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8/15/2010 9:39:29 AM

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"(2) and why was this thread bumped from a fucking year ago"

joe_schmoe

I requested it. And this is part of the reason why:

Report: Violent crime up in Durham
August 18, 2010

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"Durham, N.C. — Durham police saw an uptick in crime in the first half of 2010. Statistics released Monday evening show violent crime – homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault – rose by 4 percent from the same period last year. Property crime – burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft – increased by 7 percent."

http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/8144353/

And concerning your comment about a "dumbass buying a house in the projects," what was the poor guy who got murdered in the parking lot of Red Lobster doing wrong?

8/18/2010 9:43:26 AM

[Edited on August 18, 2010 at 11:59 AM. Reason : nope]

8/18/2010 10:02:38 AM

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"a few of us on this site grew up in south durham not too far from where southpoint mall is now. its a nice area, the neighborhood i grew up in was all rtp commuters."

The Southpoint area is fine. I live not too far from there and in over a year living in the area, the crime map shows no incidents whatsoever in my neighborhood and not much in the vicinity. I'm aware of a few car break-ins that aren't showing up on the map for whatever reason, but that can happen anywhere.

The whole city is not bad, it just gets a reputation because some of the "bad" areas really are bad. But even then it's not like you're going to be minding your own business and get assaulted for no good reason. My gf had to travel into some of the lowest-income parts of the city when she was doing social work, and said she never once felt threatened or seriously uncomfortable (this was in the daytime, of course). About the worst she ran into was a bum making a bunch of lewd comments at her and that was on the steps of the courthouse downtown.

There are always random incidents, and if that was the situation with the dude in Red Lobster, I feel bad for him and his family. But a random incident can happen in a high-class area as easily as a low-class one. Sure the probability might be a bit different but you can only do so much to keep yourself safe from those situations.

8/18/2010 10:31:45 AM

^ It's true. And I'm not suggesting that Durham is war zone or that people not go there--I still visit from time to time.

But at the other end of the spectrum are some here and elsewhere who poo-poo anything bad that happens in Durham--I often feel this comes out of some sort of PC nonsense. Durham has real problems and pretending they don't exist won't help anyone.

8/18/2010 1:14:26 PM

Police investigate robbery at Durham Red Lobster
Updated 11:39 AM

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"DURHAM -- Durham police are searching for three suspects in connection to an armed robbery at a Red Lobster. It happened around 10 p.m. Sunday at the restaurant on Durham Chapel Hill Boulevard. Officials say three masked men entered the restaurant carrying guns and stole money from the business. No one was injured. Earlier this month at the same Red Lobster, 52-year-old Larry Timberlake was shot and killed in the parking lot. Police say they have not filed charges in the shootings and need help with their investigation. If you know anything, please call Durham police."

http://charlotte.news14.com/content/local_news/triangle/629571/police-investigate-robbery-at-durham-red-lobster

I don't give a damn whether you like Durham or not, but that Red Lobster is off my restaurant list.

8/23/2010 4:28:58 PM

Yeah, mine too. That's a bad track record to have all of a sudden.

8/23/2010 4:59:16 PM

Yeah, they should probably investigate the social circles of that particular RL's employees.

8/23/2010 5:01:53 PM

Cabbie Shot In Durham; Police Seek Three Suspects
6 hours ago

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"Durham police said they were looking for three suspects in the shooting of a cab driver overnight Saturday. The cabbie was taken to Duke Hospital for treatment after an officer found him at a police substation at Fayetteville Rd. and Pilot St., according to police. The victim's identity has not been released and his condition was not known Saturday morning."

http://tinyurl.com/2g5jkl3

Woman Shot In Durham
7 hours, 52 minutes ago

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"Durham Police were asking the public for help Saturday in their investigating of a shooting Friday night at Wabash St. and Ridgeway Ave. Police responded to a report of gunfire near that location about 6:45 p.m. They said they found a woman with a gunshot wound in the shoulder. The victim was taken to Duke University Hospital where she was reported in stable condition Friday night, according to police. Her identity had not been released Satuday morning. Police said they had no suspects and the investigating was continuing."

http://tinyurl.com/2bxv235



Come to dubiously safe Durham! We only had two shootings this weekend--and that ain't bad!

8/28/2010 4:45:05 PM

So obviously you have something personal against Durham.

Go ahead and tell the story of why now.

8/28/2010 5:02:54 PM

^ Not at all. Just making a point.

8/28/2010 7:29:59 PM

Urban Jungle. If the world were to end, Durham would be the last place I would want to be. I imagine it would be worse than LA after Katrina

8/28/2010 7:32:23 PM

hah i thought you meant Los Angeles at first

8/28/2010 7:35:33 PM

^ Yeah, L.A. would be as bad or worse.



Just ask Reginald Denny.

8/28/2010 7:56:51 PM

OH SHIT. Staples in the skull?

8/28/2010 8:00:03 PM

^ Hell, if I recall correctly, they shot him, too. I think they missed, though--I don't remember.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc_SgpyJWRY

But he was obviously fucked up pretty bad.

8/28/2010 8:12:33 PM

OH FUCK. I remember that now... Damn... I would skip town, FAST. People scare me. Trust no one...

8/28/2010 8:16:59 PM

When my grandmother fell and split her head open on brick, they stapled her head.

8/28/2010 8:17:48 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVB9qARy06E&NR=1

1:45 starts getting intense...

8/28/2010 8:21:22 PM

Suspect sought in Durham carjacking
Updated: Aug. 30, 2010

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"Durham, N.C. — Durham police are searching for a man who carjacked a woman at the BP gas station at 3100 N. Roxboro St. on Monday afternoon."

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"As the man backed the car up, he pointed a gun and fired a shot at her, police said. Authorities said the bullet grazed the woman. She was taken to Duke Hospital for treatment of very minor injuries."

http://www.ncwanted.com/ncwanted_home/story/8213392/

Suspect sought in Durham shooting
Aug. 30, 2010

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"Durham, N.C. — Durham police are trying to locate a suspect charged in the shooting of a man on Saturday. Holly Martez Lyons, 20, of Reservoir Street, is accused of shooting a 27-year-old man in the leg in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 1400 block of Lakeland Street. Anyone with information on Lyons’ whereabouts is asked to call police at 919-560-4582, extension 29247 or Crime Stoppers at 919-683-1200."

http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/8213801/

[Edited on September 1, 2010 at 3:48 AM. Reason : Do the police ever catch any criminals in Durham? Just wondering.]

9/1/2010 3:45:19 AM

this thread is funny because it demonstrates that hooksaw doesn't understand aggregation

9/1/2010 7:17:44 AM

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"HOOKSAW NEWS NETWORK"

9/1/2010 7:18:35 AM

Have you guys tried Red Lobster in Durham?

9/1/2010 3:08:49 PM

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"2010 MSN Real Estate Most Livable Bargain Markets Durham, N.C. Tobacco may have launched this city in North Carolina's Piedmont region, but Durham's economy is now solidly based in science. The hub is Research Triangle Park, the largest research park in the U.S., which is home to more than 170 companies, many of them life-sciences or information-technology firms. Durham claims the title City of Medicine, with more than 300 medical and health-related companies and medical practices with a combined payroll that exceeds $1.5 billion annually, according to city data. These companies are drawn by one of the largest concentrations of college graduates and post-graduate degree holders in the country, many of them from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and Duke University, which are also large employers and provide much of the city's entertainment. Unlike the nearby city of Raleigh to the west, Durham is much smaller and more organized around universities and hospitals. And its median home price is affordable to many at $177,410. "It is a tremendous bang for the buck that is offered in Durham" says real-estate agent Larry Toller, who moved to Durham from New England seven years ago. "You can get a very nice home for $250,000. Cons: Hot, humid summers; above-average crime rate. "

9/2/2010 5:50:06 PM

When the sun, goes down, it the city....

9/2/2010 5:54:36 PM

There was a shooting yesterday in Raleigh, and another one yesterday in Raleigh, and one on the 30th, and one on the 29th, and one on the 28th, and one on the 23rd, and one on the 21st, etc...

I don't know what personal grudge hooksaw has against durham but its not really much different than raleigh

9/2/2010 7:26:49 PM

murder is up 130% in charlotte this year.

[Edited on September 2, 2010 at 7:29 PM. Reason : at least it was last time i checked]

9/2/2010 7:28:48 PM

if i had to choose a place to get shot it might as well be the city of medicine

they'll have me fixed up in no time

9/3/2010 10:57:27 AM

I contributed to Durham's economy at the Bulls game tonight. Suck it! *













* But we didn't go to Red Lobster.

9/4/2010 1:32:54 AM

Two Arrested In Durham Murder
14 hours, 16 minutes ago

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"Durham Police have arrested two suspects and are looking for a third in a shooting death Saturday night on Chapel Hill Road."

http://tinyurl.com/3yx9mg3

10 wounded, no suspects in drive-by shooting
5 hours ago

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"DURHAM - Ten people were wounded in a drive-by shooting on Delano Street Sunday morning, and two have been hospitalized with serious injuries."

http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/9396663/article-10-wounded--no-suspects-in-drive-by-shooting

Yeah, this happens all the time in Raleigh and Cary--not.

9/6/2010 1:11:07 AM

It happens just as often you dumb fucking partisan fuck.

9/6/2010 1:16:45 AM

^ Please stop the name-calling. And what happens "just as often"? About a dozen people getting shot or injured as the result of shootings or killed in one weekend in one Triangle city? I don't think so.

BTW, what's "partisan" about it? That Durham is run mostly by Democrats? Actually, I never brought that up.

9/6/2010 1:37:39 AM

raleigh has almost twice as many aggravated assaults as durham you dumb fuck

and also:

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"There was a shooting yesterday in Raleigh, and another one yesterday in Raleigh, and one on the 30th, and one on the 29th, and one on the 28th, and one on the 23rd, and one on the 21st, etc... I don't know what personal grudge hooksaw has against durham but its not really much different than raleigh"

9/6/2010 1:55:33 AM

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"Report: Violent crime up in Durham August 18, 2010 'Durham, N.C. — Durham police saw an uptick in crime in the first half of 2010. Statistics released Monday evening show violent crime – homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault – rose by 4 percent from the same period last year. Property crime – burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft – increased by 7 percent.' http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/8144353/"

[Edited on September 6, 2010 at 2:07 AM. Reason : Again, what's partisan about these facts?]

9/6/2010 2:06:20 AM

i love durham

durham born and raised

9/6/2010 2:09:06 AM