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https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/c...275-00e514ab-249d-4898-bfd8-679bd4d840e3

Apparently this is just a black cultural thing.... so really not much to see here....



A Union County basketball coach was shot and killed in Alamance County. Deputies say he was in a shootout with the Sinaloa cartel
Barney Harris, the men's basketball coach at Union Academy, was killed in a shootout with a Mexican drug cartel in Alamance County, North Carolina, deputies said.

Author: Hank Lee, Briana Harper (WCNC)
Published: 12:41 PM EDT April 14, 2021
Updated: 10:44 AM EDT April 15, 2021

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A high school basketball coach in Union County was killed in a shootout with a Mexican drug cartel in Alamance County, North Carolina, last week, deputies said.

According to the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office, Barney Harris died on Thursday, April 8, in a shootout with a drug cartel. Investigators said Harris and another person went to a stash house in Alamance County last week to steal money and drugs from the Sinaloa cartel.

"It was believed that this was during a home invasion for money and drugs," Sheriff Terry Johnson said.

Harris and his partner Steven Alexander Stewart Jr., who was identified as his brother-in-law, then killed a drug runner for the cartel before a shootout started. Harris was shot and killed during the gunfire. Harris was found inside the house shot multiple times. Investigators said Harris was wearing a bulletproof vest that did not protect him from the ammunition used in the shooting.

Stewart was arrested and is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree burglary.

"I can tell you this right now. When we are dealing with the Mexican drug cartel, somebody's probably going to die as a result of this right here, somewhere else. And we did not want to put it out there until we could get a good grip of what's going on here," Johnson said.

Detectives said multiple types of firearms were used during the shootout and Johnson described the scene "like an old western shootout." Other mobile homes in the area were struck by bullets. No one at any other home was injured during the shootout.

During the course of the investigation, the sheriff’s office seized five firearms, about $7,000 in cash, and 1.2 kilograms of suspected cocaine.

Investigators said Harris had been to Alamance County at least one other time, based on video that was found on his cellphone.

Meanwhile, the community is shocked, but Sheriff Johnson says some people are involved in crimes even if you didn't expect it.

"Nothing surprises me, there are people in families who have relatives that violate the law and never know what's going on," Johnson said.

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Union Academy, where Harris worked as a teacher and basketball coach, issued a statement on his death. He served as the head coach for varsity men’s track and varsity men’s basketball at the school.

“He will be greatly missed by his family, friends, players, students and colleagues. The Harris family asks for your thoughts and prayers and to please respect their privacy at this time.”

Union Academy officials said they will have counselors available to students who need assistance grieving Harris’ death.


What is the Sinaloa Cartel?

Investigators say Sinaloa is a Mexican drug cartel that operates out of Tijuana but has expanded its drug business globally as far as Europe, Africa, and all across the United States including rural parts of North Carolina.

“Apparently over the years since 2014 at least they’ve had a significant presence in Alamance County,” retired FBI Assistant Director Chris Swecker told WCNC Charlotte.

The biggest draw for the drug cartels is access to major interstate corridors like I-95, I-85, I-10, and I-40 to help move the product. Swecker says along these interstate trips, stash houses are usually found to store the money and drugs until the next pick-up comes along.

“They’re very much like a global U.S. company or Fortune 500 company,” Swecker said. “They have logistic operations, transportation, distribution, retail — it’s a business.”

Cocaine is a $30 billion industry where a lot of money can be made, but with a big profit also comes an even bigger risk.

“The cartels are notorious for their violence,” Swecker said. “They are probably the most violent criminal organization on the face of the earth.”


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Haha, I saw that the other day. What a nutty story. Busted into a Mexican cartel drug stash house (trailer). Tied up some mex, schit hit the fan...guns a blazing. Couple people dead...

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Hard to understand how a school administration could have missed the "vibe" about this guy..... except if they were all apart of that poor exploited "culture" themselves.


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Probably shouldn’t pick a cartel to try and rob. They are well funded and well armed.


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"Investigators said Harris was wearing a bulletproof vest that did not protect him from the ammunition used in the shooting."

"Other mobile homes in the area were struck by bullets."

"“He will be greatly missed by his family, friends, players, students and colleagues. The Harris family asks for your thoughts and prayers and to please respect their privacy at this time.” Union Academy officials said they will have counselors available to students who need assistance grieving Harris’ death.

So this corrupt, murdering thief of a teach and coach will be greatly missed and his students will need counselling?


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The Coach is living proof (Oops, not anymore) that one can get a college degree and still be really stupid. Great idea, rob a cartel stash house and kill a cartel dude when he won’t tell you where the coke is. The coach’s business model can make easy money, but doesn’t have a very good retirement plan.

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Originally Posted by OrangeOkie
"Investigators said Harris was wearing a bulletproof vest that did not protect him from the ammunition used in the shooting."





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You think that a hoodrat with a degree, would know better than to fahq with a cartel asset.


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Originally Posted by stevelyn
You think that a hoodrat with a degree, would know better than to fahq with a cartel asset.



You can't fix stupid.

Goes to show that intellect, and education, are two very different things.

Odds are, the 'coach' was a drug peddler in the school.

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That's why the "kids" are going to need grief counselors....


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Anyone with an ounce of common sense knows that you don't mess with the cartels. There is only one outcome...



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Nothing like being a good role model for young folks.

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Originally Posted by Orion2000
Anyone with an ounce of common sense knows that you don't mess with the cartels. There is only one outcome...



Maybe more than one. Making an example out of all this guys family.... basketball team.... the whole school.... special kind of stupid and the administration had to know this guy was a special kind of twisted.


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You guys watch too much TV. The cartels have no human "assets" in the States that are not absolutely expendable.

That is why they are in the United States.

If they did, it would be easy.


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