Notice how they hide this way down in the story.
“Carthan’s detractors often say that the town’s troubles are directly linked to his tenure as mayor, but he claims that white residents launched an elaborate campaign against him. “I stayed in court the entire time I was in office. They were accustomed to blacks who’d bow, say ‘yes-sir, boss,’ that sort of thing.”
I’m not buying what he is selling. However, this is something I would buy:
“And new businesses didn’t want to fill the void: “People don’t want to come where there’s division and conflict and animosity.”
Why would I want to move a business into a town where the mayor has been accused of trying to kill opponents, and where ‘white flight’ is considered proof that evil whites want to keep the black man down? If I want racial division and hatred, I could move to Washington DC and live under Obama & Holder...