[cs_content][cs_section bg_image=”https://www.storiesofourcity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Charlotte_BlurNew-scaled.jpg” parallax=”true” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_inset=”0px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_inset=”0px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h2″ accent=”true” class=”cs-ta-center”]Stories from Charlotte[/x_custom_headline][x_image type=”none” src=”https://www.storiesofourcity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AdobeStock_43336270_Charlotte_SOOC.jpg” alt=”” link=”false” href=”#” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=”” style=”display: block;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;border: 5px solid;padding: 0px;”][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section bg_color=”rgb(136, 134, 134)” parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_inset=”0px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_inset=”0px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_line style=”border-top-width: 1px;”][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”false” class=”cs-ta-center”]Back to the Streets:[/x_custom_headline][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]FROM DOPE DEALER TO STREET PHOTOGRAPHER
By: Katy Gilbert and Scott Lashinsky
October 7, 2016[/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]
Jeffrey Zie, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, was down on his luck after getting fired from his job and owing court fees while on probation. Desperate for quick money to avoid a foreboding jail sentence, he resorted to his old game of selling weed, which landed him six months in prison—28 days of which he spent in solitary confinement. What happened in that eight by eleven foot cell changed the course of his life forever.[/cs_text][x_audio_player src=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/storiesofmycity/Back_to_the_Streets_Libsyn_FINAL.mp3″ advanced_controls=”true” preload=”none” autoplay=”false” loop=”false”][x_line style=”border-top-width: 1px;”][x_feature_box title=”Check out Jeffrey's Web site @” title_color=”” text_color=”” graphic=”icon” graphic_size=”50px” graphic_shape=”circle” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”hsl(187, 63%, 49%)” align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” graphic_icon=”camera-retro”]www.jeffreyzie.xyz[/x_feature_box][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][/cs_content]