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.
