Hope, progress and the need for continued work were among the topics discussed by Black leaders in Charlotte during a virtual panel on Martin Luther King Jr. Day hosted by the Harvey Gantt Center.
Another fatal police shooting occurred last weekend. Another fatal shooting involving a white officer and a Black man. Jason Walker was shot and killed in Fayetteville by an off-duty Cumberland County sheriff’s deputy.Walker’s family is mourning while searching for answers. That includes Walker’s cousin, Charlotte artist de’Angleo Dia. He’s been involved in protests in Charlotte for other shooting deaths. He never dreamed he would be dealing with a police shooting from this perspective.