Di-Quan Schafar Hunt, a repeat offender in Charlotte, has been arrested again after videos surfaced showing him attacking women and posting the footage online, following a long history of arrests and short sentences.
Di-Quan Schafar Hunt has a lengthy criminal history with 14 prior arrests and previous felony convictions, including a June 2019 guilty plea for discharging a weapon into occupied property and a related probation violation. He drew a 20 to 36 month sentence for that conviction but was released in June 2020 after serving less than a year. Those outcomes are part of a pattern that critics say shows the system failing to keep dangerous people off the street.
Earlier this year Hunt faced new charges in March for assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon, yet those cases also resulted in brief jail time credited as time served. The latest arrest stems from alleged random assaults on women in Charlotte, with at least one victim hospitalized with serious injuries. Authorities say Hunt filmed the attacks and shared the videos on social media, which helped investigators identify and locate him.
A North Carolina career criminal is accused of randomly punching and hospitalizing a woman while chasing down another victim in a separate attack as he posted the disturbing footage across social media.
Di-Quan Schafar Hunt was arrested Thursday for committing the alleged assault in a residential neighborhood on the 400 block of East Boulevard in Charlotte, NC, on July 30, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said.
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Police busted Hunt, 32, when the department was presented with several videos on his social media page, where the brute posted about his physical confrontations.
Hunt was recording himself talking about a “real issue” that happened on July 21st when he crossed paths with the unidentified woman holding a get-well balloon.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say the arrest followed the department being shown multiple videos from Hunt’s accounts, which showed him pursuing and assaulting people in public spaces. The alleged incident on July 30 occurred in a residential stretch of East Boulevard, and investigators moved quickly once the footage came to light. Officials have stressed that visual evidence and community tips were central to making the arrest.
The sad part is some judge will probably cut Hunt loose yet again, and that reality fuels public frustration about repeat offenders getting short stays behind bars. When violent suspects keep cycling back onto streets, communities pay the price with fear and victims facing real harm. That pattern raises questions about sentencing, plea deals, and probation practices that too often fail to prioritize public safety.
Imagine if a white man was attacking black women and randomly filming it. Cities would burn.
Here is some of that footage, but be warned it may be hard for some viewers to watch:
That’s evil.
Authorities say Hunt is currently being evaluated at a medical facility to determine competency, and officials expect a finding of mental incompetence similar to other recent high-profile cases. Even when mental illness is a factor, public safety concerns remain: unpredictable individuals who commit violent acts pose ongoing risks if they are not securely confined and treated. That point is central to the debate over how courts and mental health systems should handle dangerous defendants.
Republicans and law-and-order advocates argue that lenient prosecutors and judges are allowing violent people to slip through repeated cracks, and the result is a steady stream of victims. The solution, from that perspective, is tougher enforcement, stricter bail and sentencing practices, and ensuring convictions lead to meaningful time behind bars when public safety is at stake. Without those changes, communities will keep seeing the same cycles of attack, release, and reoffense.
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