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Beginning 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,879 in the next hour, I will be chatting with Terry Donovan. 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,200 She is the Republican candidate for mayor of Charlotte. 12 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: We'll talk with her Tomorrow. 13 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:41,880 Speaker 2: I'll talk to the Libertarian candidate for mayor of Charlotte, 14 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:47,119 Rob Yates, so stay tuned for that. Obviously, one of 15 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:51,119 the big issues, if not the issue, in that mayor's 16 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:55,640 race for Charlotte is crime. So let me start with 17 00:00:56,079 --> 00:01:00,600 the crime stats, which I'm sure coincidentally. I'm not saying 18 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:04,079 that facetiously. I mean I am fluent in sarcasm, so 19 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:09,359 I know sometimes it's hard to tell, but I'm sure 20 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:15,079 it's purely coincidence that the data dump yesterday by CMPD 21 00:01:16,159 --> 00:01:19,120 came the day before early voting begin which is today. 22 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:24,760 Early voting begins today, and just in time, the data 23 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,879 is out on the previous where I should say, the 24 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:34,239 first three quarters of data on crime. This runs from 25 00:01:34,359 --> 00:01:35,920 January through September. 26 00:01:36,519 --> 00:01:37,079 Speaker 1: Okay, so. 27 00:01:39,079 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 2: You know a nine month tally compared to the previous 28 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:47,120 time or the same time period previous year. So we're 29 00:01:47,159 --> 00:01:49,120 looking at the first three quarters of twenty twenty four, 30 00:01:49,159 --> 00:01:54,519 first three quarters of twenty twenty five, and CMPD is 31 00:01:54,599 --> 00:02:03,480 highlighting that overall crime has dropped eight percent. Violent offenses 32 00:02:04,239 --> 00:02:10,919 dropped twenty percent. So here's from their statement. Today, the 33 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,400 Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department released its third quarter public Safety 34 00:02:14,439 --> 00:02:17,840 report for January through September twenty twenty five, showcasing a 35 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,199 substantial decline in crime city wide. 36 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 1: By the way, I see nothing in. 37 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 2: The release about the long term trend going back, say 38 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:33,960 a decade, because the spike that we saw after the 39 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:39,080 summer of fiery but mostly peaceful rioting that has warped 40 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:43,800 the stats because we saw such an increase over the 41 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:49,280 course of two years essentially, and now it's dropping again. 42 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:53,919 So when you hear the statistics and remember about lies, 43 00:02:54,280 --> 00:03:01,199 damnable lies and statistics that when you hear a decline 44 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:05,520 in the crime stats, to me, what's important is always, okay, 45 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:10,000 what's the historical trend line and is this a lower 46 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:14,199 level than it was pre COVID, because that's the marker. 47 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,479 Because when COVID hit, crime went through the roof. Because 48 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:22,599 it also overlaid with the George Floyd protests and all 49 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:26,800 of the quote bail reforms and judicial reforms that were 50 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:33,280 enacted by Democrat leaders all across America, Charlotte included, and 51 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:37,360 we're still dealing with this stuff today. And in fact, 52 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:44,199 to their credit, CMPD referenced the court system because in 53 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,360 my view, this is really the problem. It is the 54 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:54,479 court system. It's these judges that keep letting repeat offenders out. 55 00:03:54,560 --> 00:04:00,360 Every single day. There's another story about somebody can emitting 56 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:05,240 some sort of violent offense and either they were a 57 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,000 a turnstiled defendant just in and out and in and 58 00:04:08,039 --> 00:04:11,759 out and in and out, a repeat, repeat, repeat offender, right, 59 00:04:11,919 --> 00:04:15,000 or it's somebody who was out on a cashless bail. 60 00:04:16,959 --> 00:04:19,800 By the way, they did catch the guy that was 61 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,759 wanted for murder in Maryland who was let go from 62 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,560 the Mecklenburg County jail. The other day last week they 63 00:04:26,639 --> 00:04:28,839 let him out. Think his name was Boatwright. They let 64 00:04:28,879 --> 00:04:30,879 him out and they were like, well, we didn't have 65 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,560 any kind of warrant from the governor. Now Maryland disputes that. 66 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,240 Maryland says we did have a warrant for him. So 67 00:04:37,439 --> 00:04:39,120 not really sure what's going on there, but they let 68 00:04:39,199 --> 00:04:41,879 him out. But don't worry. He's not roaming our streets anymore. 69 00:04:42,639 --> 00:04:47,160 Somehow or another, he did get picked up. So murder 70 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,839 suspect back behind bars. That's the latest I saw in 71 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:56,639 that story. But at least CMPD is calling attention to 72 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:02,519 the courts. Unlike every other Demo crat leader in Charlotte, 73 00:05:03,199 --> 00:05:06,399 they have not spoken about the court system. They are 74 00:05:06,439 --> 00:05:11,240 applying no pressure to their fellow Democrats, these lawyers with 75 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:12,959 the wardrobe change that sit. 76 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:13,319 Speaker 1: On the bench. 77 00:05:13,879 --> 00:05:17,399 Speaker 2: They're not doing any kind of pr campaign against them 78 00:05:18,079 --> 00:05:22,519 to try to get them to be tougher, particularly on the. 79 00:05:22,439 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: Repeat, repeat offenders. 80 00:05:26,199 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 2: So they found, as I mentioned, decrease in overall crime 81 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:33,040 eight percent, decrease in violent crime twenty percent. This is 82 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,439 for the entire city, for the entire CMPD footprint. Okay, 83 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:41,480 these encouraging trends reflect the department's commitment to data driven policing, 84 00:05:41,879 --> 00:05:46,839 innovative crime prevention strategies, and the unwavering dedication of officers 85 00:05:46,879 --> 00:05:50,279 working in close partnership with the community. Through the first 86 00:05:50,399 --> 00:05:53,160 nine months of the year, overall crime has declined eight 87 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,360 percent compared to the same time last year. Twenty percent 88 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,600 reduction of violent crime that includes homicides, rapes, robberies, and 89 00:05:58,639 --> 00:06:03,000 aggravated assaults, which in comus shootings. Property crime, which includes 90 00:06:03,079 --> 00:06:08,240 residential and commercial auto theft and larceny, is down five percent. Now, 91 00:06:08,959 --> 00:06:11,600 if you go deeper into those numbers, they're not all down. 92 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:18,160 Residential burglaries are down about one hundred, going from like 93 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:22,319 thirteen hundred down to twelve hundred, but commercial burglaries are 94 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:27,800 actually up. They're up by about seventy five. Larceny from 95 00:06:27,879 --> 00:06:33,000 automobiles also up a little bit, went from like seventy 96 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,920 seven hundred, just under seventy seven hundred to a little 97 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,279 above seventy seven hundred, So I would call that flat line. 98 00:06:39,519 --> 00:06:42,759 It was up by like twenty twenty cases. And by 99 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,279 the way, you actually can do a lot to help 100 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:49,560 in this regard. Everybody can lock your freaking car doors, people, 101 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,920 and don't leave your guns in your car, like these 102 00:06:53,959 --> 00:06:57,319 are obvious things. I don't understand somebody who leaves a 103 00:06:57,319 --> 00:06:59,800 gun in the glove box and leaves the car unlocked. 104 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,439 I used to come from a neighborhood. We didn't have 105 00:07:02,439 --> 00:07:04,120 to worry about that. Okay, well, you know what, it's 106 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:05,920 a different time. You're in a different place. Got to 107 00:07:05,959 --> 00:07:10,199 lock the doors, lock the car doors. Okay, there's my 108 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,439 soapbox moment for the Well, that's not true. I'm going 109 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,439 to probably I'm going to have a couple more. I 110 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:16,959 feel like I'm going to have a couple more. So 111 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,279 I should make the promise. That's the only one. A 112 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:25,079 quote from Charlotte Mecklenberg Police Deputy Chief Jackie Briley, who 113 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,120 said patrol officers are the most visible part of the department. 114 00:07:28,399 --> 00:07:31,959 They're in our communities, building relationships to turning crime, providing 115 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,560 services to our residents. Every day, our officers intervene in disputes, 116 00:07:36,959 --> 00:07:40,560 stop crimes in progress, and prevent violence without it ever 117 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,920 making the news. She's exactly right. She's exactly right. The 118 00:07:44,959 --> 00:07:51,160 crimes that CMPD prevent never make the news, never because 119 00:07:51,199 --> 00:07:56,920 they didn't happen, and it's not newsworthy. In some cases, 120 00:07:56,959 --> 00:07:58,839 you don't even know you prevented a crime. You're just 121 00:07:58,879 --> 00:08:01,439 walking around, some crime will seize you. They don't engage 122 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:04,480 in the activity. The cop doesn't know that. The only 123 00:08:04,519 --> 00:08:06,759 person that knows that they were thwarted was the criminal. 124 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,240 And they're not going to you know, WBT news and 125 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:10,560 saying hey, I was going to do a crime and 126 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:11,879 then I saw a cop, so I didn't do it, 127 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,199 you know, So there's no way to track this stuff. 128 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:16,279 Speaker 1: But she is exactly right. 129 00:08:16,319 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 2: But also I would point out here that she is 130 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:27,319 articulating a concept where more police presence, visible police presence, 131 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,680 leads to a reduction in crime. That's what she just said. 132 00:08:32,519 --> 00:08:35,480 They are the most visible part of our department. They're 133 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:40,000 in the community, they're talking with residents, they're deterring crime. 134 00:08:40,759 --> 00:08:40,919 Speaker 1: Right. 135 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 2: Their mere presence helps to reduce those numbers. Look, I 136 00:08:44,879 --> 00:08:47,919 am a realist, I am a citizen of Realville, right, 137 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,440 because I know that you will never get to a 138 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,559 zero crime rate. That's never going to happen. 139 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 3: Right. 140 00:08:55,919 --> 00:08:59,559 Speaker 2: However, this idea, and this is what I bristle at 141 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:02,919 the most, is this narrative that is being advanced by 142 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,559 city leaders that it's a perception of safety and CMPD 143 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:10,159 also articulated this yesterday in their press conference. There's this 144 00:09:10,519 --> 00:09:14,519 that people don't perceive that they're safe, and if they 145 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:18,519 don't feel safe, then they're not safe. Right, that's this 146 00:09:18,799 --> 00:09:21,399 narrative that they're using. Councilman Malcolm Graham said, if you 147 00:09:21,399 --> 00:09:23,200 don't feel safe, you're not safe. And too many of 148 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,840 the citizens throughout the city aren't feeling safe. Well, what 149 00:09:25,879 --> 00:09:30,480 does this narrative actually mean? It means you're delusional. That's 150 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,120 what they're saying to you, to me, to everybody, that 151 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:37,440 we are delusional. See crime rates down, but you have 152 00:09:37,519 --> 00:09:43,679 this perception. But crime rates down, Yes, it may be down, 153 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:47,919 but that doesn't mean it's at an acceptable level. 154 00:09:48,039 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 1: Oh well, I'm not saying that. Yeah, but you kind 155 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:50,600 of are. 156 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 2: You kind of are saying that because you're saying, oh, 157 00:09:54,519 --> 00:09:55,639 it's just your perception. 158 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,919 Speaker 1: See, let's get a perception. 159 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 2: So when I was a kid, my grandpa died with Alzheimer's, 160 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,360 and before he died, my mom and my dad took 161 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:07,639 care of him as he got worse. Forty years ago, 162 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,799 there were no treatments and not much support for caregivers 163 00:10:10,799 --> 00:10:13,399 and family. But things are different today because of the 164 00:10:13,399 --> 00:10:16,600 work of so many people, including the Alzheimer's Association of 165 00:10:16,639 --> 00:10:20,240 Western Carolina. It's a great organization with awesome people with 166 00:10:20,399 --> 00:10:23,159 huge hearts. I've been a supporter for twenty five years. 167 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,519 This cause means a lot to me. I participate in 168 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,399 the annual Walk to end Alzheimer's and I'm leading a 169 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,600 Charlotte team again this year, and it's called once again 170 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,080 Pete's Pack. You can sign up and you can join 171 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:35,759 the team and. 172 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 1: Walk with us. 173 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 2: It's on October eighteenth, that truest field. Sign up at 174 00:10:39,759 --> 00:10:43,360 alz dot org slash Walk and then you can search 175 00:10:43,399 --> 00:10:46,360 for my team name Pete's Pack. There's also a link 176 00:10:46,399 --> 00:10:49,039 at thepetepod dot com. There's also a link in the 177 00:10:49,039 --> 00:10:52,360 description of this podcast. Also, I'll be am seeing the 178 00:10:52,399 --> 00:10:55,200 Gastonia Walk on October eleventh, and so you can make 179 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,480 a team and join that one too, or make a 180 00:10:57,519 --> 00:11:00,240 donation and help me hit my goal of five thousand dollars. 181 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:02,360 If you do, I really appreciate it. There are a 182 00:11:02,399 --> 00:11:05,000 bunch of other walks all over the Carolinas. You can 183 00:11:05,039 --> 00:11:07,759 go to alz dot org slash walk for all the 184 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:11,399 dates and locations. We're closer than ever to stopping Alzheimer's. 185 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:13,200 Can you help us get there? Will you walk with me? 186 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:17,320 For a different future, for families, for more time for treatments. 187 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:20,039 This is why we walk. Let me go over to 188 00:11:20,519 --> 00:11:28,159 the text line seven oh four number Anonymous says, do 189 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,440 you think it is merely coincidence that the de Carlos 190 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:35,080 Brown hearing for tomorrow was delayed six months and so 191 00:11:35,279 --> 00:11:36,519 close to the election? 192 00:11:38,159 --> 00:11:39,039 Speaker 1: I do yes. 193 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 2: According to the reports that I have read, it was 194 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:46,919 actually it was supposed to be today, and it's called 195 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,759 a Rule twenty four hearing. It's for the state to 196 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:52,840 determine whether or not they're going to seek the death 197 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,360 penalty against de Carlos Brown Junior, the alleged murderer of 198 00:11:56,879 --> 00:12:00,960 Arena Zarutzka on the light rail line. According to the 199 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,519 story of WBTV, the decision to delay the hearing came 200 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:11,600 from the defense team Brown and his attorney. They did 201 00:12:11,639 --> 00:12:16,639 the reason for the delay was redacted. So I don't 202 00:12:16,639 --> 00:12:20,559 know why that would be redacted, but it was blacked out. 203 00:12:20,799 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 1: Uh from the documents. 204 00:12:23,639 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 2: So like if you're looking at a death penalty case, 205 00:12:28,519 --> 00:12:32,159 these things take a long time, and uh so it's 206 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,559 not unusual for there to be delays. So if it 207 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,600 had come from the DA's office or the court. I 208 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,039 may have some more suspicions, but the fact that it 209 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,840 came from the defense, that just seems to be sort 210 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:48,440 of a normal, a normal course of events, you know. 211 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,320 All right, let me get back to the crime stats 212 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,360 here that were released by c MPD. 213 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: In fact, hang on a second, let me do do 214 00:12:58,360 --> 00:12:58,600 do do? 215 00:12:58,720 --> 00:12:58,759 Speaker 4: Do? 216 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:00,399 Speaker 1: You go over here? 217 00:13:01,519 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 2: This is the story from WSOCTV by Eli Brand regarding 218 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:15,039 the CMPD crime stat reports for the first nine months 219 00:13:15,039 --> 00:13:18,320 of the year, and he teases out one of the 220 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:22,240 comments made by CMPD during the press conference. 221 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 5: Channel nine's Eli Brand joins us line from CMPD headquarters 222 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:28,279 where police just broke down this data and Eli, they 223 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,039 did so, but they also addressed this moment and how 224 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:33,759 people are feeling about their safety right now. 225 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 1: Oh yeah. 226 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 3: And they started with the statistics, of course, they said 227 00:13:38,159 --> 00:13:41,080 overall crime is down eight percent. They said violent crime 228 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:45,039 like murders is down twenty percent this year as compared 229 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:48,600 to last year. At this point, but several CMPD speakers 230 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,559 did acknowledge that despite the numbers they presented, people may 231 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,639 not be feeling safe in the city of Charlotte. They 232 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:56,879 blamed that feeling on multiple things. They blamed it on 233 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:00,679 high profile incidents in social media those some of them, 234 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:03,799 but they also highlighted repeat offenders. That's something they really 235 00:14:03,799 --> 00:14:06,279 hammered down on. They say it is several of the 236 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:10,240 same people that are committing crimes being released in committing 237 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:13,080 crimes again. That are some of the biggest issues in the. 238 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: City so far this year. 239 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 3: CMPD says sixty percent of people that are arrested for 240 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,919 violent crimes had been charged with something in the past. 241 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,759 Speakers said CMPD has a good relationship with the Mecklenburg 242 00:14:24,799 --> 00:14:28,320 County District Attorney's Office, but despite the work that officers 243 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:30,519 do on the ground, it may take changes in the 244 00:14:30,559 --> 00:14:33,960 behavior of judges to make a big dent in crimes committed. 245 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 6: It takes more than just CNPD in our relationship with 246 00:14:38,519 --> 00:14:40,600 the DA's office. You know, we have to do a 247 00:14:40,639 --> 00:14:42,519 deeper dive and see what's best for some of these 248 00:14:42,559 --> 00:14:46,159 repeat offenders. And so, you know, eventually the conversations will 249 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,759 have to stand to the judges and the sentences that 250 00:14:48,799 --> 00:14:49,480 they're receiving. 251 00:14:50,639 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 3: Yes, and CMPD did go on to present some of 252 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,559 the solutions they're trying to put in place to try 253 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,440 and curb crime. They did mentioned patrols that are going 254 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:02,320 to be in cre think, particularly in the Uptown division. 255 00:15:02,399 --> 00:15:04,759 Last week we told you that the department plans to 256 00:15:04,759 --> 00:15:08,679 increase their presence, especially near bars and other forms of nightlife. 257 00:15:08,879 --> 00:15:11,919 Speaker 2: All right, So that's an Eli Brand at WSOCTV in 258 00:15:11,919 --> 00:15:15,440 the quote there, or I should say the SoundBite was 259 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:20,559 Deputy Chief Jackie Briley, and she's exactly right now. In 260 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:25,360 their press release from CMPD. Despite the encouraging progress in 261 00:15:25,399 --> 00:15:27,559 the first nine months of twenty twenty five in reducing 262 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:32,519 overall crime, repeat offenders continue to inflate crime stats and 263 00:15:32,639 --> 00:15:38,000 victimization numbers across the city, negatively contributing to the perception 264 00:15:38,159 --> 00:15:41,399 of public safety. Now, think about what she said there 265 00:15:41,559 --> 00:15:46,399 and what Eli Brand was reporting. Sixty percent of the 266 00:15:46,399 --> 00:15:49,720 people that they arrest have priors. That is what we 267 00:15:49,799 --> 00:15:56,600 call recidivism. These are oftentimes career criminals, and for some reason, 268 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:03,639 our local court system is incapable or unwilling to identify 269 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:08,879 these threats to the society, giving them what forty second 270 00:16:09,039 --> 00:16:13,840 chances or something like. I understand second chances, maybe even 271 00:16:13,879 --> 00:16:16,840 a third, but at some point when it is clear 272 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:22,200 that somebody is engaged in sociopathic behavior or psychopathic behavior. 273 00:16:22,639 --> 00:16:26,440 They are a threat to the society. You need to 274 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:31,039 protect people because this line here about. You know, they 275 00:16:31,039 --> 00:16:35,360 inflate the crime stats and victimization numbers. Okay, the victimization 276 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:39,639 numbers are not like inflated artificially. They're inflated because people 277 00:16:39,679 --> 00:16:42,080 are being victimized by the same people over and over 278 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:42,639 and over again. 279 00:16:44,279 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: This is not new. 280 00:16:45,679 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 2: This has been going on in Charlotte my entire career here, 281 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,440 literally my entire career. When I was a reporter. I 282 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:57,879 started in nineteen ninety nine here and back then I 283 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,159 was putting a mic in the face of the Zen 284 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:06,160 District Attorney Peter Gilchrist, asking the very same questions about repeat, 285 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:11,640 repeat offenders. At some point, people in the court system 286 00:17:12,079 --> 00:17:17,119 should have recognized what's not working. And I can tell 287 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,920 you what's not working. Whatever you're doing right now, that's 288 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:23,200 not working. Okay, whatever you're doing, just stop doing it. 289 00:17:23,279 --> 00:17:25,079 Do the opposite of what you're doing now. 290 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:26,319 Speaker 5: You know. 291 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 2: Stories are powerful. They help us make sense of things, 292 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:32,400 to understand experiences. 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Yeah? I just want to comment 314 00:18:39,839 --> 00:18:43,480 that last month I mailed a letter to President Trump 315 00:18:43,519 --> 00:18:47,000 about the crime situation here in Charlotte. I mean, I've 316 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,519 lived my entire life, almost sixty two years on the 317 00:18:49,519 --> 00:18:51,119 West side of Charlotte, and you know what a high 318 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,400 crime area that is. And over the years, I've seen 319 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,720 the city's crime problem escalate dramatically, and I felt it 320 00:18:56,759 --> 00:18:59,160 was high time for corrective action to be taken. I 321 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,640 mentioned in or that the local political leaders are in 322 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,599 it and the judicial system is corrupt, and I say, 323 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:09,119 we need someone in authority to with the ambition, intelligence 324 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,400 and encourage to take control of this crime infested Democrat run. 325 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,039 Speaker 2: What do you so, what do you think of the U, 326 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:19,480 the Charlotte Mecklenberg FOP, the Fraternal Order of Police, their 327 00:19:19,519 --> 00:19:21,720 request for National Guard troops to come. 328 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,559 Speaker 4: Well, I support one hundred percent. I'm with them all 329 00:19:25,599 --> 00:19:28,039 the way. I mean, if they see the need for it, 330 00:19:28,079 --> 00:19:30,880 and ordinary citizens like me see the need for it, 331 00:19:31,079 --> 00:19:33,400 I think it's the political leaders that are screwing up 332 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:35,400 that they're just too proud to admit we have a 333 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,839 problem in the city. I mean, well, they. 334 00:19:37,759 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 2: Also I think they also don't want to anger a 335 00:19:41,039 --> 00:19:47,240 large portion of their political voting base that wants these types. 336 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 4: Of a lot of vote Democrat, you know you're. 337 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,799 Speaker 2: Right, Well, no, I mean it is like you've got 338 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,599 you've got people who are connected to a lot of 339 00:19:54,599 --> 00:19:59,519 these services, uh the service providers essentially you know, uh 340 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:04,599 non offits NGOs, and they get contracts, they get they 341 00:20:04,599 --> 00:20:08,079 get close to power, they get a seat at the table, 342 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,920 they get labeled a stakeholder, they get included in discussions, 343 00:20:12,039 --> 00:20:15,279 and it puffs up their their sense of self importance 344 00:20:15,599 --> 00:20:17,799 that they're actually you know, making a difference in all 345 00:20:17,799 --> 00:20:21,759 of this. Meanwhile, they are deriving financial benefit as well 346 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:25,839 for themselves and whatever organization they're working on. And that's why, 347 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,559 like this is a there is a comparative with like 348 00:20:29,599 --> 00:20:34,000 the homeless agencies that work out in like Los Angeles 349 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,440 and San Francisco, and they're they're not really incentivized to 350 00:20:37,599 --> 00:20:40,160 solve the problem because if they solve the problem, then 351 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:41,799 there's no use for them anymore. 352 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's just bureaucratic nonsense. Also, about a month ago, 353 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,880 was talking with my cousin down in George and we 354 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:52,000 were discussing the crime problem in cities like Atlanta and Charlotte, 355 00:20:52,039 --> 00:20:55,799 and I mentioned that if the Devil ever became mayor 356 00:20:55,839 --> 00:20:58,960 of Charlotte, he wouldn't have to change much. I mean, 357 00:21:00,079 --> 00:21:04,119 this has got This is gotten so evil it doesn't 358 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:05,799 need a mayor, it needs an exorcist. 359 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, you gets to do you get a 360 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,559 double thank you, Alex. I appreciate the call, sir, Ah 361 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:14,279 right bud to take care. Yes, sir. Here's a quote 362 00:21:14,319 --> 00:21:19,160 from Charlotte Mecklimburg Police Department Sergeant Todd Martin of the 363 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:23,400 Southeast Service Area Crime Reduction Unit or the CRU or 364 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,759 as I call it, the crew. He said quote, we 365 00:21:26,799 --> 00:21:30,839 continue to see a troubling pattern. A disproportionate number of 366 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:35,200 violent incidents and property crimes are being committed by individuals 367 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:39,240 with extensive criminal histories, many of whom continue to cycle 368 00:21:39,319 --> 00:21:44,960 through the justice system without facing meaningful consequences. The cycle 369 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:50,759 of catch and release does not reduce crime in our community. Correct, 370 00:21:51,519 --> 00:21:53,920 it does not. This is not even a new lesson 371 00:21:54,000 --> 00:22:00,880 to be learned. We already know this policing, crime fighting, right, 372 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:05,559 court systeming. We've all people in these industries have known this. 373 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:12,279 You can't keep letting people break the law and then 374 00:22:12,799 --> 00:22:16,599 letting them go without any punishment. And I understand, like, oh, 375 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,720 well they made a mistake. Okay, how many mistakes do 376 00:22:19,799 --> 00:22:22,559 you get to make? Maybe that should be the conversation, 377 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:28,759 how many mistakes does somebody get to make, five, ten, 378 00:22:30,039 --> 00:22:32,319 whatever it is, like, give me a number. 379 00:22:32,519 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: I don't know. Like I'm looking. 380 00:22:34,799 --> 00:22:39,400 Speaker 2: For an optimal standard. I'm looking for something, a benchmark, 381 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:43,319 you might say, something that I can judge policy and 382 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:44,559 results off of. 383 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:45,279 Speaker 1: Right. 384 00:22:45,519 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 2: This is why I ask whenever we have the conversation 385 00:22:48,039 --> 00:22:52,279 about teacher pay or per pupil expenditures in the education industry, 386 00:22:52,319 --> 00:22:56,240 I'm always asking, well, what's the optimal per pupil expenditure? 387 00:22:56,279 --> 00:22:58,480 Give me a number. What's the number that it takes 388 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,799 to educate all the children per kid? Tell me what's 389 00:23:01,839 --> 00:23:04,000 the number? And they don't ever give me the number. 390 00:23:04,039 --> 00:23:05,440 They were like, well, maybe if we just get to 391 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,240 the national average. Do you even know what that number is? 392 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:13,359 They don't teacher pay. Same thing, same thing here. What's 393 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:17,319 the number? How many violent offenses do I get to 394 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:24,480 commit before I get denied bail, before I before I 395 00:23:24,519 --> 00:23:29,759 stand in front of a jury and face actual prison 396 00:23:29,799 --> 00:23:30,319 time for it. 397 00:23:30,519 --> 00:23:33,319 Speaker 1: What's the number? Is it one? 398 00:23:33,559 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 2: You don't get a second chance if you commit certain crimes. Okay, 399 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:39,559 let's have that list. And I know they can make 400 00:23:39,559 --> 00:23:41,640 the lists for crying out loud, they made the list 401 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:46,079 on cashless bail. Every misdemeanor category two and three you 402 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:49,200 get to get cashless bail, you get to. 403 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,400 Speaker 1: Walk, and some of those. I mentioned this the other day. 404 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:55,640 Speaker 2: I ran through, I looked over all of the charges 405 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:59,279 and this comes from our local court system. They decide this. 406 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:03,400 The judge in charge of our district, that's Judge Wiggins. 407 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,680 He decides they set the bail schedules for all of 408 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,680 these crimes. And some of the misdemeanors that are included 409 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:17,839 in that list of cashless bail crimes are things like stalking. 410 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,920 It's like stalking. Really you get charged with stalking, which 411 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:27,160 is pretty hard to do. Ask a stalking victim. It's 412 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:33,480 pretty difficult to get the charges to stick. There was 413 00:24:33,519 --> 00:24:37,200 also assault. You can assault people and get to walk 414 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,960 on a cashless bail. Now, I feel like that shouldn't 415 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:46,039 be something you get to just walk home after. Inconsistent 416 00:24:46,079 --> 00:24:50,319 accountability for repeat offenders, both adults and juveniles undermines community 417 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:55,240 safety and places an undue burden on victims, neighborhoods, and 418 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,519 law enforcement resources. Right, So I always keep that in 419 00:24:58,559 --> 00:25:02,079 mind as well, because you hear democrats talking about how 420 00:25:02,079 --> 00:25:04,799 we have to you know, give more money to police 421 00:25:04,839 --> 00:25:09,640 departments so they can increase cops pay and do more recruitment. 422 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:14,720 They can fund more recruitment and retention. I don't oppose that. However, 423 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:20,440 they keep citing this as the reason why, you know, 424 00:25:20,559 --> 00:25:23,599 crime is up and it's difficult to fight this crime 425 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:25,200 and that sort of thing, and they're like, well, we 426 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,200 need the General Assembly to fund these things, even though 427 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:31,799 that is traditionally the role of the local governments to do. However, 428 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,920 if you think that that is a huge part of 429 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:40,319 the problem, then why wouldn't you be assailing the judges 430 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,799 that allow the people to keep walking out onto the street, 431 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:48,839 requiring more police officers and resources to be devoted to 432 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:53,839 rearresting them when they reoffend. It doesn't make any sense, 433 00:25:54,799 --> 00:25:59,079 in which case, reassess your assumptions. Right, if you don't 434 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:05,359 understand the dults, reassess your assumptions. 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Russ says, 463 00:27:42,559 --> 00:27:46,720 just spitballing here, But maybe the perception of crime is 464 00:27:46,839 --> 00:27:48,880 driven by people's real experience. 465 00:27:49,279 --> 00:27:50,079 Speaker 1: I believe that's. 466 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:57,599 Speaker 2: Called our lived experience, and that Trump's reality data. Anything 467 00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,680 else your lived experience. 468 00:28:01,079 --> 00:28:03,079 Speaker 1: That's the standard. I didn't make up the standard. 469 00:28:03,079 --> 00:28:06,839 Speaker 2: That's been the standard though for like the last almost decade. Okay, 470 00:28:07,279 --> 00:28:09,559 he says, thirty years ago, my car was broken into 471 00:28:09,559 --> 00:28:12,920 at a shopping center. I was the outlier in my 472 00:28:13,039 --> 00:28:16,519 friend group, even though most of us lived in or 473 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:20,519 close to sketchy areas. Now I can think of about 474 00:28:20,559 --> 00:28:23,559 a dozen people I know who have had homes or 475 00:28:23,599 --> 00:28:27,440 cars broken into, cars stolen, and experienced assaults in the 476 00:28:27,519 --> 00:28:31,720 last few years, all in the nicer parts of town 477 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:36,039 or downtown. Also, the homeless population seems more prevalent, a 478 00:28:36,039 --> 00:28:38,519 little more unstable, more muttering. 479 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:42,519 Speaker 1: Unpredictable movements, etc. Etc. I will never forget. 480 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:47,599 Speaker 2: I was at a CMPD press conference and the public 481 00:28:47,599 --> 00:28:48,839 Information officer at the time. 482 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 1: Her name is Julie Hill. 483 00:28:50,039 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 2: She used to be PIO for the City of Charlotte 484 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:56,079 and then moved over to CMPD and I had a good 485 00:28:56,119 --> 00:28:59,759 working relationship with her. We both understood, you know, what 486 00:28:59,799 --> 00:29:04,599 our roles were. And I was talking to her either 487 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:08,400 before or after one of these data dumps, one of 488 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:13,920 these crime stat update press conferences, and I said to 489 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,599 her that I said, if I had to guess, I 490 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:22,880 would say probably almost everybody has been affected by crime. 491 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:26,920 And she pushed back and said she didn't believe that 492 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:28,720 to be the case, and I said, no, I think 493 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:32,480 it's true, whether you personally have been affected by crime 494 00:29:33,079 --> 00:29:35,839 or you know somebody who has been affected by crime. 495 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,160 And she again pushed back, saying she didn't believe that 496 00:29:39,279 --> 00:29:43,920 was accurate. And she said that she did not she 497 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,599 was not a victim of any crime, and I said, well, 498 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:51,319 I am, I was multiple times. So now you know 499 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:56,160 somebody who's been affected by crime. There go proving my point. Yeah, 500 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,359 And I think that is the case. And the longer 501 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:05,480 a city allows this sort of behavior to occur and persist, 502 00:30:06,319 --> 00:30:12,160 the more people are going to fall into my category. Yeah, 503 00:30:12,279 --> 00:30:15,559 I mean I had a guy stole stuff out of 504 00:30:15,599 --> 00:30:17,640 my shed at the very first house that I owned. 505 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:22,599 He stole my lawnmower, next house that I owned, burglarized. 506 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:28,000 Neighborhood I live in now repeatedly hit by you know, 507 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:33,079 car door poppers, you know the kids that get dropped 508 00:30:33,119 --> 00:30:34,720 off at the front of the neighborhood. They roam through 509 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:38,480 the neighborhood checking people's doors, lifting up the door handles, 510 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,279 and stealing everything from inside the car if it's unlocked. 511 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:46,559 So yeah, I mean, it's a it is a it's 512 00:30:46,599 --> 00:30:51,279 a part of life here in Charlotte. And by the way, 513 00:30:51,359 --> 00:30:53,720 like this is just something that everybody accepts and it's 514 00:30:53,759 --> 00:30:56,720 not acceptable, you know, but it's like, oh well, like 515 00:30:56,799 --> 00:30:59,640 if you're walking around downtown, you should expect to be assaulted. 516 00:31:00,119 --> 00:31:02,400 Oh well, I live downtown. I should expect to have 517 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:06,799 a homeless person defecating on my front step. Oh well, like, no, 518 00:31:07,839 --> 00:31:10,480 we need to bring back the concept of shaming. 519 00:31:11,759 --> 00:31:12,960 Speaker 1: I don't think that's my idea. 520 00:31:13,079 --> 00:31:15,359 Speaker 2: I think I actually stole that from Brett Winterble now 521 00:31:15,359 --> 00:31:19,400 that i'm thinking about it, But it's true. It is true. 522 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,400 He's exactly right if he said that, which I think 523 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:26,079 he did. We should bring that back. There has to 524 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:31,759 be a shunning, a shaming. It's not cool to engage 525 00:31:31,799 --> 00:31:34,839 in this behavior. To run around stealing cars should make 526 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:39,359 you persona non grata in your family, in your community. 527 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,440 Nobody should want to have anything to do with you. 528 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,920 You are destroying the fabric of society that we all 529 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:50,039 enjoy living in. Let me get to some messages here, 530 00:31:50,559 --> 00:31:56,319 Andy says. The elephant in the room that absolutely nobody's 531 00:31:56,359 --> 00:31:59,240 talking about is that ever since Black Lives Matter took 532 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:02,079 over downtown Arlotte and pushed the defunding the police idea, 533 00:32:02,319 --> 00:32:05,119 we've had very little, if any police presence downtown. I 534 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,359 can't remember the last time I saw a beat cop 535 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:11,400 walking downtown. Taking control of downtown uptown will not be 536 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,720 an easy task, but possibly with the National Guard in 537 00:32:13,759 --> 00:32:17,279 place for a month, the police could maintain After that, look, 538 00:32:17,319 --> 00:32:20,599 I've been tying it back to BLM, back to twenty 539 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:24,559 twenty and even before then, with the protests and the 540 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:29,559 riots that erupted after the Keith lmnt Scott shooting, and 541 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:33,759 nobody ever asks the city leadership about this, Nobody ever 542 00:32:33,799 --> 00:32:38,480 talks to them. Hey did celebrating BLM and the protests 543 00:32:38,519 --> 00:32:41,759 and the riots and the social justice stuff, like, do 544 00:32:41,799 --> 00:32:45,160 you think maybe this has long term implications for us? 545 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:49,880 You know, I mean you elected Braxton Winston for crying 546 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:55,200 out loud. Police are the ones, the only one of 547 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,359 the tools in the fight against crime. Until DAS and 548 00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,960 judges joined in the fight, crime cannot be fought effect 549 00:33:00,599 --> 00:33:04,519 aggressive enforcement by cops in connection with prosecution by DAS 550 00:33:04,799 --> 00:33:08,759 and sure swift sentences handed down by judges, crime will 551 00:33:08,799 --> 00:33:09,759 never be controlled. 552 00:33:09,759 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 1: Otherwise, that's exactly right, anonymous number. 553 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,240 Speaker 2: All right, that'll do it for this episode. Thank you 554 00:33:17,319 --> 00:33:19,279 so much for listening. I could not do the show 555 00:33:19,319 --> 00:33:21,839 without your support and the support of the businesses that 556 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:25,000 advertise on the podcast, so if you'd like, please support 557 00:33:25,039 --> 00:33:26,680 them too and tell them you heard it here. 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