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DNC organizers unveil campaign pushing for more community involvement

DNC organizers have unveiled a new video campaign pushing for more community involvement in the convention.

On Tuesday, they rolled out the new “I'm There” campaign to fuel more community involvement.

“We're asking Americans across the country to RSVP and tell us that you want to be a part of this convention. Send us photos, tweet us, post on Facebook,” said Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

The video shows people holding signs that read "I'm there" in support of the convention.

So far, the DNC team says more than 10,000 people have signed up to volunteer, and they hope the video inspires more.

Eyewitness News showed it to people uptown.

Charlotte resident Matthew Davison liked the video.

“It puts a real face on the whole political thing,” he said.

His friend wanted to hear a more specific message.

“I kind of get where they're going, but it's more of the same rhetoric that you hear every time,” Drew Swift said.

Wasserman Schultz said the video is another way they try to include the public in the event. It’s something she said the Republican National Convention will not do.

“They will run their convention like all previous Republican National Conventions have been run, and that's for the party faithful and its wealthiest donors,” Wasserman Schultz said.

Eyewitness News contacted the Republican National Committee for its response. A spokesman said: "Republicans are using social media, volunteers from across the country and local citizens in Florida to conduct one of the most accessible and exciting conventions in history."

For more information on the “I’m There,” campaign that encourages people to upload their own pictures, click here. For more information on the DNC, click here.

_{Tue, 29 May 2012 16:26:44 -0400}

Electronic monitor helps police catch break-in suspect

Police used an ankle monitor to track down a man accused of breaking into a home Tuesday morning.

Police said Michael Camp broke into a home on Overlook Cove Road in north Charlotte Tuesday morning. The woman inside confronted Camp and then called police and described his car.

Police chased him briefly until he crashed and ran on Oakdale Road.

A neighbor who didn’t want to be identified saw the suspect.

“I saw the guy run behind a house,” the neighbor said. “I did not have my phone with me. (I) waited for officer to come around the corner, and I told them where he went.”

Police were familiar with Camp because he has a long criminal history that includes charges for break-ins, robbery, possession of stolen goods and kidnapping. They knew he was wearing an electronic ankle monitor and used it to track him down.

The heavy police response shocked neighbors.

“It was very scary,” one said.

But they were glad police swarmed in to catch the suspect.

“My daughter was here by herself,” a neighbor said. “My son called and said, ‘Don't go out, something is going on out there.’”  

Camp faces a long list of new charges in connection with the break-in and chase.

_{Tue, 29 May 2012 16:18:06 -0400}

Police: Man missed court appearance, cut off electronic monitor

A man failed to appear in court Tuesday and later cut off his electronic monitor, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said.

Wade Bolton, 22, is wanted on outstanding warrants for possession of a firearm by a felon and interfering with an electronic monitoring device, according to police. He has been on CMPD electronic monitoring since he posted a $25,000 bond in February.

Bolton was scheduled to appear in superior court Tuesday, but police said he didn’t appear and later cut his monitor off in the Marlowe Avenue area.

Anyone with information on Bolton's whereabouts is asked to call 911.

Police said Bolton is the fourteenth offender to cut off his court-ordered monitor in 2012.

_{Tue, 29 May 2012 14:12:52 -0400}

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