DURHAM -- Community leaders and NAACP activists welcomed the news that Durham police early Tuesday had arrested and charged two Duke University lacrosse players in connection with an alleged gang rape, saying the move finally would allow the legal process to move forward. At a morning news conference, state NAACP President William Barber said his group would monitor the work of investigators and prosecutors as the case against lacrosse players Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann moves forward. Barber said the allegations against the pair "suggest a downward spiral from privilege and advantage to decadence and deviance." Both Finnerty and Seligmann...
