Roy Cooper's 'Racial Equity' Task Force Secured Sweetheart Plea Deal for Illegal Alien Teen Killer

While governor of North Carolina, Roy Cooper put radical leftist ideology ahead of public safety in an effort to turn the Tar Heel State into an East Coast California. Under Cooper's so-called leadership, he turned the state's justice system into a revolving door for violent criminals, including thousands who were released early and went on to reoffend, including committing murder.

That soft-on-crime approach also extended to illegal aliens who shouldn't be in our country in the first place. This includes Saul Lopez Perez, 

 

an illegal alien who stabbed a teen to death last December. 

His victim, Marvin Alonzo, was only 16 years old. Perez was originally charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. But thanks to Roy Cooper, Perez was able to cut a sweetheart deal with prosecutors that reduced his charges to voluntary manslaughter, meaning Perez will only spend 51 to 74 months in prison. The charges concerning first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon were dropped completely.

Here's more:

A suspect in a teen's stabbing death in December 2025 accepted a plea deal and was convicted of a lesser charge on Tuesday.

Saul Perez, 24, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the death of 16-year-old Marvin Alonzo. Perez was sentenced to 51-74 months in prison and credited with serving 259 days in jail.

Alonzo was found dead at the scene from stab wounds. A second victim was injured but survived.

Prosecutors said in court on Tuesday that Alonzo lived in an apartment with eight people who all worked at the same restaurant, including Perez. An argument broke out over money before the stabbing happened.

Perez was initially charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, along with Juan Hernandez Lopez. Charges were dismissed against Hernandez Lopez in July.

How did this happen? How did an illegal alien get what amounts to a slap on the wrist for murdering a teenage boy? 

It starts with Chief Superior Court Judge Carla Archie,

 

 a supporter of Roy Cooper's Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice. In a 2020 LinkedIn post, Archie wrote of the task force, "The task force, led by  Supreme Court Associate Justice Anita Earls and Attorney General Josh Stein, will recommend solutions to stop discriminatory law enforcement and criminal justice practices, and hold public safety officers accountable."

That task force has a mandate requiring to review and reduce sentencing disparities, and Archie followed that mandate.

At the same time, Mecklenburg District Attorney Spencer Merriweather — a Cooper appointee — dropped the violent charges. Mecklenburg is a sanctuary county, thanks to three bills vetoed by Cooper that would have required local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.

Perez now has an ICE detainer, and all it took was a dead teenager to get it.

All of this can be traced back to Cooper, who applauded and cheered the task force and its racist recommendations. 

It was those policies, including cashless bail, that led Judge Teresa Stokes to release DeCarlos Brown, Jr. 

 

 He would go on to kill 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on the Charlotte light rail system. Judge Teresa Stokes was confirmed by Judge Carla Archie. Archie also recently released a violent criminal, Zyvarius Jylarrius Franklin Webber, who was charged with rape, kidnapping, and strangulation. DA Merriweather dropped those serious charges. Webber then hijacked a car and led police on a dangerous chase.

Despite this, Cooper called the task force a "major accomplishment."

When you ditch bail, reduce tough sentences, and shield illegal aliens, you don't get equity or public safety. You get dead teenagers, emboldened criminals, and a broken justice system. That's what Roy Cooper did in North Carolina, and what he'll do if he's elected to the Senate.

Editor’s Note: The American people overwhelmingly support President Trump’s law and order agenda.

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