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Family Calls for Hate Crime Charges in Ardrey Kell Assault
The FBI has been brought in to investigate a potential hate crime in south Charlotte as the family of a 15-year-old female student at Ardrey Kell High School say she was targeted by a male student of the same age due to her Muslim faith earlier this month. According to…
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New Lawsuits Against MorningStar Fellowship Church Expand Sex Abuse Scandal
Following the Sept. 6 guilty plea to 10 charges related to sexual abuse by a former Cornelius police officer and youth church leader, for which he was sentenced to nine years in prison, leadership at the South Carolina megachurch where Erickson Douglas Lee preyed on children were likely hoping to…
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Local Incidents Part of Broader Attack on LGBTQ Community, Pride Events
An embrace. A kiss. A “yes” that put those gathered around them in a visible state of excitement, all smiles and phones out, recording a beautiful moment where two people in love committed to spend their lives together. It’s a scene you might have been present for once or twice…
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As Abortion Laws Take Center Stage Nationwide, Charlotte Looks Away
Following the passage of abortion laws such as Texas’ “fetal heartbeat law,” which effectively bans all abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, causing advocates to worry that other states could follow suit, one might expect increased attention on the situation at an abortion clinic on Charlotte’s east side that…
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Comedian Eddie Pepitone Talks Comedy Before VisArt Video Show
Asking comedian Eddie Pepitone to help promote anything, even if it is his own upcoming show at VisArt Video, feels ironic. After all, one of the funniest bits in his latest stand-up special For The Masses, named 2020’s funniest special by The New York Times, sees him acting out a…
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Critical Race Theory Debate Comes to CMS Board Meeting
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has not included anything that could be billed as “critical race theory” in its current curriculum, nor was the topic on the agenda for Tuesday’s Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) board meeting. Despite that fact, dozens of parents, teachers, and community members signed up to speak out on the topic…
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Advocates Call on Charlotte City Council to Pass Nondiscrimination Ordinance
It has been five years since Charlotte passed an LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance, and nearly six months since the sunset of HB142, the partial repeal of HB2, which included a clause prohibiting new nondiscrimination ordinances until December 1, 2020. In the meantime, the LGBTQ community and its allies have been forced…
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Sheriff’s Deputies Arrest Jail Support Members During Sit-In
Over two dozen people were arrested Monday morning across from the Mecklenburg County Detention Center for holding a sit-in protest and temporary small-scale revival of Jail Support, which has offered services and supplies to people leaving the Uptown jail since late May. Roughly 20 individuals sat on the curb holding…
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Organizers Shame Thom Tillis For Lack of Movement on COVID-19 Relief
Community organizers and union leaders staged a demonstration on Tuesday outside Senator Thom Tillis’ Charlotte office as part of a nationwide effort to shame lawmakers for dragging their feet on the most recent COVID-19 relief package, telling senators around the United States, “Mitch better have my money.” Representatives from Action…
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Anti-Racists in Gastonia Clash With Counterprotesters After Days of Unrest
Photo gallery of anti-racists and counterprotesters in Gastonia at the bottom of the story. Images by Shane White and Grant Baldwin Two arrests of Charlotte activists in front of the Gaston County courthouse Thursday ratcheted up tensions during a week of protests and unrest in the usually quiet town of…
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Organizers Call on D.A. Merriweather to Drop All Protest Charges
Organizers with Charlotte Uprising, Southeast Asian Coalition (SEAC), and Feed the Movement CLT gathered in front of District Attorney Spencer Merriweather’s office on Monday to call on him to drop all charges related to protests that have been held in Charlotte over the last 25 days. On Thursday, deputies with…
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5 Things To Know: Sheriff’s Office Clears Out Jail Support
Sheriff’s Office Clears Out Jail Support Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) deputies arrested 43 people on Thursday, June 18, for refusing to leave a jail support site set up in front of the Mecklenburg County Detention Center and remove all supplies from the area. Earlier on Thursday, Sheriff Gary McFadden…
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Charlotte Uprising, Local Attorneys Make Claims of Rights Violations
A group of attorneys will hold a press conference on Wednesday to address an incident that occurred on Thursday, June 11, in which they say police threatened to arrest them for attempting to see their clients, local organizers with Charlotte Uprising and other activists arrested during recent protests. Darlene Harris,…
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Protesters Resume Activities Outside Charlotte Clinic Following Arrests
For years now, anti-abortion protesters have demonstrated in front of A Preferred Women’s Health Clinic (APWHC) in east Charlotte, with groups like Cities4Life attempting to convince women to go through with their pregnancies, and a coalition called Love Life Charlotte hosting large gatherings on the surrounding properties to pray and…
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