” The city can rightfully argue that the PC climate at Duke was probably the biggest contributing factor to Nifong’s misconduct. “
It had very little to do with it. Durham is a town with gigantic race and class issues. Duke is not liked by most of Durham and the Durham DA would not be receptive to them. This was simple election year politics. He was trying to get the black vote and he did. The person who wins the black vote wins in Durham, period. The black voters in Durham are generally poor, uneducated, and very race conscious. Racebating has always worked well with them.
Boys go for $10 mil each now.