Durham used to be a dangerous ghetto in the 1990s but they have done a tremendous job of revitalized the Durham downtown area. Now it is the go to place for entertainment and dining. Our local start-up community, VC firms, and Venture banks (Square 1, etc.) are all based in downtown Durham. A large number of young people live in downtown Durham who work in the start-ups.
Good to hear. Hopefully they permanently banned that D.A. and crooked detective from the Duke Lacrosse railroad.
Yes, DA Mike Nifong from the Duke case is long gone. Unfortunately Durham followed this up with an even worse period in the DA's office with DA Tracey Cline (her crimes covered in the N&O's "Twisted Truth" series makes Nifong's tenure look minor league). Tracey Cline was eventually removed from office.
You know I was just checking what happened to those boys and spotted this. Alaska must be full of Mexicans. So GWB makes an accusation of terrorism with no basis AGAIN and just waffles away.
Not Mexicans but native peoples Again the crime rate is driven by the Democratic voters in a Red state https://www.businessinsider.com/why-does-alaska-have-such-a-high-rate-rape-2013- How did Alaska get to be such a dangerous place for women? Two possible causes are its high population of Native Americans — nearly 15% compared to the 1.2% national average — and its remoteness. South Dakota is also a rural state with a a high Native American population of nearly 9%. Native Alaskans make up 61% of rape victims in the state, and Native Americans make up 40% of sex assault victims in South Dakota, The New York Times has reported. One in three Native American women has said she's been raped in her lifetime, according to a frequently cited Justice Department report from 2000. Native women are 2.5 times more likely to be raped than women of other races, that report found. Nobody knows for sure why Native American women are so vulnerable to rape. Some experts blame alcoholism and the breakdown of the Native American family, The Times has reported. In the past, Native American tribes have not been allowed to prosecute non-Native Americans for raping members of their tribes, which also could have compounded the problem. (Obama recently signed a law that gives tribes more power to protect Native women, though.) In very rural areas, like Alaska, women simply can't rely on police to come help them if they're raped. One 19-year-old Native Alaska woman who lived in a village of 800 called the police after a stranger broke into her home and raped her in the middle of the night, the Times reported in 2012. The police didn't answer, so she left a message. They never returned her call. One study found that just 11% of rapes reported to the Anchorage Police Department between 2000 and 2003 led to a conviction. This lack of culpability could be another reason for the prevalence of sexual assault in Alaska. As one blogger in the state wrote, "Why is Alaska the rape capital of the U.S.? Because we allow it.