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Afternoon Observer | Chauvin guilty in murder of George Floyd + How much will it cost to fix Charlotte s parks? Kristen Kornbluth, The Charlotte Observer
Apr. 21 Happy Tuesday, everyone. This is Kristen. Today is an important day in North Carolina s civil rights history. 50 years ago, on April 20, 1971, Supreme Court justices ruled in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that the school board must create a busing plan that would desegregate the district. This ruling would go on to plant seeds of integration in other districts nationwide. Though progress has been made over the years, CMS still has a long way to go to reach equality. Despite Charlotte s diverse population, our neighborhoods and schools are distinctly segregated by race. Learn more about the case and Charlotte s continued reckoning here, and learn more about the lawyer who won the case, Julius Chambers, here.
State loses appeal in Mark Carver murder case of UNC Charlotte student
A Superior Court judge was within his rights to grant a Gaston County man a new trial in the 2008 death of a UNC Charlotte student, according to a ruling Tuesday by the state Court of Appeals.
The unanimous ruling by the three-judge panel could mean that District Attorney Locke Bell will be forced to decide as early as next month whether to try Mark Bradley Carver again for the killing of Irina Yarmolenko or dismiss the first-degree murder charge against him.
Carver, 52, spent more than eight years in prison after a Gaston County jury convicted him in 2011 of first-degree murder in the death of Yarmolenko, a 20-year-old college student.
Bandit Brings the Lights to NorthField Church Night to Shine ‘Shine-Thru’ USA – The Tim Tebow Foundation held its seventh annual Night to Shine event on 12 February, celebrating people with special needs over the age of 14. Bandit Lites donated lighting to the NorthField Church gathering. The evening normally features a gala, complete with a mirror ball and swaths of lighting, but due to Covid-19, volunteers made the evening as festive as possible while pivoting to a shine-thru celebration.
“I speak for every Bandit in saying are humbled to be a part of Night to Shine and to know we played a part in the smiles on the faces of these kids and their families,” said Bandit Lites vice president Mike Golden. “Every job we do is important, but very few are as special as this one is. It is an honor to be a part of this event and our thanks go out to the entire Night to Shine operation for their efforts in truly making this a night to shine.”