Sister Of Violent Charlotte Man Begged For Nearly A Decade To Lock This Man Up But The Judges Didn't Listen, Then He Filmed Himself Beating Women On Camera

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The sister of a 32-year-old man arrested after videos surfaced of him attacking women on city sidewalks has come forward with a chilling account of how her family spent nearly a decade pleading with the justice system to keep him off the streets.

Di-Quan Schafar Hunt was taken into custody Thursday after Charlotte-Mecklenburg police were shown social media videos appearing to show him punching and chasing women in the upscale Dilworth neighborhood. In one widely circulated clip from July 30, Hunt is seen approaching a woman holding a get-well balloon, yelling “Nah, don’t wave at me,” and striking her hard enough to send her to the ground motionless. He continued filming as she lay on the sidewalk. The woman was hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Hunt faces a charge of assault with a deadly weapon.

His sister, who asked to remain anonymous, told local media that the family has been sounding the alarm for years. “Please help us. How can we get my brother in an institution? How can we get him medicated?” she said they repeatedly asked therapists, attorneys, probation officers and judges. “And it leads us back to the same all the time… he’s released.”

She described her brother as “empty… broken… stalled,” and said he has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, PTSD and bipolar disorder but has refused medication. The sister also acknowledged past violence directed at her and their mother, saying things “would get physical” and that police had to be called.

Court records paint a picture of a revolving door. Hunt has faced more than 20 criminal charges in Mecklenburg County over the past 14 years, including multiple counts of assault on a female, domestic violence protective order violations, discharging a firearm and assault with a deadly weapon. Many of those cases were dismissed. Others ended in time-served sentences that put him back on the street quickly. In one recent case from late 2025 involving threats with a knife and axe near a light-rail stop, he pleaded guilty and received credit for the roughly 89 days he had already spent in jail.

Family members say they even contacted police in the days leading up to the latest arrest after learning of the videos. They are now receiving threats themselves and fear what happens if Hunt is released again without long-term treatment or confinement.

The case has drawn sharp attention to Charlotte’s handling of repeat offenders with serious mental illness. Critics point to a pattern of dismissed charges and light sentences that left a man with a documented history of violence free to film random attacks on women in broad daylight.

Hunt remains in custody. His sister said she wants justice for the victims while also hoping her brother finally receives the institutional care the family has sought for years. “I don’t even recognize him,” she said.