It’s impossible to review a year’s worth of news in just one hour, especially after the year we just had. But the Charlotte Talks team wanted to highlight the significant news we brought you over the last 365 days. It seemed like there was never a dull moment.
We’ll revisit our conversation with Mecklenburg District Attorney Spencer Merriweather, who we spoke to in the aftermath of the murder of Irnya Zarutska on the Lynx Blue line. Merriweather talked to us about the difficulties facing his office and the consequences of having a lack of resources. We also discussed the decision left to magistrates and their qualifications.
The impacts of “Operation Charlotte’s Web” that brought the presence of Border Patrol to the city are still being felt as we exit 2025. We’ll turn back to a conversation with Mecklenburg County commissioner Susan Rodriguez-McDowell. In response to Border Patrol’s presence, she supported a resolution, entitled “Affirming Constitutional Protections and Expressing Support for Our Immigrant Community”. The proclamation called for transparency from federal authorities regarding who they were taking into custody and where they were being transported to…