The shootings at the Winston-Salem State University homecoming are part of a pattern.
We had seen massive eruptions of crime associated with the NC A&T homecoming for many years here in Greensboro. This year, there was a 65% increase in police calls over usual conditions.
Yes, there is a huge, positive build-up to the A&T homecoming every year; and local media strains to place lipstick on a pig. Yes, these schools are sacred cows given their HBCU status. But perhaps we ought to discuss banning these events. The predictable concomitant crime ought not be tolerated as a “cost of doing business”.
They can’t help themselves.
I know you’re being facetious, Fred. But there may be some truth to that…