Does Greensboro Care About Poor And Minorities?

I can't agree with everything Joe has to say in his article, Greensboro's Killing Fields but this part is true:

"Ironically, the lives lost due to the spike in homicides are disproportionately African-American. These lives are regarded by our local political culture as expendable. There are, after all, greater political objectives to be pursued."

Oh, and I checked, he's right about the numbers too.