Month: June 2026

By Gracie Palmer

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    SHELBY, North Carolina (WLOS) — The assault charge filed against a Shelby police officer is prompting renewed discussion about how law enforcement responds to people experiencing mental health crises.

Home security video obtained by CNN shows Shelby police officer Karson Hyder repeatedly punching 34-year-old Cherrie Moore during an arrest. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation announced on June 1 that Hyder was charged with one count of assault inflicting serious injury. Hyder turned himself in at the Cleveland County Detention Center at 10 a.m. on June 1, the SBI confirmed. He was then processed and released on a $10,000 secured bond.

He will be in Cleveland County court today to have electronic warrants assigned.

Moore’s father has said his daughter suffers from mental health issues.

News 13 spoke with Brandon McGaha, a staff representative with the North Carolina Police Benevolent Association. McGaha said Hyder, 22, is a member of the organization.

“Use of force situations are ugly. There’s no way to make them pretty. And they’re always going to look bad, especially when only part of the story is being released. That’s not anybody’s fault. That’s just kind of the way it must be,” McGaha said.

When asked whether situations like the one in Shelby are preventable, McGaha said it varies.

“You see some officers dealing with mental health crisis where they talk to the person, the person calms right down, right? And then you see the other ones where the uniform just sets the person off,” McGaha said.

He said training officers for these situations has improved over the years.

“For somebody who’s in crisis, it teaches you how to speak with that person and hopefully de-escalate the situation,” McGaha said.

At Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in their Basic Law Enforcement Training program, cadets are prepared for these instances.

“We train officers to take every situation differently. In order to use force, you have to have a good reason,” said Daryl Fisher, director of law enforcement training at A-B Tech.

“What we teach is whenever you are encountering someone who has any type of mental health issues is you want to make sure that you are not only dealing with the situation itself, but if that person needs some type of assistance, you try to get them that assistance,” Fisher said.

He said cadets also learn that their actions can have lasting consequences.

“Because if we don’t do things right, bad things happen, and our reputation is extremely important to us, not only as officers, but as trainers. We want to make sure we do things right,” Fisher said.

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By Angela Cifone

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    HONOLULU (KITV) — When the earthquake struck, one local farmer says the damage inside his home was immediate.

“Everything that was glass or breakable was on the floor, broken. So took us a long time to even get outside to see what was going on,” said Colehour Bondera, a Farmer at Kanalani Ohana Farm.

But it wasn’t until he stepped outside that he discovered an even bigger problem.

“I heard water, and I lost my composure for a minute, because I knew it wasn’t raining,” said Bondera.

He followed the sound and found his farm’s water catchment tank had burst.

“I also knew at that moment there was nothing I was going to do about it, so I didn’t even look at it again. I just let it be, but I could tell from the flow of water that it was all history,” said Bondera.

Like hundreds of other residents who rely on catchment systems, he suddenly found himself without a reliable water supply.

He says finding replacement materials wasn’t easy and believes county officials need to be more proactive when disasters strike.

“I just think that we need sort of better emergency response capacity and treat an emergency like it’s an emergency,” said Bondera.

More than 150 people attended a community meeting at Yano Hall in South Kona last week to discuss recovery efforts.

Big Island Mayor Kimo Alameda says the county is working to connect residents with resources while pursuing additional funding.

“We’re kind of like the liaison; the county serves as a middle person, but we’re also looking for funding as well. States willing to help us, and so we’re exploring opportunities for funding,” said Hawaii County Mayor Kimo Alameda.

The mayor says the county is helping residents access water, replacement liners, and federal assistance programs, while also reviewing lessons learned from this event.

“It’s a team approach, working with our residents, our farmers, with the county, but you know, the state and the feds, like we all got to work together to make sure that we’re ready for any disaster, including an earthquake,” said Alameda.

For some, the most reliable support so far is neighbors helping neighbors.

”I think in the shorter term, to answer your question, it has to just be community support, because there’s nothing else we can rely on,” said Bondera.

As recovery continues, many farmers say that community spirit may be their most valuable resource.

For more information, you can check out GHawai Farm Bureau at hfbf.org.

This is the website to submit comments and concerns to the county.hawaiicounty.gov/our-county/mayor/comments-and-concerns

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