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The Man at the Center of That Viral Exchange on I-277

Ed.: Read an interview with the 16-year-old, Raymon Curry, here. Early Saturday afternoon, a demonstration that began in uptown moved onto Interstate 277. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police eventually guided protesters off the overpass without serious incident. But before then, near the Fourth…

What’s Handcuffing the Criminal Justice System in Charlotte

Spencer Merriweather, Charlotte’s first black district attorney, is trying to combat a surge in murders and gun crimes. A key to the solution, he says, is for the state to recognize that criminal justice in North Carolina’s cities—underfunded, overwhelmed, awash in paper, and tied to an early-’90s computer system—desperately needs an upgrade

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