Notice what CMPD chief Rodney Monroe is saying here about locking the same guy up 25 or 30 times. There is something wrong with Mecklenburg’s system, not his system. Not our system.

It is becoming very obvious that a showdown with county prosecutor Peter Gilchrist is in Monroe’s near future. In fact, it is very hard to see how they can co-exist long term with Monroe declaring that he is not going to “pretend” everything is alright. Pretending everything is alright is what we do best around here, especially when it comes to crime.

And here’s betting that either Monroe or Gilchrist is gone by next spring.