anonymous said...

"Well if I can't enlighten you, at least I am glad that I can entertain you."

Sidney, you are incapable of enlightening anyone. To be enlightening, one has to present facts. You have never done so.

Anonymous said...

"Let me repeat that my focus is on getting justice for Mike Nifong... which would be defined as the unilateral and unconditional reinstatement of his law license without restrictions by the North Carolina State Bar."

I say again, justice for Mr. Nifong would have been a criminal conviction, a long prison term and/or a hefty fine.

Anonymous said...

"Calling a bunch of beer-guzzling, stripper-ogling, epithet-spewing college party-going athletes "hooligans" is hardly inflammatory..."

Well, calling them "a bunch of beer-guzzling, stripper-ogling, epithet-spewing college party-going athletes" is an example of how you try to purvey unsupported allegations as truth.

Anonymous said...

"I am flabbergasted how you came to the conclusion that I would hate Duke Lacrosse players."

It is res ipsa loquitur you hate the Lacrosse players. They are innocent of the crime with which they were charged. Yet you insist it is false and misleading to call them innocent.

You would not do that if you did not hate the Lacrosse players.

Anonymous said...

"We may be disappointed that students drink and hire strippers, but it is a fact of life on college campuses everywhere, not a condition unique to the Duke lacrosse team."

Sidney, your friend Professor Coleman, made that remark to the Duke Club of Delaware in May of 2007.

Anonymous said...

Sidney first claims he should be treated with the same honor accorded to Mr. Walter Cronkite.

Now, in spite of his hateful vendetta against innocent, falsely accused men, he is the perfect Christian.

Anonymous said...

Sidney, in case you haven't noticed, you mention the Lacrosse players in your blog more often than you mention Mr. Nifong, always to condemn them.

Anonymous said...

With regards to a written statement by Crystal Mangum, I am not certain about what exactly you're referring.

Mangum's April 6, 2006, written statement. The one that you promised in January 2010 (more than 16 months ago) to discuss "at your earliest convenience." Remember?

As you know, Crystal made at least one accusation in that statement that is demonstrably false.

You should explain why you accept at face value Crystal's explanation for her current legal problems when she has been shown to have been inaccurate in the past.

You should explain why you do not mention Crystal's credibility issues when you rely on her version. Your failure to do so makes your posts misleading at best.

You should apologize to your readers.

Anonymous said...

"The deaths of Covington and Daye are diametrically opposed, in that the former is a direct result of the initial wound he received and the other strongly suggests an interim unknown insult was responsible for death and not the initial wound."

No it doesn't.

Anonymous said...

Same old boring evasive racist Sid, trying to inflate himself. Sad little man

Anonymous said...

since you seem to think the beer guzzling and hiring strippers is AUTOMATICALLY the same as raping a stripper, perhaps we all should AUTOMATICALLY assume that a woman who strips down to nothing in front of men, does sex acts with another woman using a sex toy in front of men, drinks like a fish, takes drugs, has five different male DNA samples in her body (non lacrosse players), is a WHORE! (which in my opinion, is an awful, though in sister's case, highly likely assumption that could be made....) You want us all to believe that Sister was nothing more than an innocent working girl, trying to pay her college bills, .....to see her in a light so favorable, it would blind a nun. Yet, you want us all to believe that beer guzzling, stripper hiring college boys are automaticlly guilty of the WORST. If it's a black female, she's an angel. If it's a white male, he is a rapist. How utterly stupid. Black people lie. White people lie. We all lie, Sid. Even you. In this case, we ALL know who the liars were and are. Look in the mirror, Sid.
You say your focus is Nifong. Prove it, braggart, and stop tooting your tired racist horn.

Nifong Supporter said...


Anonymous said...
"'Calling a bunch of beer-guzzling, stripper-ogling, epithet-spewing college party-going athletes 'hooligans' is hardly inflammatory...'

Well, calling them 'a bunch of beer-guzzling, stripper-ogling, epithet-spewing college party-going athletes' is an example of how you try to purvey unsupported allegations as truth."


If I am not mistaken, beer was being served, strippers had been hired (under false pretenses, I might add), and a racial epithet was repeatedly shouted by partygoers at the party. That is the truth, which you find difficult to accept.

Nifong Supporter said...


Anonymous said...
"Sidney, in case you haven't noticed, you mention the Lacrosse players in your blog more often than you mention Mr. Nifong, always to condemn them."


I mention the Duke Lacrosse defendants and players because they were at the March 13, 2006 party. Mike Nifong wasn't. It was the alleged actions of the Duke Lacrosse players and defendants that led to criminal charges and prosecution... not anything that Mike Nifong did.

At any rate, the Duke Lacrosse players had an atrocious reputation as raucous partygoers prior to the March 2006 boozer. Their actions at that party are not what I would consider to be laudatory.

Nifong Supporter said...


Anonymous said...
"'We may be disappointed that students drink and hire strippers, but it is a fact of life on college campuses everywhere, not a condition unique to the Duke lacrosse team.'

Sidney, your friend Professor Coleman, made that remark to the Duke Club of Delaware in May of 2007."


I do not disagree with his remark in general, however, he did leave out the fact that the dancers were obtained under false pretenses, that Duke Lacrosse had a horrendous reputation prior to this particular party, that there was underaged drinking taking place... which is a crime, that a racial epithet was hurled around with frequency. The reason that the dancers cut their entertainment short was due to the rude, dehumanizing, and degrading comments and gestures from the Duke lacrosse partygoers.

That is what sets the Duke lacrosse party apart from others.

Anonymous said...

Fact: yes, underage drinking occured. Fact: Yes, some of the lacrosse players had prior misdemeanor noise violations, public urination (one) and one person had been previously picked up for public intoxication at a tailgate event. Fact: Yes, strippers were hired. Fact: Yes, there was ONE racial remark made by ONE lacrosse player in RESPONSE to the ONE racial remark made by ONE of the strippers. Fact: All black fraternities and sports teams at UNC, NC State and NCCU have ALSO hired strippers, have ALSO been arrested for underage drinking, have also been cited for noise violations. ( I guess that means they are all rapist, too, right, Sid??)
Racial remarks were not flying around everywhere. the stripeprs, BY THEIR OWN ACCOUNT left the party because ONE of them, Sister, was so drunk that she passed out three times and could not stand up, much less "perform".
YOU, Sid, don't get it now, will NEVER get it, and that's it.....because it does not match up with your "black victim, white oppressor" view of the world.

With regard to Daniels, what happened to him is a disgrace, no doubt about it. That case, however, has NOTHING to do with the lacrosse case. ZERO. You keep harping about Cooper not having the authority to declare the players innocent. Wrong, Sid. Look it up, bud. Cooper not only had the authority, he had the full force of law and precedent behind him.

Anonymous said...

I misspoke in my last post in saying "All black etc, teams, have hired strippers."> I do not know that ALL have done so, for a first hand fact. I should have said, "some", which HAS been verified and has been in the papers in recent years. My apologies for mis-speaking

Lance the Intern said...

Wow -- 1 actual fact amongst the piles of drivel:

"Without access to medical records, charts, lab work, toxicology results, nurse’s notes, etc. it is impossible to have even an inkling of what caused the death of Daye."

Serious question for you, Sid -- What does your buddy, Mike Nifong, think about this case? I'd be interested to know. Does he, like you, believe that the February charges were trumped up and the DPD involved in starting a fire at Mangum's residence? Does he believe that the current DA's office is working with your "carpetbagger jihad"?

Anonymous said...

"Duke Lacrosse had a horrendous reputation prior to this particular party".

Sidney, this is another time you try to purvey this disproven allegation as truth.

I say again,you would not do suuch things if you did not hate Duke Lacrosse players.

Anonymous said...

"there was underaged drinking taking place... which is a crime", and which is also something which happens in Durham in places other than Duke Lacrosse team gatherings, which is something which happens on college campuses all over the country.

In any event it is irrelevant to the Duke rape hoax. The defendants were indicted for a rape which never happened.

You wuld never be making an issue of underage drinking at the Duke Lacrosse party if you did not hate Duke Lacrosse players.

Walt said...

Sid, you wrote: "But one thing can be ascertained without doubt, and that is that Crystal Mangum was not responsible for Daye’s demise. During the weekend in question when Daye sustained an insult which eventually deprived him of his life, Crystal Mangum was locked away. There was no way possible for her to have contributed to the comatose state of Reginald Daye."

Nothing could be farther from the law. I have previously cited you case law, that says the perpetrator of a crime is responsible for the death of the victim if the perp's actions set in progress the victim's death. Only an external and intervening cause can defeat that liablity. Even medical malpractice and a refusal of medical treatment is not an intervening cause. See: State v. Jordan, 333 N.C. 431, 439, 426 S.E.2d 692, 697 (1993). State v. Holsclaw, 42 N.C. App.696, 699, 257 S.E.2d 650, 652 (1979), State v. Sherrill, 28 N.C. App. 311, 313, 220 S.E.2d 822, 824 (1976) and State v. Welch, 135 N.C. App. 499 ___ S.E.2d ___, (1999).

Walt-in-Durham

Anonymous said...

"It was the alleged actions of the Duke Lacrosse players and defendants that led to criminal charges and prosecution... not anything that Mike Nifong did."

Sidney, what were you tripping on when you dreamed up that statement?

Mr. Nifong, according to his statement at NCCU it was his decision the case would not go away in spite of the lack of forensic evidence.

Mr. Nifong took personal control of the police investigation.

Mr.Nifong ordered the police to conduct the improper, tainted lineup which resulted in the faulty identification of the defendants.

Mr. Nifong sought Grand Jury indictments of the defendants.

Anonymous said...

"...a racial epithet was hurled around with frequency."

Sidney, again you try to purvey this lie as truth.

Anonymous said...

"At any rate, the Duke Lacrosse players had an atrocious reputation as raucous partygoers prior to the March 2006 boozer. Their actions at that party are not what I would consider to be laudatory."

Again, Sidney, you try to purvey lies as truth.

Anonymous said...

"If I am not mistaken, beer was being served".

Unless your friend Professor Coleman is mistaken, that is nothing especially unique to the KLacrosse team.

Anonymous said...

"The reason that the dancers cut their entertainment short was due to the rude, dehumanizing, and degrading comments and gestures from the Duke lacrosse partygoers."

No it wasn't.

One reason is that the partygoers did not like the performance.

Another was that Crystal was too drunk to perform.

Anonymous said...

"If I am not mistaken, beer was being served, strippers had been hired (under false pretenses, I might add), and a racial epithet was repeatedly shouted by partygoers at the party. That is the truth, which you find difficult to accept."

You are mistaken when you say a racial epithet was repeatedly shouted at the partygoers. Worse, when you say that, you are a barefaced liar.

Nifong Supporter said...


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NifongCanSuckIt said...

Wow. You're a total moron and a complete fruitcake.