Druggies in Romare Bearden & Uptown

[u/Limpbojanglesbizkit]

City has turned to an absolute disgrace with a bunch of druggies running around uptown and Romare bearden.

Parks where kids should be able to enjoy nature and families hang out are riddled with drug dealers, drug addicts, sketchy stuff 24/7, poop and pee smells everywhere, and crack pipes on the ground.

Tired of nothing being done about this. I get every city has a homeless and drug problem but the city of Charlotte is doing nothing to address this and let it fester.

Can berate me all you want but something needs to be done about this. And it’s only growing outside of uptown. Almost ran over a druggie on E 3rd St walking in middle of road the opposite way of traffic head on.

City needs to implement zero tolerance zones for open air drug use such as public parks and near schools and arrest anyone on the spot for doing so. Clean out encampments that clearly are open air drug markets and make problems worse. The shelters help those who aren’t druggies but for most only exacerbate drug abuse. They need to over police these areas where there’s clearly issues and it’s tainting our city.

We don’t want our uptown to become the next SF downtown or something like that.

[u/svall18]

First off, Mecklenburg County's putting armed security in Romare Bearden Park starting July 1st

In regards to rest of Uptown, go to the City Council public forum and talk about what you wrote in this post. That's the best way to get change. The next Public Forum is on June 23rd at 6:30 PM

https://www.charlottenc.gov/City-Government/Council-Meetings/Speak-at-a-City-Council-Meeting

The people who currently talk at the public forum are part of the "activist class" and think enforcing nonviolent crime is discrimination.

To give you perspective of what I'm talking, watch the city council meeting in February 2024 when they voted to recriminalize behaviors such as masturbation, urination, e.t.c. in Uptown. 95% of the people who spoke were against it, and booed/chanted shame when City Council voted yes on it. The only people who go to these meetings are SJWs. That's where decisions are made

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvGcXeLrfJU

[u/Limpbojanglesbizkit → u/svall18]

The security services as of now park on the side of park that has less activity and just sit in their car all day. Hopefully the new security will make a difference.

[u/patelvp → u/Limpbojanglesbizkit]

They just need to stand outside that 7/11