Charlotte mayor scores primary re-election victory amid national backlash over gruesome train murder

FOX: Mayor Vi Lyles of Charlotte, North Carolina, won Tuesday’s Democratic Party mayoral primary in an election overshadowed the past few days by the deadly stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee aboard a city train.

The stabbing death of Iryna Zarutska last month on a light-rail train by a man with a history of mental illness and over a dozen arrests quickly grabbed national attention and reignited a conversation about crime after security video of the gruesome attack was released and went viral.

Lyles’ response to the slaying has been criticized, and Republicans claim the mayor and other Democrats are too soft on people with criminal records. more

13 Comments on Charlotte mayor scores primary re-election victory amid national backlash over gruesome train murder

  1. Have you ever noticed that if a member of a protected class is the victim of a random crime, it is immediately assumed that the person was a victim of a whateverphobic hate crime, but if a white person is killed by someone saying “I’m going to kill your honky white ass” the report is always “There is no indication this was a racially motivated crime?”

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  2. These same entitled “leaders” approved $93M for a new transit line… https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/charlotte-city-council-vote-93-million-red-line-train/275-8e930ae4-a498-458d-931e-a205f0b2dde1

    They also gave $650M oftaxpayer money to Bank of America to pretty it up. It’s where their Panthers lose.

    The Charlotte Culture of Crime loves using money that’s not theirs.

    If you have the time Google “nonprofits in Charlotte “…the demographic will make you vomit. 99% of them are from HBCUs

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  3. So uhm… your choices were:

    the white guy who has “homemaker” in his bio…

    the black guy who graduated high school and is a “homeless advocate”…

    the black guy who got out of prison after 20 years… and

    the overachieving black woman who in 20 years obtained a PhD, a law degree, worked as a research scientist, a nuclear power plant consultant, and a park ranger, and multiple businesses including PurSUEt of Happyness Corporation, Probetur Association LLC, Aboveground Railroad Incorporated, a restaurant, a jazz lounge, a wine bar, and another lounge of some sort…

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  4. headline should read “voters overwhelmingly agree to implement blacks only public train service.” for those of you new to the country by legal immigration or just plain simple citizens. be aware the public square is only available to blacks. any non- black citizens found in the blacks only public areas, are subject to discriminatory death. if you haven’t figured it out yet all public areas are now potential examples of innocent sacrifice. get off those phones in public and be aware, no one is looking out for you and American society is no longer civil. be the survivor.

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  5. Hmmm…the fact that she was in a Primary race certainly raises red flags all around her blatant campaign to suppress news of this horrendously brutal murder.

    Sounds very much like election interference to me. But what do I know, I’m just an old disgruntled Infantry Hammer…everything looks like a nail in desperate need of attention.

    IATS
    TWD

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