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/The Daily Tar Heel/Monday, Janaury 11, 1993
Rape warning sows confusion
By Bruce Robinson
Staff Writer
Durham police reports that warned
of a possible gang with an initiation
ceremony that included raping a white
woman have scared many residents and
angered local business owners.
The Durham Police Department an
nounced at a news conference last Mon
day that there was a teenage gang in
northern Durham that required its new
members to kidnap and rape a white
woman.
Liz Stewart, director of Rape Crisis
of Durham, said the police reports about
the gang had resulted in numerous calls
and questions to the center from scared
residents.
“I think people have reason to be
concerned,” Stewart said. “I think that it
is important for people to be aware that
they are at risk in this country.”
Although city police have not had
any reported cases of the gang follow
ing through with their initiation rites.
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some merchants in northern Durham
are complaining that the reports have
damaged their businesses significantly.
Lester Cross, assistant manager of
Starship Music and Video on Roxboro
Road, said the reports have reduced
business by both black and white cus
tomers at the store since Monday.
“It has really made our business slow
up,” he said. “(On Tuesday), we sold
S3OO worth of sales ... That was the
slowest in three years.
“Most of the customers are coming
in the daytime and run in and run out,”
he said.
Cross also questioned the Durham
Police Department’s handling of the
situation. “They should have let the
stores know first,” he said. “I think they
need to look into it again.”
After making the first announcement
about the gang’s existence, the Durham
Police Department has declined further
comment on the issue.
The police department’s refusal to
comment has frustrated local merchants.
Cross said. He added that some have
questioned if such a gang exists.
Cross said that if the police did not
receive more evidence, they should is
sue an apology to the community.
“I don’t know if it’s true or not,” he
said. “I haven’t seen any gang ... The
police should come up with some evi
dence so we can know for ourselves.”
While some businesses have seen a
drastic reduction in customers, other
businesses have been unaffected by the
police reports.
Alice Hines, manager of Subway at
the Oxford Commons Shopping Center
on Roxboro Road, said the reports had
not damaged sales at the restaurant.
“Our business is still the same,” she
said. *
Although some local businesses have
been hurt, Stewart praised the police
department for disclosing the situation
to the public. “I think that it is important
for people to know.”
However, Stewart questioned the sin
gling out of white women as potential
victims of rape by the gang.
“White women are not the only
women that get raped,” she said. “There
are plenty of women in all races that get
raped.”
While police have not divulged the
race or precise location of the gang,
speculation has focused on the predomi
nantly black Oxford Manor public hous
ing complex.
Stewart said this focus perpetuated
the myths surrounding rape.
“It perpetuates the myth that white
women are raped by black men,” she
said. “It perpetuates racism.”
Stewart added that most rapes did not
occur between different races. “In actu
ality, most women are assaulted by
people of the same race and social class.”
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Gusts of up to 115 mph were fore
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Sunday’s dramatic weather to pray at an
18th-century stone church a mile from
die beached tanker.
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month, but President Bush’s budget
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Tenure from page 3
Hardin told the Faculty Council.
“I consider (the students’) interest in
these matters commendable.”
While Ferguson’s supporters look
forward to a meeting with Hardin, they
still contend that Hardin could have
done more.
“I’ve seen a whole series of things
that he could have done up to this point
to intervene,” Strobel said. “One of his
roles as chancellor is to be proactively
involved within the University. We have
not seen him do that.”
In December, Strobel and Valerie
Halman, a senior from Montreal, asked
Hardin to intervene in the case. Hardin
said acting on Ferguson’s behalf would
violate University policy.
“The case in question is progressing
through prescribed venues,” Hardin
said. “I have no authority to launch any
independent administrative investiga
tion.”
In the BOT appeal process, the fac
ulty member in question this time
Ferguson appears before a panel of
trustees and states the reasons for his or
her request. The panel hears the case
and then makes a recommendation to
the full board, which votes on a final
ruling.
Ferguson’s appeal might be heard
later this month, said Brenda Kirby,
BOT administrative assistant.