{"id":13265,"date":"2015-08-09T13:24:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T17:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=13265"},"modified":"2015-08-10T17:39:19","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T21:39:19","slug":"what-not-to-do-if-yourlifematters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=13265","title":{"rendered":"What not to do if #yourlifematters *updated*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte is holding a trial with national attention.  Way before Ferguson, a Charlotte Police officer shot an &#8220;unarmed&#8221; Black man 10 times at 2:45 AM in a rural part of Mecklenburg County (where rich white people who want no contact with black people live).<\/p>\n<p>In response to the deceased knocking on a door at 2:30 AM and freaking out the woman inside, three officers in three cars respond.  This is a dashcam video from one of the officers who didn&#8217;t shoot.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Full Dashcam: Jonathan Ferrell shooting\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p86K-8kTv68?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>First, you can get a sense of how rural the area is.   A couple of the bridges he goes over are for the fairly recently completed I-485, the source of the new subdivisions in the area.  2:47:30 is the key point to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the baseless accusations of the police union attorney, the suspect is not drunk, has no drugs in his system &#8211; he had just crashed his car and was trying to get help from nearby houses.<\/p>\n<p>*** additional context ***<\/p>\n<p>The City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County have consolidated many government functions as the City is the bulk of the population, employment and economic activity<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image7-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image7-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image7-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image7-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image7.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a 25 year delay, the final portion of I-485 was opened a few months ago (the shooting was two years ago).   Notice the thin light green line &#8211; that is the county line.  This is about as far from Charlotte as you can be and still be in the county.  Police likely rarely go into this area.   As the &#8220;norm&#8221; in this area, everything is subdivisions with only one or two ways in and out.   You will be noticed if you drive into the subdivision.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image8-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image8-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image8-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image8-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image8.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you want to follow along at home, at 2:45:25 am, he is turning right from Plaza Road Extension onto Reedy Creek Road, just after crossing I-485.  The crosswalk at 2:47:20 is at the entrance to a dead end street called Reedy Creek Pool.  The shooting is happening Next to the Bradfield Farms Gym and Racquet Club.<\/p>\n<p>The video begins on North Sharon Amity Road.  I&#8217;m pretty sure this is the black policeman.  They knew the person they were looking for is a young black male.  There is an &#8220;unwritten rule&#8221; that male policemen don&#8217;t touch women suspects, and white policemen don&#8217;t touch black suspects.   They call for the designated minority police officer to handle the situation.  Unfortunately for Mr Ferrell, he ran first.   That explains why car #2 was waiting out in the street &#8211; he didn&#8217;t want to go to the suspect without a black man in blue on the scene.<\/p>\n<p>As far as the car accident and how he wound up where he was, those details are vague.  The only detail I found so far is he &#8220;walked about half a mile&#8221;.  He had to crawl out the back window but lost his cell phone.  <\/p>\n<p>The first grand jury refused to sign off on an indictment, and the second grand jury was the result of national media attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte is holding a trial with national attention. 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