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"I'm sure the local police have run into problems many times with students drinking, partying, etc. "

Very true. The Duke community and Durham have never got along that well. A lot of that is the type of students Duke tends to attract. They have a reputation in the state for bringing in some real spoiled brats who have massive sense of entitlement. Most of the kids aren't like that but some are and their attitudes are a big part of the reason you see so much town-gown tension. It only takes one house of obnoxious students a year to poison how a neighborhood feels about a school and with the number of Duke students who live in the neighborhoods you are bound to have incidents.

"Most of the local blacks attend the college that the AV attended and there must be huge tension all the way around. "

Most don't go. And many of those who do go to different schools.

"Nifong has used the racial thing to incite the black community"

He saw this case as a golden opportunity to ensure re-election and went full bore into it before getting all the facts. Because he'd run his big mouth so much in the opening few days he couldn't back down without hurting himself badly politically in the black community. So he'll continue to pursue this no matter how shaky his evidence is.

A lot of that is the type of students Duke tends to attract. They have a reputation in the state for bringing in some real spoiled brats who have massive sense of entitlement.
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It also attracts 1500 SATs, 4.0 averages, communiy service, and demonstrated talent in athletics, the arts, etc.

Thanks for the correct information. I wonder even if the student body is sometimes a burden on the county, they must spend their money there and contribute somehow. Is Durham a "real college" town, so to speak?

"A lot of that is the type of students Duke tends to attract. They have a reputation in the state for bringing in some real spoiled brats who have massive sense of entitlement."

I don't believe that, no offense meant to you, but that is a racist stereotype and whites like myself, have to start calling BS to that kind of labeling. Are those kinds of phrases used to justify mass action against and appearingly unjustified prosecutions against African Americans that run into trouble while at college. No, it is not. Are whites allowed into courtrooms to repeatedly make violent threats against accused African Americans. No, they are not. Are African Americans student athletes accused of sexual crimes afforded the same kind of negative sensational national press coverage......I could go on.....this case shows just how much trouble this country is in. Whites embarked on an honorable journey a generation ago to make this a more racially just society. We blew it, because we have failed to stand up to racism in minority communities. We have become cowards, and that has become the problem.

They have a reputation in the state for bringing in some real spoiled brats who have massive sense of entitlement.

It's not entitlement if you earned it against long odds. Doing that is called accomplishment. Complaining about others' "sense of entitlement" is the way people who weren't willing to work as hard try to devalue the accomplishments of those that were. Otherwise known as sour grapes.