Edwird -> RE: Arrogant, Entitled, Cry-Baby, and Coward (10/5/2016 9:35:14 PM)
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I should say, as a former Charlotte dweller and inhabitant , I find exception to one of your earlier posts trying to present Charlotte as some 'divided community.' There is much more cultural and community development there than would be the case in many other cities further north. Just don't get me started on where the greatest bigotry lies. If there are any "50 dollar steak lunches" going on in uptown Charlotte, there would be very few of the thousands of office workers aware of it in any case. Please don't do that 'feed the narrative' thing. But in any case, as you might have surmised from earlier comments of mine, the Charlotte police are indeed a bit skittish, and were leaning that way even before 9/11. I think that there must have been some national effort in bringing things to the state that we see now. Shoot first, and answer questions to the press later. I remember as a wee lad how police dealt with difficult situations. I saw all this stuff when walking to the store; some woman beating her man with a dog chain, or some man punching his woman, etc. The police just dealt with it by numbers, by billysticks, etc, even every once in awhile somebody having a gun. In that case they called out 5 more cop cruisers and all crowded around. But somehow, nobody got shot. Charlotte is a much better place than it was 30 years ago. Even as better-than-decent as it was then. This 'police thing' seems to have taken over the country, 9/11 style, so please don't place improper attribution to one locale in that regard.
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