Dunbar Village Trial Makes the AP Wire... Finally

Well, it is a miracle, the Associated Press has deigned to report on the Dunbar Village Trial AND the story made it from the regional to the national wire so the story about the opening statements and initial testimony went nationwide. We'll be monitoring the coverage in the coming days. WAOD is still the only outlet that I am aware of to have a recent interview with one of the parents of the accused and I know our reporter is working on some other leads. Of course no mention of this being a hate crime based on gender and national origin.. which is is BTW.
Here are your roundup of links:

Dunbar defense lawyer: Client committed sex act
WPEC - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
Faced with DNA evidence, a lawyer for one of the young men accused in the
Dunbar Village rape case, admitted to jurors her client did commit a sex
act. ...


Cop: Mother, young son hysterical, bloodied at hospital hours ...
In-Forum - Fargo,ND,USA
24, 2009, on the first day of his trial for the assault and rape of a
Dunbar Village resident and her son. Behind him are Nathan Walker, Jr.,
left, ...


Trial starts in 2007 Fla. gang rape, assault
Inside Bay Area - Oakland,CA,USA
With no money, they landed in the Dunbar Village housing project, where
they almost instantly became targets for crime, standing out as Haitians
among the ...


Nathan Walker, Tommy Poindexter are first to go on trial for the ...
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
... and her 12-year-old son in The Dunbar Village public-housing complex in
West Palm Beach said in court today that there's no clear evidence their
clients ...


Opening arguments begin in Dunbar Village gang rape trial
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
By Brian Haas South Florida Sun-Sentinel Opening arguments have begun this
morning in the trial of two young men accused in the gang rape of a mother
and ...


Opening statements today in case against two young men accused in ...
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA
By SONJA ISGER WEST PALM BEACH — Opening statements in the trail of two
young men accused in the brutal rape of a woman and her son in the Dunbar
Village ...

Comments

[Faith]

This is the future of media. We determine what's important and finally some others get it together and follow.

[RevMamaAfrika]

This is going to be wrenching . . . I think we can reasonably expect the victims must testify; they may not be good "eye-witnesses", but that does not mean their testimony will be useless. Maybe they can still remember the comments, gestures, etc., made by the suspects during the attacks. God help us.

Thanks for WAOD for doing this; how else would we get these details? But for real though, this should be covered by regular media so that millions across the country can see this, we shouldn't have to depend on a blog. Is Court TV covering this? There's lots of lessons to be learned here, for sure.

[afrobella]

Gina I've been trying to get my friends in the Florida media world to follow this, and a friend of mine responded today:

"Several versions of the story made the Florida wire and what we call the "A" wire (the national/international lines). There's a lot of interest from the editors on this one and it will get international play as well because the victims are from Haiti."

So the AP is working on this. As for my friends in other areas of Florida media... haven't heard back. But I'm gonna keep pushing. This is too big and too important to be ignored.

Keep on fighting the good fight

[gem2001]

Thanks a bunch Patrice.

[Southland Diva]

Fatih is right, this is the next wave for new media. I love that WOAD has a reporter on the ground! I am excited about the possibilities of this concept of bloggers hiring people to report/research events mass media doesn't care to mention.

Gina, you rock!!

Peace

[Southland Diva]

Oopsie!!! got too excited, that should be 'WAOD'

:-)

Peace

[Fred]

I'm glad that Dunbar Village is finally getting MSM attention. Nevertheless, Gina remains ahead of the curve by pointing out angles no one else will:

[Of course no mention of this being a hate crime based on gender and national origin.. which is is BTW.]

Sadly, I'm not surprised because a Black female immigrant and her son being raped by Black men doesn't fit the MSM "Narrative" of what is a hate crime.

[Roslyn Holcomb]

I love the empowerment of being able to hire a reporter to cover the news that's important to us. And with all the lay-offs in the industry there should be plenty of reporters needing the work. I get a royalty check this weekend, and I'll be contributing to the chip-in. I think this is groundbreaking. Once again Gina, you're showing us how it's done.