Didn’t think there was much to say about the fireworks we enjoyed last night at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden just across the Catawba in Belmont. The Charlotte Philharmonic put on a nice show, helpfully including a rendition of the Star Wars theme to just about put the boys into orbit, and the actual explosives were quite inventive, bright, and close. All-in-all, a fine, if low-key, event for the 4th.
Then I hear of the riot that marred uptown Charlotte’s “Sky Show” last night. There seems to be some reluctance to call it a riot and admit that thousands of people were causing mayhem and firing guns on city streets, requiring an all-hands scramble from the Charlotte Police Department. Somehow I do not think we’ve yet had a full accounting of the property crimes and assaults that took place during the unrest, even though police are examining surveillance video from the transit center, across the street from the new uptown arena.
I wonder if we’ll ever get the whole story.
