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DA's do not allow misdemeanor pleas on sex crimes for most people, unless some political strings are pulled like with the former police chief's wife. The lesser felony they offer is one that under the sentencing standards means actual prison time. If they don't knuckle under to that and go to the jury with the higher felony and lose, then it means a huge chunk of their life. Most don't want to take that risk regardless of the facts.
Commented: Friday, October 23rd, 2026 @ 7:53 pm
By: John Steed
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I would say that very few who do hard time on a sex abuse charge are actually innocent.
I’m sure it’s not a 100% but that boy did something. And yes, African Americans are all to familiar with the practice of over charging a defendant. Trust me. We know how it works.
Commented: Friday, October 23rd, 2026 @ 4:32 pm
By: big Bob
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Your "facts" leave out that former police chief's wife. There was a lot of discussion back at the time among Washington PD officers about how West was made the fall guy for what she did, while she copped a misdemeanor plea and probation.
Standard DA procedure in sex charges is to indict for a heavy duty felony and then offer a plea to a lesser felony. The defendant then has to decide if he wants to risk the jury believing the DA's spiel. A guilty plea in those circumstances often is a result of minimizing risk rather than actual guilt. Plus Roy Cooper had a close political relationship with the head of the LGBTQ Chamber in Charlotte, who was convicted in South Carolina of child rape of three young boys in South Carolina. Cooper campaigned with that dude to change the law to allow biological males to enter the bathrooms and locker rooms of girls and women.
Commented: Thursday, October 22nd, 2026 @ 7:14 pm
By: John Steed
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The facts:
Harvey L. West Jr. pleaded guilty in 2000 to multiple counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor and has been a registered sex offender since his release in 2006. Michael Whatley did not hire West as an employee, but he did appoint him to certain volunteer leadership positions within the North Carolina Republican Party, a fact that has drawn scrutiny. At the ballot box - the choice is yours.
Commented: Thursday, October 22nd, 2026 @ 4:57 pm
By: big Bob
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JV, what fellow officers at the Washington PD openly said off the record at the time, the charges on West were made up to try to protect the former police chief's wife. West's life since that time suggests that he was NOT a pedophile.
Actually, Roy Cooper has ACTUAL pedophile ties.
Commented: Thursday, October 22nd, 2026 @ 4:03 pm
By: John Steed
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I ain't cool with pedos running the show nor should anyone else be. It's a damn shame that there are still Republicans acting like they don't see this shit.
Commented: Thursday, October 22nd, 2026 @ 2:13 pm
By: John Valley
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Jesse Helms would be proud of this thread.
Congrats
Commented: Thursday, October 22nd, 2026 @ 11:31 am
By: big Bob
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Will we learn before the election what is really wrong with Roy Cooper's health that his campaign goes nuts if a reporter even asks a basic question about it? Even to the point of a cease and desist letter from a national powerhouse attorney. That is just not normal. Such questions get routinely asked and answered all the time in campaigns.
Commented: Wednesday, October 21st, 2026 @ 5:39 pm
By: Conservative Voter
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The West tale is just like an old dead fish - it both shines and stinks in the moonlight.
Commented: Monday, October 19th, 2026 @ 11:52 am
By: Rino Hunter
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