Wannisky on Jacko and the Muslims

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So what is this business with Michael Jackson all about? After a scan of the internet, it does look like the Santa Barbara District Attorney has the keenest interest in having Jackson go before a jury that is pre-disposed to think ill of him. I immediately think if how the U.S. Attorney in New York, Rudy Giuliani, more than a decade ago made a name for himself by putting billionaire Michael Milken in the slammer, with the help of Wall Street Journal editors and reporters. Guiliani fed hearsay accusations about Milken to the WSJ that were fed to him by a real crook, Ivan Boesky. Once he was thoroughly demonized in the "trial by press," he didn't stand a chance. The Santa Barbara DA is likely to remain a small-town lawyer for life but for this opportunity to put away another high-profile rich guy, a world-renowned entertainer, by any means possible.

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MJ doesn't help his cause any by telling Ed Bradley in that 60 Minutes interview that he was roughed up at the police station, and shows a bruise on his upper arm that he claims was from too-tight handcuffs on his wrists. He says his shoulder was dislocated and is in constant pain, but then minutes after leaving the station he waves to the crowd with both arms above his head. If he had indeed been roughed up, then his not-camera-shy lawyer, Marc Garagos, would have been screaming bloody murder. The whole thing stinks, and I mean on both sides.