Riders were outraged after the Charlotte train where Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was slaughtered had no additional security presence on Tuesday — a day after the city’s Democratic mayor promised an «immediate» increase in patrols in response to the shocking murder.
Riders were outraged after the Charlotte train where Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was slaughtered had no additional security presence on Tuesday — a day after the city’s Democratic mayor promised an “immediate” increase in patrols in response to the shocking murder.
“If you’re going to be a person of your word, do it right there and then,” Antwan Whiting, 37, a mover and security guard told The Post while waiting for his train at East/West Boulevard — the same station where Zarutska was stabbed and bled out in front of horrified riders.
“I think she’s a crock of s–t. She’s a full of s–t person. She just wants to stay in office to look good.”
Zarutska, 23, was stabbed to death on a Lynx Blue Line train Aug. 22 by Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, a deranged vagrant with a history of violence and mental illness who was free on cashless bail after his latest arrest, cops said.
Though the story caused barely a blip for weeks, shocking newly released video propelled the case to national attention — just as Charlotte voters headed to the polls for Tuesday’s primary election to decide whether to give Mayor Vi Lyles a shot at a record fifth term in office.
Just weeks after an initial statement to a local TV reporter in which the four-term incumbent seemed to portray Brown as a victim of the system, Lyles issued a stunning reversal Monday night — pledging Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) security and cops would be “re-deployed for a stronger presence” on Blue Line train platforms “effective immediately.
