[CondorFlight]

It wouldn't surprise me to learn (purely IMHO, of course), that if there are major criminal figures (read, drug trafficers) residing in the Durham area, (because the climate of protection there is 'healthful' for their endeavors), that they pay off all in sight to maintain that climate;

and that those on the receving end of the money might include even persons farther up the food chain than just the locals in Durham.

[Locomotive Breath]

Not a matter of opinion. Durham is huge in the drug trade. Apparently it's a major stop on the I-85 and I-40 and I-95 drug routes. That's why they have a gang problem all out of proportion to the size of the city.

[TommyDale]

"...those on the receving end of the money might include even persons farther up the food chain than just the locals in Durham."

You mean like the Governor? Several of us have been saying this for years.