Black Rage The Fatigue Is Real

Facts have been slow to be released in the Taylor Sylver murder that Adaysia Yahel Coles is now charged with.

According to CMPD on May 21, 2026, just after 2 a.m. Officers responded to North Davidson Street in reference to an ADW call for service. 

Upon arrival, they located the victim, Taylor Sylver (DOB: 10/26/1987) with an apparent gunshot wound. 

Taylor Sylver

The victim was transported to Atrium Main where she was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival. 

Detectives spoke with witnesses at the scene who advised that the victim and defendant had gotten into physical altercation after leaving a bar at 3205 North Davidson Street.

3205 North Davidson Street NoDa 101 Bar

The parties separated and walked to their respective vehicles. While the victim was at her vehicle, the defendant drove up beside her and shot her once at close range. 

The witnesses told police that the driver of the car was the shooter and recognized her from the previous altercation.

Detectives went to the bar located at 3205 N. Davidson Street and obtained surveillance footage. They also obtained time stamped list of everyone who entered the bar. 

The defendant is on video having her ID card. The photo on the ID matched the defendant in the video. 

The defendant also has registered 2021 Honda Accord that matches the vehicle in the surveillance video.

Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Murder on the suspect, Adaysia Coles (DOB: 7/26/1999). On May 21, 2026, Coles was arrested in Bessemer, Alabama.

Adaysia Yahel Coles Photo Courtesy Jefferson County Alabama Jail

After the arrest, detectives spoke with a witness who is known to law enforcement who advised that Coles told them about the shooting and said the firearm that she used was inside the apartment located at 8505 Dahlia Drive #208, Charlotte NC 28213. 

Detectives reviewed traffic cameras and were able to follow Coles vehicle after the shooting to the area of Old Concord Road near East W T Harris Blvd. The apartment on Dahlia Drive is in close proximity to that intersection, and detectives believe that Coles went straight from the shooting scene to that apartment.

CMPD Detectives obtained a search warrant based upon the facts and circumstances, and offered that there was probable cause that a murder occurred, and that evidence of that murder would be contained within 8505 Dahlia Drive Apartment 208, Charlotte NC 28213.

At that location the following items were seized: 

Box Federal 9mm Luger Ammo 

Blue holster 

Ruger 9mm Serial# 46244077 

Black loaded magazine

Live round Federal 9mm Luger Ammo

Coles is now in the Mecklenburg County Detention Center being held without bond. 

Cedar's Take:

I'm not sure how it started or how to fix it, but the truth is the African American community has become a culture of violence, embracing criminality and gun play. Shooting another person is now an accepted way of life within the Black Community.

"Busting a Cap Up Side You Head" is apparently the normal response to bumping into someone while exiting a bar in NoDa at closing time.

But Black culture and violence is nothing new. 

In 1992 "Ice-T" (Tracy Lauren Marrow) released “Cop Killer” as the last track on Body Count’s self-titled debut LP. In it, the protagonist takes matters of perceived police brutality into his own hands by fighting fire with fire: killing police officers.

The song came about during a band rehearsal when Ice-T was singing the Talking Heads song “Psycho Killer” and original drummer Beatmaster V suggested writing about getting revenge for police brutality.

The lyrics sparked outrage:

I got my black shirt on

I got my black gloves on

I got my ski mask on

This shit's been too long

I got my twelve gauge sawed off

I got my headlights turned off

I'm 'bout to bust some shots off

I'm 'bout to dust some cops off

Marrow would go on to other things and move beyond rap. 

Ice-T's best and most iconic TV role is his legendary portrayal of Detective/Sergeant Odafin "Fin" Tutuola on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Joining the show in 2000 during its second season, he has become one of the longest-running and most respected characters in television history.

(Now Mike Post's Love and Order theme song including the dun dum is playing in your head, sorry.)

But when did it become normal for Black women to shoot each other over just words?  When did African Americans decide it's ok lose self-control and riot on cruise ships, Five Guys or Walmarts? Why have "teens" decided running wild in the streets is acceptable way to spend Saturday night?

From all reports Coles and Sylver did not know each other. Was Coles' life so bad that she just tossed it all away over some perceived disrespect? Or is this a much deeper social issue within Black America?