>>
>> A
>> A SHOOTING IN THE HEART OF CENTER CITY, CMP DO YOU NOT SAYING CRIME IN UPTOWN HAS
BECOME MORE FREQUENT, THE
LATEST GUN VIOLENCE LEFT A CEO
SERIOUSLY HURT AFTER HE WAS
RANDOMLY SHOT WHILE WALKING TO
A BUSINESS MEETING.
DR. JOHN HOLLIDAY WAS NOT THE
INTENDED TARGET BUZZ WAS
CRITICALLY INJURED IN A
SHOOTING.>> WERE GOING TO HAVE
A SLIGHT INCREASE IN CRIMES IN
ANY MAJOR CITY WHEN WE HAVE AN
INCREASE IN POPULATION.>> CMP
SAY THERE HAVE BEEN 82 CRIMES
WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE
EPICENTER THE PAST MONTH, THE
NUMBER INCLUDES 18 RESULTS AND
TWO OF THEM INVOLVING GUNS AND
AN ARMED ROBBERY.
WHAT HAS TO BE DONE WHEN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT CRIME AND THE
HOMICIDE RATE I THINK WE ARE
AROUND 80 NOW, WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO DO?>> IF YOU ARE NOT
SERIOUS AND OUTRAGED BY THIS
YOU ARE NOT PROBABLY SITTING
ALONGSIDE THE MAJORITY OF HOW
MOST CHARLOTTE TEENS RIGHT NOW
IT IS SAD BUT ALSO MAKES ME AN
ELECTED OFFICIAL WHICH IS
CHARGED WITH SAFETY ANGRY WE
DON'T SPEND NEARLY ENOUGH TIME
ON THIS TOPIC AS MUCH AS WE DO
TALKING TO THE CITY ABOUT THE
SALES TAX OR WHATEVER TOPIC OF
THE DATA DISTRACTING US, THIS
IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF ONE OF
THE MAJOR THINGS WE SEE WHICH
IS CONFLICT RESOLUTION, A 16-
YEAR-OLD HAS A GUN AND IS NOT
RESOLVING CONFLICT PROPERLY,
SHOOTS IT AND AN INNOCENT
BYSTANDER AND THE GETTING HIT.
WE GO BACK TO HARRIS WHO WE
HAVE ALL STOPPED TALKING ABOUT
NOW, THE STEAK AND SHAKE
SHOOTING, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
THEY ARE GOING TO DO.
WE HAVE BEEN AVERAGING OVER
EIGHT HOMICIDES PER MONTH THIS
YEAR THAT MEANS WE HAVE THREE
MONTHS LEFT AT THIS POINT AND
WERE NOT DONE WERE GOING TO
BREAK 100 THIS IS SOMETHING, WE
DON'T NEED TO SENSATIONALIZE IT
BUT WE NEED TO SHOCK PEOPLE
INTO SAYING WERE GOING TO TAKE
CARE OF THE BASICS BEFORE WE
MOVED ANYTHING ELSE.>> WE HAVE
TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE WE HAVE
TO CONTINUE TO PUT PRESSURE ON
THE SYSTEM AND MAKE SURE WERE
NOT PUTTING VIOLENT CRIMINALS
BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY WHO
STATISTICALLY WE KNOW ARE VERY
LIKELY TO RECOMMIT WE HAVE ALSO
DONE A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE
CITY HAS BEEN DOING WELL WHICH
IS TRYING TO GET PEOPLE IN
THOSE TEENAGE YEARS WHERE WE
KNOW ALL OF THESE FOLKS MIGHT
START DOWN THE WRONG PATH, THEY
GIVE THEM OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN CREATING PROGRAMS AND
TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HER AND TAKE THE
RIGHT PATH AND OBVIOUSLY THIS
YOUNG MAN DID NOT HAVE THAT
OPPORTUNITY AND WENT DOWN THE
WRONG ONE SO AT 16 YEARS OLD
IT'S PRETTY SCARY THAT SOMEBODY
WOULD BE SO BRAZEN TO FIRE A
GUN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY IN
DOWNTOWN CHARLOTTE, I CERTAINLY
HOPE THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS
STRUCK BY THE BULLET IS DOING
ALL RIGHT.
>> REMEMBER THIS IS A NATIONAL
TREND, THE NATIONAL TREND AS
VIOLENT CRIMES ARE GOING DOWN
ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATION WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF RAPE AND WE
DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING UP
OR WOMEN ARE REPORTING IT MORE
BUT VIOLENT CRIME IS GOING DOWN
SO ANY SPIKE ACTUALLY IS A
PRETTY BIG CONCERN IN ANY URBAN
ENVIRONMENT AND ANOTHER
ENVIRONMENTS THERE ARE GOING
TO.
>> SO WHY IS IT HAPPENING THEN?
THIS GOES AGAINST WHAT YOU
THINK THE STEREOTYPE IS, A
BOOMING ECONOMY AND A BOOMING
CITY.>> ANYBODY WHO SAYS THEY
KNOW WHY THESE RATES FLUCTUATE
UP AND DOWN FROM YEAR TO YEAR
IS BEING A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS.
IT WAS DOWN THE YEAR BEFORE AND
IT'S A THIS YEAR, THERE ARE
MANY THINGS THAT FACTOR INTO IT
BUT WE CERTAINLY KNOW THE
AVERAGE AGE OF THE PEOPLE
COMMITTING THESE TYPES OF
CRIMES, WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A
DIFFERENT OPTION.
>> A BULLET IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A CALL AND A SHOOTING
AT A HOMICIDE I THINK THESE
TRENDS AND EXCEPT NUMBERS OF
HOMICIDES, LOOKING AT THEM THAT
WAY ARE NOT NECESSARILY
INDICATIVE OF THE WHOLE PICTURE
THAT'S GOING ON AND I THINK HE
SAID IS OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM
NEEDS WORK WE NEED MORE JUDGES,
MORE SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES IN
OPERATION, BETTER LAWS TO GET
REPEAT VIOLENT CRIMINAL
OFFENDERS NOT JUST OFF THE
STREET BUT WHEN THEY HAVE GUNS
AND THEN THEY ARE GUN RELATED
CRIMES, OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
CAN THROW THE BOOK AT THEM AND
WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR JAILS
THAT PROBABLY SHOULD NOT BE
THERE AND PEOPLE IN OUR STREETS
THAT SHOULD NOT BE THERE.
WE REALLY NEED TO FIGURE OUT
OUR FOCUS AND WHILE WE ARE
FOCUSING ON ICE WHICH I'M NOT
TRYING TO MINIMIZE IT,