{"id":2894,"date":"2020-06-02T20:51:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T20:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?page_id=2894"},"modified":"2020-06-02T20:51:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T20:51:20","slug":"durham-confronts-disparities-in-pandemic-police-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/durham-confronts-disparities-in-pandemic-police-misconduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham confronts disparities in pandemic, police misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"
At a time when many in Durham share anger over police misconduct against black Americans, news of more inequity is blooming.<\/p>\n
County data is capturing evidence that Latinx and black people here have tested positive for COVID-19 at rates that outsize their population numbers. <\/span> At Monday’s City Council meeting, elected leaders voiced relief that a weekend of national protests had been peaceful locally. While protests continued, officials and residents <\/span>expressed mourning, anger a drive to bring more change to Durham, reporter Charlie Zong reports<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n At top: Demonstrators in downtown Durham on Saturday. 9th Street Journal photo by Henry Haggart\u00a0<\/em> At a time when many in Durham share anger over police misconduct against black Americans, news of more inequity is blooming. County data is capturing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2897,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\n
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\n<\/span>The unequal infection rate is linked to where people work or are confined, 9th Street Journal reporter Jake Sheridan reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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