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ACSO: Anderson Deputies need help finding a runaway teenager from Easley
on October 26, 2021 at 1:10 am
ANDERSON, SC (FOX Carolina)- Anderson County Deputies said they're searching for Hunter Edge, a teenager who ran away on October 24. Deputies said Edge was last seen on Shoal Creek Way in Easley. He was wearing black pants and a black shirt. Deputies described Edge as 5 foot 6 inches and around 130 pounds. Anyone with information regarding Hunter's location is asked to call 864-260-4405 referencing ACSO case number 2021-38213.
A look at Anderson jail conditions and the issues impacting them
on October 26, 2021 at 12:06 am
ANDERSON, SC (FOX Carolina)- In a recent FOX Carolina investigation, Margaret-Ann visited the Anderson County Jail to get an inside look at South Carolina's Oldest Detention Center. The Anderson County Jail currently holds 420 inmates, but the max capacity of the building is 196, according to officials. In addition to capacity issues, the 1956 building is falling apart after years of use. The repairs the building needs are expensive, and the money will need to come from the county. Anderson County Sheriff Chad McBride recently invited us inside the jail so people can see the conditions that inmates experience and the dangers that deputies face. Major William Vaughn led the tour and highlighted some of the biggest challenges that the jail faces. According to Vaughn, one issue that the jail faces is housing inmates when they become ill. The area for those sick inmates is an open-air cell around 10 feet past the main entrance. As they entered the facility, Vaughn stated, "this area when we first come in, this is known as our medical cell, and the only reason why it's our medical cell is because it's the cell closest to our medical office. So we don't have a designated proper medical area." Next, Vaughn took Margaret-Ann down the main hall towards two steel tanks used to house suicidal inmates or those facing mental health crises. "In 1956, this was kind of classified as the drunk tank, but now we have to use them as a well because we have no other options if someone says that they want to harm themselves," said Vaughn. "we use them as mental health tanks, suicide tanks if somebody makes those comments. Vaughn continued to talk about condition tanks saying, "if you see and, you look at the structure itself, it's been rewelded, weld again. You've got scratches on the wall, now keep in mind, I said that these individuals only have a suicide smock and a blanket they have no other means other than physical fingernails, teeth, to make these scratches on here the dents could be used as punches." Moving on to the area where most inmates are housed, Vaughn explained that doors to the cells are manually opened using a lever mechanism created in 1956. Operating the doors is a time-consuming process and can be dangerous during an emergency situation, according to Vaughn. Overcrowding threatens most of the cells in this area. Vaughn said, "If I've got a cell that's supposed to have 6 in it, I could have up to 12 to 14 in it when you have that many people in a cell temper start flaring and it makes it difficult on our officers, and it puts them in danger." Margaret-Ann spoke to one inmate who described the conditions saying, "There's mold everywhere, I mean there's holes in the wall, like the bricks, like I was in a cell over there on j5 or 6, and the bricks you can literally touch the bricks and move them in the walls. I mean, this is a jail you're not supposed to be able to move the bricks and talk to the dude beside of you, you know?" A newer section of the jail was built in 1995, but even that area is facing water damage and overcrowding. Stay with us as Margaret-Ann continues to learn more about this situation and whether or not Anderson County has any plans to build a new facility in the future.
NC redistricting hearing speakers criticize GOP proposals
on October 26, 2021 at 12:00 am
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Dozens of North Carolina residents said Monday that Republicans should shelve proposed congressional district maps that they said would likely give the GOP the most seats for the foreseeable future while needlessly fracturing the state's largest counties. Republicans and Democrats have spent the past few weeks creating separate redistricting maps. During the first of two days of public hearings on them, speakers criticized GOP proposals that could make at least 10 of the state's 14 U.S. House districts favorable to Republican candidates. Republicans currently hold an 8-5 advantage in the state's congressional ranks, but the state will get another member through at least 2032 due to population gains recorded by the 2020 census. Maps most favorable to Republicans would split predominantly Democratic Mecklenburg and Wake counties among at least three districts, some of which would spill into more conservative and rural surrounding counties, thereby making it harder for Democrats to win. “This is not fair, since North Carolina is a half-and-half state with the two parties," Kathy Wheeler of Guilford County told redistricting committee members at the Legislative Building. “The maps proposed by Republican members dilute Democratic votes and deprive communities of effective representation.” Several speakers complained that some plans also would split Guilford County, currently represented by Democrat Kathy Manning, into as many as three districts. Democrats have offered congressional maps that would give their party a better chance to win six or seven seats, which they say aligns with electoral results for statewide races that are usually decided by a few percentage points. Republicans, who have controlled the General Assembly since 2011, have performed well in North Carolina federal races, not losing a U.S. Senate race since 2008. House committee Chairman Destin Hall of Caldwell County said after the hearing that GOP leaders are staying away from making decisions based on electoral outcomes. Hearing participants also criticized GOP redistricting committee leaders for preventing the use of racial data in drawing districts. Democrats and allied civil rights advocates argue that without such data lawmakers are unable to protect Black voters from being disenfranchised in a map plan. “Being colorblind does not equate to being racially just. In fact, it can mean just the opposite,” said Phyllis Demko with the League of Women Voters of North Carolina. She added that it's obvious legislators know where minority voters live and how they vote. Andy Jackson of the conservative John Locke Foundation was one of only a couple of the roughly 30 speakers at Monday’s first session who seemed generally pleased with legislators, in particular for mapmaking criteria that he said ensures “racial considerations do not predominate in designating districts.” The <a target="—blank" href="https://ncleg.gov/Committees/CommitteeInfo/House/182#2021/Member%20Submitted%20Maps">House</a> and <a target="—blank" href="https://ncleg.gov/Committees/CommitteeInfo/Senate/154#2021/Member%20Submitted%20Maps">Senate</a> redistricting committees scheduled an in-person and an online-only hearing both Monday and Tuesday to collect feedback on proposed General Assembly districts. Each in-person hearing in Raleigh also had two remote sites. Monday’s other locales were in Wilmington and Lenoir, with Greenville and Charlotte on Tuesday. The hearings are the next step before the legislature begins voting on the plans. The legislature hopes by early November to approve new maps that will apply to elections starting next year. Candidate filing for the 2022 election begins Dec. 6. With Republican majorities in both the state House and Senate and redistricting maps exempt from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto stamp, Republicans are likely to get their way unless litigation blocks them. Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue of Wake County said Democrats in his chamber want to meet with Republicans to express their concerns and seek what they consider a fair plan. But without “real serious negotiations on all aspects of these maps” that lead to consensus, Blue told reporters Monday, “short of a lawsuit, there are very few other things left to do.”