{"id":20582,"date":"2025-11-17T03:23:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T02:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=20582"},"modified":"2025-11-17T03:24:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T02:24:41","slug":"charlotte-im-ausnahmezustand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/charlotte-im-ausnahmezustand\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte in a State of Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charlotte experienced a low point this weekend unlike anything the city had seen in years. Within a few hours, the everyday life of a metropolis that is usually shaped by Latin American life, international immigration and economic growth turned into a scene of fear, closed doors and people running away. What began as the inconspicuous appearance of a few patrol cars became, within a very short time, the largest operation against migrants in North Carolina\u2019s recent history. More than eighty arrests on Saturday alone, accompanied by heavily armed officers who combed through parking lots, walked through stores and did not even spare church grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The operation is once again led by the highly controversial Gregory Bovino (second from right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Under the leadership of Gregory Bovino, who had carried out similar operations in Chicago and Los Angeles in recent months, the Border Patrol spread across Charlotte as if the city were located at an international border crossing and not 170 miles from the next coastal point. Restaurants where reggaeton usually plays remained closed. The large flea market, a gathering place for Latin American families, canceled its entire operation. Even Catholic parishes were unusually empty on Sunday because many, out of fear, did not even come to Mass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n