Everything is a Hate Crime

Ardrey Kell in the news again and its always bad.

According to the local once a newspaper:

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is asking the FBI to investigate whether the reported March 7 assault of a 15-year-old Ardrey Kell High School student for wearing a hijab by another student in a math class was a hate crime. 

The student, who has not been named, suffered multiple broken bones in her face and jaw after her family alleges she was punched repeatedly in class and called slurs by a football player after days of what her family called anti-Muslim bullying. 

The department said it submitted the school resource officer’s incident report to the FBI for further investigation. 

When asked for a copy of that incident report on Wednesday, CMPD’s police records division said a corresponding report did not exist. On Thursday, the department acknowledged its existence in a social media post. 

The girl’s family said at a press conference Wednesday that they want the incident investigated as a hate crime, and that they are “very likely” to sue Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools over the handling of the assault. 

Jibril Hough, the spokesperson for the family, spoke at the press conference about the incident, Hough criticized the school for its handling of the situation, indicating that the school had attempted to cover up the incident. He mentioned that the school issued threatening language to the parents, advising them not to talk to the media. 

Hough condemned the school for not taking a stronger stance on racism and Islamophobia and for mishandling the situation.

Hough being escorted out of a Trump rally

The family alleged that by not calling an ambulance promptly after the assault, and instead requesting the student’s mother take her to the hospital, CMS did not handle the situation properly. 

They also alleged the district advised them not to go to the media about the assault. However, CMS Chief Operations Officer Tim Ivey said at a separate press conference on Wednesday that the district followed the proper protocols, and denied that anyone with the school district told the girl’s family not to speak to the media. “Ardrey Kell High School followed all policies and procedures as outlined in the board policy manual and student code of conduct,” Ivey said Wednesday. 

The school SRO “was present at the scene and immediately initiated the appropriate investigative processes.” Both the female student and the football player, also 15, were suspended for 10 days. 

The boy alleged the female student hit him first, and CMS referred to the incident as a “fight,” her family said.

CMS did not comment on the reason for the suspension, citing privacy laws. The girl’s family said she will not be returning to Ardrey Kell and they will appeal her suspension.

The Eyes Have It - Proof Normal Has Left Charlotte

If you're native to the Carolina's as I am you're used to an odd assortment of people and in some cases family.

My brother has a father-in law who has more money than sense but lives like a pauper amd might bathe once a month. I've got a sister in law who's a nurse she weighs about 350 and I'd not let her near me if I was dying right now

A couple of cousins who are mountain folk good people but I'd not eat anything they bring to a family reunion picnic. 

There are a couple of distant nephews that while they are not brothers they look like twins.

Aunts who prefer road kill to hunted game because you don't have to worry about the "shot".

There's a cousin Eddie and a Cramer in the family. But all things considered they look pretty normal compared to what lately shows up on the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's arrest log.

ICE - Putting The Panic Back In Hispanic

Liberals are losing their minds over Trump's "close the Border" effort.

In one month he has cut the number of crossings from thousands to just a trickle and shut down the Mexican cartels lucrative human and drug trafficking pipeline. 

Sadly there has been a little collateral damage. Businesses that rely on cheap illegal immigrant labor have been slammed hard. (Screw Them). You can drive through job sites like Pulte homes and the typical constant echos of hammers swinging in the morning air are gone.

Florida and California produce fields are void of the typical loads of migrates packed in the back of an old Ford "stake side" truck. 

In Charlotte those white vans stacked with a dozen ladders are suddenly a rare sight on 485.

The usual day labor meetup places in Monroe are suddenly void of club cab pickups and young men standing around empty parking lots in the early morning hours.

Student Protestors

If you are a student protestor attending college on a student VISA you are now more than likely an ICE target. Immigrants on work or travel VISAs who are not employed or overstayed their VISA (there are thousands) are also targeted.

Green Card Holders

Liberal's are enraged over reports of legal resident aliens are being arrested by ICE, often claiming these "Green Card" holders have "rights" and can't be deported.

No, a green card does not guarantee that you will not be deported. Green card holders can be deported if they commit certain crimes or violate the terms of their green card. 

Known Green Card holders with aggravated felony or multiple minor convictions are being prioritized for removal.

In Mecklenburg County a large percentage of arrestees on any given night have hispanic surnames. This alone is a shocking development. A decade ago you might get one or two a night. 

BUt seriously, if you were in this country as a "guest" why would you break any law?

Green Card Holders with Criminal Convictions, or those with fraudulent Green Card applications are at the top of the list.

Many applicants failed to disclose prior convictions either willfully, or based on some misguided understand that not telling the truth was acceptable.

Applicants who got their status through sham marriages or fake documents are having their cases reopened and are being deported.

Green card holders who spent years outside the U.S. without clear ties are also being flagged for abandonment and lost their status.

A sure way to get deported is to commit a crime such as theft, fraud, or assault. If you are here even lawfully and commit an aggravated felony, such as trafficking or weapons expect you will be removed immediately.

Don't Panic if you are a good person. My sister in law and my ex wife are wonderful people who just happen to have a hispanic surname.  But they are also not criminals. Looking at this weekends arrests and there are 3 dozen or more names all arrested for avoidable crimes.

Domestic violence, DWI, stolen auto, and so here is just a sample.

HERNANDEZ-MARTINEZ, OSCAR GABRIEL 
No Operators License, DWI, Felony Controlled Substance  

LOAISIGA-ESPINOZA, TEOFILO 

No Operators License 

RODRIGUEZ-TENORIO, JACKSON RAFAEL

Communicating Threats, Domestic Violence, Assault on a Female

ACEVEDO-RODRIGUEZ, RENE
DWI

GALICIA, PONCHO

Assault on a Female Domestic Violence 

LABRA, ALEXIS D

DWLR Expired Tag

If you don't want to be a target of ICE don't break the law. If you don't want to be deported don't enter the USA unlawfully. If you are here legally and don't want to be removed don't break the law. 

If you have broken the law like those above, hire a lawyer ASAP because they are coming for you. 

By the way "Naturalization" becoming a United States Citizen is the best way to be removed-proof, as U.S. citizens cannot be deported.

Liberals who want to deport Elon Musk have their minds explode when they learn Musk is a US Citizen.

The above photos are from the MCSO daily arrest list and it should be assumed all those charged are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The immigration status of those arrested is not known nor tracked by the MSCO. The inclusion of their photos makes no determination or inference as to immigration status. 

Officer-Involved Shooting in the University City Division

VIA CMPD:

Charlotte, N.C. – (Friday, March 7, 2025) – The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s (CMPD) Homicide Unit is conducting an officer involved shooting investigation in the 12000 block of Headquarters Farm Road in the University City Division.

At approximately 4:30 p.m., CMPD officers were attempting to serve several warrants in the 12000 block of Headquarters Farm Road.

Officers perceived an imminent deadly threat and discharged their service weapons engaging with the subject.

Two officers were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injures. The suspect was pronounced deceased on scene.

The CMPD is the lead investigating agency in this case. The officers involved have been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation per standard protocol.

As is standard procedure with any officer involved shooting, the Internal Affairs Bureau will conduct a separate but parallel investigation.

Representatives from CMPD's Operations Command, Homicide Unit, MEDIC and the Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office also responded.

The investigation into this case is active and ongoing. As additional information develops it will be released by CMPD’s Public Affairs Division. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call 704-432-8477 and speak directly to a Homicide Unit detective. Detective Guillet is the lead detective assigned to this case. The public can also leave information anonymously by contacting Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600 or Charlotte Crime Stoppers. For additional information about this case, please refer to the report: 20250307-1347-00.

Photos via local news

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Hat Trick Saturday in Charlotte

Back in the day Charlotte's West Side was well known for homicides. The days of crack and heroin in CMPD's Adam Two Division have been replaced by meth and fentanyl in Freedom and Westover divisions. 

CMPD's West Side "Jump Out Boyz" have been replaced by JADE and SWITCH for a warmer more welcoming police presence in "Da Hood".

Homicides have become a city wide problem with even South Charlotte is seeing the carnage of drug related deaths and violence. 

Still Saturday night's 3 seperate homicides for a "Hat Trick" present a somber realization that CMPD, the Mecklenburg County DA and elected Judges as well as Charlotte City Leaders are failing at the first obligation of civil governance, public safety.

It is predictable that crime begets more crime and that in each of these three cases both victim and perpetrators will likely have intense criminal pasts even if the arrest records don't validate this claim.

Still there's a long held understanding that Police can't prevent homicides, and that human nature is too complicated to predict and prevent people from killing each other.

But that is within a normal society and in this segment of Charlotte's dark side is highly preventable by what is well known as "broken windows policing". 

Broken windows policing is a strategy that focuses on reducing minor crimes, which are easy to stop, to prevent major crimes. The theory is that by addressing quality of life offenses, like vandalism and graffiti, police can restore community order and reduce crime. 

(In criminology, the broken windows theory states that visible signs of crime, antisocial behavior and civil disorder create an urban environment that encourages further crime and disorder, including serious crimes.)

In simple terms when there are no consequences for having expired plates or a valid driver's licenses, suddenly driving a stolen car is normal. When being a drug dealer is considered an acceptable "side gig" as much as being a doordash driver then having a stolen handgun is considerable normal and before long using that weapon to take what you want or settle an argument becomes acceptable.

Let's face it the African American Community has become a culture of violence embracing both criminality and gun play because there are no consequences for antisocial behavior.

Try as much as they like CMPD is no match for a DA and Elected Judges who are soft on crime. Add a mayor and city council that believe crime is a symptom of disadvantaged youth and systemic racism and it becomes a lost cause.

The first homicide happened around 11 a.m. on Saturday in the 6100 block of Old Mount Holly Road. When Officers first responded to a call to assist Medic they found a woman having a medical issue. When she got to the hospital, medical staff found a gunshot wound to her chest and she later died of her injuries.

About 10 hours later, around 9 p.m. on Saturday, officers responded to the 1200 block of Lucky Penny Street at the Loyalty Inn where they found someone with a gunshot wound to the head. Medic pronounced them dead at the scene.

The just before 2 a.m on Sunday March 2nd  officers responded to the 4800 block of Wilkinson Blvd about an assault with a deadly weapon after someone got into an altercation with an armed security guard. When they arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital where he died of his injuries.

Congratulations Charloot the hat trick is yours!

CMPD is also reporting a fourth separate shooting on East Woodlawn Road left one person in the hospital with life-threatening injuries on Sunday morning and another shooting that happened around 9 a.m.Sunday morning on Village Lake Drive in southeast Charlotte, which left one person with life-threatening injuries.

CP has repeatedly suggested that CMPD publicly report shootings so that the public can remain vigilant and aware of the ever increasing level of violent crime in Charlotte.  

Ilijah Mack This Is How We Roll

"In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders".

It is that last group, the district attorneys who are the weakest link in the thin blue line that protects the civil population from the violent criminals.

Ilijah Mack, 22 was arrested again Tuesday night on weapons and drug charges. 

Convicted last year for "shootin up" a Dodge Charger on North Sharon Amity, with five occupants that should have earned him 5 years prison. But those charges and a domestic violence case were pled down to probation. 

Ilijah Mack Photo Courtesy MCSO

Cedar's Take: In Mecklenburg County you can fire a rifle into a car loaded with people three times and get nothing more than probation. 

Maybe we should keep him locked up this time?

As CP has said the african American community has become a culture of violence embracing gunplay and criminality. To these people this is normal. 

CMPD says it has created a new "Initiative" called "SWITCH" (Safety Wellness Initiative Towards Community Households) to allocate more resources and investigators to address shooting into occupied dwellings (SIOD). Switch as in Glock Switch?

But the narrative is tragically flawed. CMPD has called SIOD a "Growing Problem" as if it equates to littering or not picking up after your dog. 

It is not a "problem" it is a violent criminal act that should always be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Absolutly no one should receive a plea deal!

I'm not faulting CMPD they are at least trying but these thugs know nothing will be done to them.

From the most recent charging document:

On or about the date of offense shown and in the county named above the defendant unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously did possess, have in the defendant's custody, have in the 
defendant's control a black in color Draco Rifle, which is a firearm .  

The defendant has previously been convicted of the felony of Discharging Firearm into an enclosed structure to incite fear. (NCGS 14-34.10) which was punishable 25 months and a Class F Felony.

This felony was committed on March 1, 2024 and the defendant was convicted of the felony on June 14, 2024 in Mecklenburg County Superior Court in North Carolina and was sentenced to an intermediate sentence of 13-25 months of confinement and 24 months of supervised probation. That sentence was suspended.

On or about the date of offense shown and in the county named above the defendant unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously did intentionally carry concealed about the defendant's 
person while off the defendant's own premises a gun, a black in color Draco Rifle.

The defendant was previously convicted of carrying a concealed gun in violation of G.S. 
14-269(a1) on February 14, 2024 in Cabarrus county Superior Court.

On or about the date of offense shown and in the county named above the defendant unlawfully and willfully did possess one-half ounce of marijuana or less, a controlled substance which is included in Schedule VI of the North Carolina Controlled Substances Act.

On or about the date of offense shown and in the county named above the defendant unlawfully and willfully did resist, delay, and obstruct officer A.H., a public officer 
holding the office of Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department, by refusing to provide his name.  

At the time, the officer was discharging and attempting to discharge an official duty by placing the defendant under arrest.

During the June 14, 2024 trial Mecklenburg Superior Court Judge William Bell agreed to a plea deal offered by the Mecklenburg DA and in doing so dismissed 3 counts of discharging a firearm into occupied property, assault on a female from a separate incident as well as damage to property. 

Obviously Judge Bell and the Mecklenburg DA are pretty bad judges of character. 

Beyond the most recent charges Mack has additional weapons and drug charges pending  in Cabarrus County as well as felony probation violations.

He is currently being held without bond. His next hearing date is March 18, 2025.

Charlotte Democrats Want To Increase Your Sales Tax

This from Tony Mecia with the Charlotte Ledger who is really looped in regarding all things political in Charlotte.

Bill introduced in Raleigh to advance Charlotte's transit plan

Would allow referendum on hiking Mecklenburg's sales tax to pay for transit and roads

Three N.C. senators filed the bill Monday morning; its outlook is uncertain, but more clarity could come this afternoon.

by Tony Mecia

Three N.C. senators have filed a bill in the General Assembly that would authorize Mecklenburg County to hold a referendum to raise the county’s sales tax, a key step in advancing Charlotte’s plan to expand transit.

Senate Bill 145, introduced Monday morning by Republican Senators Bill Rabon, David Craven and Vickie Sawyer, would allow Mecklenburg commissioners to place a referendum on the ballot asking voters to raise sales taxes by 1 percentage point, to 8.25%.

The money would be used to help pay for a $25 billion transportation plan that would cover building new rail lines, adding bus routes and expanding roads and sidewalks. Leaders of the city, county and Mecklenburg’s towns largely settled on the plan last summer, with the exception of the town of Matthews, which opposes it. That’s because Matthews would likely not have a rail line to uptown as originally envisioned.

The fate of the bill is uncertain. Sawyer, who represents Iredell County and the northern portion of Mecklenburg, said this month that the bill is “a long way from being palatable to have enough votes to even get to the floor.”

Legislative leaders are scheduled to be in Charlotte today to talk with the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance, and they are expected to discuss the fate of the bill.

Cedar's Take:

As I've pointed out before the increase is being sold by Charlotte City Council as being only a penny, just a one cent on the dollar increase to help pay for much needed light rail buses and transit improvements. 

Councilmembers like Ed Driggs what you to approve this 1% increase. But it's not a 1% increase it is a 13.79% increase in the amount of sales tax you pay everytime you go out for dinner or stop by Target for cleaning supplies. 

The average North Carolina family of four spends about $4,524 a year in sales tax if this bill is passed and approved by Charlotte voters that same family will lose another $624.00 per year to pay for light rail most will never ride.

Taxation is theft plain and simple.