July 15, 2025

Child development. Mass shootings. Underfunded law enforcers. Data. Mental health. Crisis intervention training. Mental health. Re-election. Curbing youth violence. Predatory neighborhood businesses. Modeling for young people the elements of appropriate behavior in the human community.

Those were some of the subjects on the table as Spencer Merriweather, the state’s District Attorney in District 26 (all of Mecklenburg) had an informal conversation with participants at the Forum this morning.

A short QCityMetro report on the conversation is here.