You do the crime, you gotta do the time

 

If you feel like Charlotte has become a more dangerous place over the past few years, you’re right. The numbers don’t lie:

• Charlotte crime rates are 74 percent higher than the national average.
• Violent crimes in Charlotte are 116 percent higher than the national average.
• In Charlotte you have a 1-in-25 chance of becoming a victim of crime.
• Charlotte is safer than just 6 percent of the cities in the United States.

Charlotte, NC Crime Rates & Map (areavibes.com)

“With a crime rate of 42 per one thousand residents, Charlotte has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 24.”

Charlotte, NC Crime Rates and Statistics - NeighborhoodScout

 

CMPD is over 500 police officers short. The police department is just above 50 percent strength and losing the battle of attrition as officers continue leaving the force in droves.

 

Currently, CMPD’s Human Trafficking Task Force has two detectives. Oops…one just took early retirement. So it’s one. The State Bureau of Investigation has… drum roll please… ZERO law enforcement officers solely dedicated to our human trafficking disaster and have almost ZERO communications with our local law enforcement.

 

Anyone wonder why this is?  Or why violent crime in Charlotte is spiraling out of control?  Anyone wonder why Charlotte is the 6th worst city in America for human trafficking?

 

I have a few ideas:

 

“Don’t wait until November.  Bring this nation to its knees now.  This country has never cared about your well-being.”

—tweeted June 24, 2022, by City Councilman Braxton Winston, a leader of the 2017 Charlotte riots (see picture below)

 

“Being Black in America under #45 has created homegrown terrorist wearing blue uniforms”

-Former City Councilwoman and CURRENT CANDIDATE for Charlotte City Council Lawanna Mayfield

 

 

Senate Bill 101: “An Act to require compliance with Immigration Detainers and Administrative Warrants and to require certain reports from local Law Enforcement.”

-       VETOED by Governor Roy Cooper on July 11, 2022. 

 

 

Gov. Roy Cooper just vetoed his 75th bill Monday. This one on a bill requiring NC Sheriff’s to cooperate with ICE.

 

With the utter lack of respect shown to law enforcement and to the rule of law by Democrats in control of the Charlotte City Council and the North Carolina executive branch, it’s not surprising that our communities have become more dangerous places.

 

This is real… it’s happening right now in North Carolina. It’s a theatre of the absurd and you can’t make this stuff up.  Not even for a horror movie.

 

I will do everything in my power to empower law enforcement officers across Charlotte and across our state when you elect me to the State Senate on November 8. Enough is ENOUGH!