Benjamin Taylor the man you apparently murdered a Charlotte mother and her two children, has been extradited back to North Carolina and is now in the custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office.
Taylor is accused of killing 22-year-old Makayla Johnson and her two children, four-year-old, Miracle, and seven-month-old, Messiah.
Taylor's criminal record extends more than a decade with more than a dozen arrests for drugs, weapons and domestic violence. He served 6 months in prison back in 2007 so this is not his first rodeo and he should not have been out on bail when he murdered this young woman.
Markayla Johnson and her children would be alive today had the system not failed her.
And so here is where it gets stupid.
Taylor was arrested in September of 2023 for "possession of a firearm by felon" his second time and felony possession of cocaine as well as carrying concealed weapon - gun.
Considering that he'd already been arrested a dozen times and convicted on 3 occasions since his release from prison on 2008 including several charges of "failure to appear" on his record he should not have been out on a low dollar bail.
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That 2023 case was continued on September 2nd, and 6th with a public defender appointed on the 7th and continued again on the 26th of September. On December 11th the case was assigned to ADA Madeline Dent Guise and probable cause hearing was waived with Judge Elizabeth Trosch presiding. Yet no trial date was ever set. The Mecklenburg DA apparently saw the case as a low priority.
Taylor was free on bond without supervision when he murdered Makayla Johnson and her children.
Long Long List of Charges Dismissed
Taylor was arrested on 7/28/2016 and charged with "Assault by Strangulation" those charges were dismissed in May of 2017.
In addition his record indicates more than a dozen other arrests that were dismissed for crimes such as, Assault Inflicting Physical Injury of a Law Enforcement Officer, Assault on a female, Domestic Violence Protective Order Violation and Communicating Threats.
Since his release from prison he's been convicted on 3 different occasions, 2012, 2017 and 2020. These convictions resulted from 7 different charges including "habitual misdemeanor assault" a felony.
But each time this violent offender avoided prison being sentenced to only probation.
Despite all these endless "second chances" Taylor continued to live a violent life of crime and total disregard for laws or human life.
Our judicial system failed Makayla Johnson and it ultimately came down to the courtroom of Mecklenburg County Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Trosch who in December of last year had the final say on his continued freedom.
The POS is a walking dead man you don't kill children and survive in prison.
ReplyDeleteGot to agree with 0047 Flavor Flav McFadden better up his game or maybe he just looks the other way?
ReplyDeleteIt’s the DAs fault on this not Gary
DeleteI think 0856 is saying in custody deaths are pretty common at the McFadden Hilton
DeleteIn the whole justice system,the only people really held accountable for their actions are the police.Who else goes to work where the actions they take are recorded.The DA's office in MECKLENBURG COUNTY when asked to account for their actions alway come back with the standard line of we cannot discuss this as it is an ongoing investigation.The excuse is we do not have the number of district attorneys we should have.I have heard that since 1973 when I started in law enforcement and I was still hearing that load of crap when I retired in 2000.The judges are not any better,maybe even worse.No there is nothing to brag about in Mecklenburg county when it comes to the judicial system.It is just a damn shame.
ReplyDeleteLiars have existed in Charlotte Police since before the merger with the county. I went to the recent convention in uptown and half the attendees don’t even engage the public or do work. They just wanted the free food.
DeleteThey are allowing the monkeys to run the zoo. If you have poo, fling it now.
DeleteThis thug has an extensive violent history why did judge Trosh not see that and yank his bail? Why didn't Makayla realise this POS was violent and capable of murder? With all the fail to appear on even traffic citations he was non-compliant why are we letting these thugs out of low dollar bonds?
ReplyDeleteJust watch, he’ll be made the victim. We failed him, the system failed him, the schools failed him, he was mule kicked as a kid, someone touched his No-No square, it was all whitey’s fault. Individual personal accountability or responsibility is nonexistent. It’s always someone else’s fault. I give you the $.32 to solve this particular problem.
ReplyDeleteHe's not going anywhere but hell
ReplyDeleteWe have many judges in Mecklenburg County that do not even know the law and many others that refuse to follow the law. They do whatever they want without consequence. You'd think the good ones would try to root out the others. But they don't. And the local "news" will never identify the bad ones in even the most egregious stories (when they bother to say anything). So people can't vote them out. It's dangerous and harmful to quality of life overall in Charlotte. No accountability.
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