Last year, Charlotte ended 2016 with 66 murders. Just barely into April, the count is up to 25, the latest being a man who murdered his parents – they had legal custody of their grandchild from the killer’s brother, who was also possibly murdered last year.<\/p>\n
Almost all of the deaths have been committed by black males living in predominantly black neighborhoods, and most of them appear to be people with no Charlotte roots – but rather the people that Barack Obama encouraged to move here at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. “People here don’t even have metal bars on their windows!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last year, Charlotte ended 2016 with 66 murders. Just barely into April, the count is up to 25, the latest being a man who murdered his parents – they had legal custody of their grandchild from the killer’s brother, who … Continue reading