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Internal Affairs memo told Monroe that officer Jackson should have been charged in domestic incident
Last month, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Rodney Monroe said at a press conference that he only knew of one incident in which former officer Marcus Jackson had been suspended.
"I'm aware of one time, one incident that he's been suspended for and that involved speed, operating a vehicle outside of policy," he said at a Jan. 5th press conference.
But WFAE has obtained a memo that shows the rookie officer was also suspended after a domestic dispute, and the memo says he should have been charged with a crime.
That memo was addressed to Chief Monroe.
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How to avoid buying a foreclosed nightmare
The plight of homeowners in this recession is well-documented: foreclosure filings rose more than 17 percent last year in North Carolina. But one man's tragedy is another's triumph, and all those foreclosures are a terrific opportunity if you're in the market for a new home. WFAE's Julie Rose takes a look at the possibilities and pitfalls in buying a foreclosed home.
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Jackson was subject of Internal Affairs speeding probe; record shows he changed police report
Charlotte City Council last week decided not to review the personnel file of former Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Officer Marcus Jackson.
Jackson is accused of sexually assaulting five women he pulled over on traffic stops and one woman who called 911 for help with a domestic disturbance. Overall, he's been indicted on 15 charges.
But the rookie officer received the attention of CMPD's Internal Affairs division even before the first charges were filed against him. There are still unanswered questions about that investigation. Among them: Why did officer Jackson change a police report one month after he filed it?
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The ripple-effects of the Greensboro sit-in
50 years ago today, four African-American college students at North Carolina A&T sat down in the whites-only section of a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro.
A wave of lunch-counter protests followed in cities across the South, including Charlotte, and helped propel the Civil Rights Movement.
At the time of the Greensboro sit-in, Charlotte attorney and civil rights activist Charles Jones was a student at Johnson C. Smith University.
He spoke to WFAE's Mark Rumsey about hearing the news from Greensboro on his car radio.
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Winter storm = bread+milk, but why?
In the Charlotte region, when a snow storm is in the forecast, people hear about it well in advance. And people prepare well in advance with trips to the grocery store to stock up on plenty of food ... especially bread and milk.
For years the mystery of why bread and milk are the must-haves during a winter storm in Charlotte has puzzled WFAE's Simone Orendain. So she stopped at a couple of grocery stores to try to get to the bottom of the mystery. Here's a page out of her reporter's notebook.
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Suburban retrofit, a solution to sprawl
For decades we've watched cities grow outward - call it suburban sprawl. But in recent years there's been a movement among urban planners who are banking on a reversal of this trend. The planning firm Duany Plater-Zyberk - or DPZ - is at the forefront of the New Urbanism movement, which designs ways to cut back on growing outward. DPZ is currently writing a book on how to fix sprawl for planners, architects and anyone else who's interested. WFAE's Simone Orendain reports.
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Tallying up the number of CMPD officers charged with crimes
Charlotte City Council tonight will inspect and decide whether to release the personnel file of fired Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Marcus Jackson.
It would be an extraordinary move, but state laws allow it if it's essential to maintaining public confidence in the administration of city services.
Jackson is among 17 CMPD officers charged with crimes over the past two years.
In this report, WFAE's Lisa Miller examines what that says about the department.
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NASCAR media tour a thrill ride for drivers and reporters. Or not.
Unless you're really tuned into the NASCAR world, you probably didn't know the biggest media event in the sport is taking place this week in Concord. The annual Sprint Cup Media Tour is hosted each January by Charlotte Motor Speedway. It's 4 days of publicity for drivers, teams and sponsors. In a word, it's exciting. Sort of.
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A Catch 22 in colonoscopy coverage
In the debate over health care, here's something we can all agree on: We don't want surprises on our medical bills . . . things we thought were covered that really weren't. Take health screenings like mammograms. Most insurance plans promise to cover them fully, since catching a problem early can prevent much bigger expenses down the line. And insurance companies appear to make the same promise for colonoscopies, since colorectal cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer.
However, many people are discovering their colonoscopy insurance benefit comes with strings. And some wake up from the procedure to discover they owe hundreds - even thousands - of dollars.
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Reflections of a 'Miracle' survivor
It was a year ago when the "Miracle on the Hudson" happened. US Airways Flight 1549 out of New York was bound for Charlotte when it struck birds and prompted a crash-landing on the Hudson river. All 155 passengers and the flight crew survived. One of them was Jim Whitaker. He came to WFAE's studios to share his story.
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Soldiers from NC's largest guard unit coming home
Nearly half of North Carolina's National Guard troops have spent the last year overseas, including about 4,000 soldiers who belong to the state's largest National Guard Unit. It's called the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team. While in Iraq, seven soldiers in the unit were killed in action and 29 were wounded in action. Over the next few weeks, soldiers of the 30th will be coming home to North Carolina. WFAE's Julie Rose witnessed one of the reunions this week.
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Racist clauses plague property deeds in Charlotte, across country
A historic neighborhood in Charlotte is struggling with a racial legacy that plagues many communities across the country. Thousands of homes in the city - maybe even yours - have discriminating language written into their original deeds. The restrictions are no longer enforceable, but the words remain a painful reminder, and in Myers Park, they're causing new trouble. WFAE's Julie Rose explains:
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Victim's boyfriend details damage done by fired CMPD officer's traffic stops
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police detectives are trying to find other potential victims of former CMPD Officer Marcus Jackson. They're sifting through police cruiser video of every traffic stop Jackson made in the last six months to see if they can identify anything else suspicious.
Three women have come forward in the last two weeks accusing Jackson of fondling or forcing them to perform sex acts after he pulled them over. A boyfriend of one of the women tried to stop the officer by calling 911. It worked, but not in the way he intended.
WFAE's Lisa Miller has his story:
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Congresswoman Sue Myrick's video war on terror
The attempted attack on an airplane arriving in Detroit Christmas Day has given Charlotte Congresswoman Sue Myrick another opportunity to raise the alarm in her efforts to combat the threat of terror on U.S. soil. WFAE's Julie Rose reports.
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NC soldiers celebrating in Iraq
About 4,000 North Carolina National Guard soldiers are deployed overseas today and missing the holiday festivities of their families and friends. Earlier today we spoke with two of them, Sergeant First Class John Piland and his son, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Daniel Piland, on the phone from Basqra, Iraq.
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Gaston County's homespun songs of another era
In the 1920s, Gaston County was booming with textile mills. By 1929 there were more mills in Gaston County than any other county in the country.
People from the mountains and poor farmers across the region flocked to Gaston County in search of prosperity. They brought with them their music and the crowded mill villages became a breeding ground for musicians.
They mixed the rhythms of mill life with the Tin Pan Alley tunes and blues they heard on the radio and phonograph.
A new CD highlights some of that music. It's called Gastonia Gallop: Cotton Mill Songs and Hillbilly Blues.
Marshall Wyatt of Raleigh produced the album. He spoke to WFAE's Lisa Miller.
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'Lost Boys' find their place at Presbyterian Hospital
There is an army of workers at Charlotte's Presbyterian Hospital wearing red vests that match the holiday decor in the halls. They're known as "patient transporters." They quietly keep traffic moving and patients arriving to their appointments on time. And a small group of them has a story that's both horrifying and uplifting. WFAE's Julie Rose reports.
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Hardship is no barrier at a small private school in Charlotte
Attending private school costs quite a bit of money and most schools, if not all, offer some form of aid or scholarship to the neediest of their students. But it's rare for a private school to have 100 percent of its students on some sort of scholarship. In Charlotte, Brookstone Schools does just that. WFAE's Simone Orendain reports.
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