Here are a couple more related links

http://www.latitude38.com/LectronicLat/2007/0607/June13/June13.html

http://www.record-bee.com/local/ci_6617896

Boy what an injustice. I can't believe that DA. In the video interview, it is obvious that he is making his own conclusions without getting all the evidence. (or home cooking) When asked why he didn't take the witness statements of the ones that saw running lights, he response is... "well tell us who they are and we'll show you they are wrong." The DA needs to meet the same fate as Nifong did with the Duke Lacrosse case.

The Deputy may be a nice guy and didn't mean to hurt anyone, but he is committing 2 crimes if Dinius is found guilty of manslaughter.

The copper can't be a nice guy. Charging around at 50 miles an hour in the dark and killing someone and blaming someone else and being a "nice guy" are mutually exclusive.
This story will have legs...just keep at it media and anyone else...keep chasing the rats up the drain pipes and they will end up with nowhere to run.

I agree, it is important to have respect for the law and the people who enforce it...who have sworn to serve and protect us. Mark W your comment mirrors my thoughts well.

http://www.news10.net/includes/buildasx....hicks081807.wmv

Hopefully they can get the case turned over to the State Attorney General.

Thanks for keeping me posted. What other regional papers and TV should I check for follow ups. I found this by googling Bismarck Dinius
http://iteamblog.abc7news.com/

I can't believe this is not getting any national press. I guess this is buried with the Micheal Vick case.

Looks like the state AG has written an opinion that it should be handled by the county and NOT the state.

Well.. I emailed it to Oreilly... who knows... he's the only one that really picks up on this sort of news.

Good idea, if O'Reilly doesn't make noise its pretty lost.

Clayton

O'reilly make noise about a cop effing up?! You must be kidding me. He thinks Rodney King was asking for it. E mail it to the ACLU if you want someone to give a sheet.

Yeah, b/c I see CNN going after rogue judges that set sex offenders free.... only someone from the north east would say something as ignorant as that. Get real.

How about sending it to Geraldo Rivera? He's an experienced sailor.

Here is the latest in the investigative news series:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=i_team&id=5599286

How about Catamaran Sailor Mag doing an editorial? How about contacting Ted Turner? He's a sailor too! And not afraid to speak out!

An editorial in a sailing magazine is not going to cut it. Major national TV exposure is needed to shed light on this travesty of justice and keep the wrong person from going to jail for manslaughter.

Ted Turner has a tendency to put his foot in his mouth and might make the situation worse.

Ted might step in and buy the whole county. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

couplathings....
I watch the Factor.
I aggree, he would never take aim at a cop, he likes being on the Christmas card list too much. For all we know, he might have been on the boat with them! Weirdly, I am from the North too...but in another country.
If one of them was a Hispanic Illegal, Hillary Clinton or an enemy combattant the spin would stop though!
Seriously. This case is not just about this woman and this cop or the man he is trying to frame.
It is about how people seem to percieve speeding in boats at night over there.
This woman is already dead, it is about the next woman and the next.

Here in Key Largo it is very scary to listen to the roar of the speedboats going full bore at all hours of the night. I would never dare venture out on the water at night in ANY kind of boat, because of all the crazies out there.

Latest news..
California State Dept of Justice will step in to investigate

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=i_team&id=5606376

The plot thickens

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=i_team&id=5621038

Chief Deputy Russell Perdock is now saying that he wasn't going as fast as what he said in his first statements. However he is still admitting to going 40 MPH... sorry.... my 19' Grady with a 140 HP Suzuki maxs out at 40 and that is still way too fast at night.

Funny how this reminds me of the Duke Laccrosse case. The stripper changed her story several times. The police did a shotty job investigating and the DA had blinders on for a self-determined outcome.

Thanks to the KGO TV 7 for doing a great job following this.

Next Perdock will claim that the sailboat backed into him at 40 mph.

It is SO transparent what's going on here. The lying bastard of a deputy sees his future (justifiably) ruined, and is doing every thing possible, with the help of unscrupulous lawyers, to squirm out of it. He's now saying he was travelling 10mph less than b4, 30-35, which is STILL an insane speed at night with a new moon. Before he was on record as admitting to operate unsafely, he's now still admitting to operating unsafely, but also on record as a liar.

I really don't see how a case is going to hold up against the sailboat operator at this point, now that the state is getting involved. The deputy should lose everything he owns and spend a minimum of 5-10 years in prison for this. It's a shame because everyone is going to lose out of this no matter who "wins". The only ones who won't lose are the lawyers.