First let’s note that WBTV’s Tom Roussey last night tried to get the Mint Hill PD to explain why its officers did not arrest Marcus Jackson for breaking and entering. Zilch.
This pointed me back to the WBTV timeline of the Jackson case, which I modify below with the newly available info for November (emphasis added):
— Nov. 2: A woman driving her car is stopped by Jackson – she will later allegedly be pulled over by him again on Dec. 29. She reports to police that an officer fondled her during a search that seems to be improper.
— Nov. 5: CMPD Internal Affairs sends Chief Monroe and eight of his top aides a memo detailing Jackson’s September misdemeanor breaking and entering at his estranged wife’s apartment in Mint Hill. IA says a “chain of command review board” has determined that Jackson violated two of the department’s Rules of Conduct (Conduct Unbecoming and Conformance to Laws) and has been suspended for two days.
— Nov. 29: The last victim to come forward, this was actually the second that was allegedly affected by the case. During the response to a domestic violence call, Jackson allegedly used his authority as a police officer to unlawfully fondle this victim, police said.
What this means is that the very moment Jackson is stalking and selecting his alleged victims, CMPD brass has been alerted in the starkest terms possible that Jackson is spinning out of control. Remember, Jackson had only been on patrol for six-months yet in that time IA twice notifies CMPD top command — including Rodney Monroe — that Jackson is operating with little regard for the law.
CMPD knew about the 2003 restraining order an ex-girlfriend has place on Jackson although — if CMPD’s account can be trusted — not about the 2005 restraining order stipulating that Jackson not possess a firearm. Yet CMPD opted to put Jackson back on the street.
Now it should be obvious why the latest rumble in this matter is word filtering out in Charlotte’s buddy-buddy legal community that: A) The DA’s office and CMPD intend to prosecute Jackson to the max, taking the matter to trial and B) Anyone or anything that gets in the way of that effort by talking about this matter or questioning the official CMPD and city line will be cut off at the knees.
In other words, official Charlotte is trying to impose a cone of silence on the Jackson affair with threats and intimidation. Will it work? It might.
The sudden trial-trial chatter is an obvious attempt to counter the plain fact that Jackson holds all the cards precisely because CMPD refuses to come clean on his brief CMPD career. With a word — say proof that Jackson did notify CMPD of his 2005 restraining order, maybe? — Jackson can blow up CMPD’s official account of his career. Talk about a hole card.
With those kinds of unknowns — not to mention the damning facts — no wonder the silk gloves are coming off the fists of Charlotte’s raw power.
This is Iggy Pop.