{"id":928,"date":"2013-04-29T02:19:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T02:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/?p=928"},"modified":"2016-07-04T10:21:06","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T10:21:06","slug":"view-from-edenton-i-never-considered-leaving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/?p=928","title":{"rendered":"View from Edenton: &#8216;I never considered leaving&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"style187\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-929\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/130429Barrow2.jpg\" alt=\"130429Barrow2\" width=\"137\" height=\"200\" \/>April 29, 2013<\/p>\n<p class=\"style184\">If you watched \u201cThe Plea,\u201d the concluding 1997 installment of \u201cInnocence Lost,\u201d you might not expect that Nancy Smith Barrow, Betsy\u2019s sister, would choose to remain in the midst of those townspeople who caused her family such brutal and unjustified pain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style184\">But stay she has, raising a family and participating in community affairs. I talked to her recently about her life then and now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style342\"><strong>Why she has continued to live in Edenton:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"style184\">\u201cI never considered leaving. My parents were here. This is my home. For a long time, I imagined my dad, mom, sister and I would be back here together, after it all unraveled, after people looked behind the curtain and saw the Wizard&#8230;.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"style342\"><strong>What Edenton was like for her during the Little Rascals panic:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"style184\">\u201cI\u2019d walk into a public place and scan the room to see if I would be comfortable there. I never felt any physical threat \u2013 that\u2019s not the kind of people they are here&#8230;. But I didn\u2019t want my children exposed to such obvious and outward hatred&#8230;.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"style342\"><strong>What Edenton is like for her today:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"style184\">\u201cOnce Bob\u2019s verdict was overturned, that was the end of it. Now I go where I want and do what I want&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style184\">\u201cThings went very badly for the indicting parents. But they still believe \u2013 because they have to believe&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style184\">\u201cSome of them I will talk to in the grocery store or at school, but we are not welcome in each others\u2019 homes&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style184\">\u201cOur children went to school together, and they finished growing up together (without conflict). It was like when the adults went away, when the adults got tired of playing, the children were left to clean up the game&#8230;.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"style342\"><strong>How she looks back at the case:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"style184\">\u201cMy sister (who now lives in Raleigh) has a life we could never have imagined, a wonderfully normal life. Everyone I loved at Little Rascals is free. My children (now 32 and 28) are fine and healthy&#8230;. The Little Rascals case was a phenomenon of epic proportions, and we weathered it&#8230;.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 29, 2013 If you watched \u201cThe Plea,\u201d the concluding 1997 installment of \u201cInnocence Lost,\u201d you might not expect that Nancy Smith Barrow, Betsy\u2019s sister, would choose to remain in the midst of those townspeople who caused her family such brutal and unjustified pain. 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