Shutout not given an opportunity to speak to the council. And the ordinance they say will force Business Owners to go against their religious objections and citing Public Safety saying transgender residents could expose women and children to predators but supporters held a News Conference they delivered boxes of petitionses to councilmembers saying everyone deserves Legal Protection and urged councilmembers to pass the ordinance who prohibit any passenger from hire vehicle for discriminating against gays and lesbians and ban bars, hotels and restaurants from refusing to serve if gays and lez yaps. A pastor in favor of the ordinance, he says this law will not benefit predators. The law will not help them in anyway. If they are going to do wrong they will do it without a law. This protects people who are want to be able to fully express who they are and fully be able to participate in society on equal footing. Now, i checked with City Council Officials and they tell me if the ordinance p
Individuals to use restrooms of the sex they identify with. This morning people on both sides of the issue had an early faceoff. They took these boxes of letters supporting the ordinance to the mayor and councilmembers offices. Outside the Government Center there were people with signs. They sang hymns and gave speeches expressing they were against it. If this ordinance passes tonight it will go into effect april 1st. We know over a hundred people are signed up to speak for at least one minute. We will update you as soon as the vote is made, but it should be a very long council meeting. Stay with wbtv on air and wbtv. Com for updates. Tonight maureen tonight parents and neighbors living near East Mecklenburg High School say they are worried after a teenager was kidnapped at gunpoint last week. The report on this was just released. Else becomes a victim. Christian florez has the latest on the investigation. I dont like her getting [inaudible] reporter keep her out of trouble and now he
Next round of wet weather, looking ahead to the weekend. Christine, back to you. Christine we have been following breaking news for you this morning, charlottemecklenburg police have spent the morning on the scene of a swat situation in northwest charlotte. This is happening at catawba plantation subdivision on Pointer Ridge drive. We have brand new information just in. In the last few minutes. That swat situation has just ended. And our Ashton Pellom is getting images from the scene that youre looking at here, is being told by cmpd the man has been arrested in this swat situation and that he was wanted for murder in halifax county. The man surrendered without incident. Well continue to ask questions at the swat scene but again, the swat situation ending minutes ago, a man wanted for murder has since surrender to police. Well update you throughout the morning. City Council Members approved an expansion of the toed a pro ten shuns for Lgbt Community. Seven Council Members vote in favor
Yet it is part of the threeday event that could bring about the possibility of Severe Weather this week. Tonight we are tracking it for you. On promote bill melugin joining you from clover South Carolina. Kayla we will get to whether weather just a moment but first on fox parents packed into a Clover School meeting days after exclusive special report. Bill a lot things got emotional right off the bat at tonights Board Meeting as soon as they Public Comment portion opened up. People started railing against Clover School district because they believe the districts internal investigation really mishandled the allegations of abuse against autistic children. This is what we profiled in our exclusive investigative report last when they want cameras placed about the districts special education classrooms and number two they want the teacher at the center of the allegations to be terminated. What are you hoping to hear from the School District . I want them to get real. I want them to give us
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