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The Shird Preface

By K.C. Johnson

The preface to the Mangum Opus was penned by a North Carolina A&T professor named Myra Shird?perhaps best known on campus for abruptly resigning her department chairmanship in the middle of the semester last year. Shird?s preface is . . . eye-opening. Shird reflects on her introduction to the case, and the negative reception from the media she claims serial fabricator Crystal Mangum received: Public ridicule? Should I even know the victim?s name so early in the investigation? Aren?t their [sic] laws that protect the victim [sic]? Shird appears unfamiliar with basic U.S. law: there are no ?laws? dealing with topics such as knowing ?the victim?s name so early in the investigation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on October 24, 2008 (boomark / email).