Boom: The Trump Administration Drops Hammer On Charlotte, NC As 'Find Out' Phase Begins

Posted • September 9, 2025: The fallout continues from the senseless stabbing attack on Charlotte's light rail system, which left 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska dead. When last we left you, the city's Democrat mayor, Vi Lyles, issued her third statement since the murder happened, after facing intense criticism over the first two, which focused more on a sympathetic portrayal of the alleged murderer, 34-year-old homeless man and repeat offender Decarlos Brown Jr., than Zarutska. "We will never arrest our way out of issues such as homelessness and mental health," Lyles wrote four days after the killing took place, while also noting that "what I have come to understand is that [the suspect] has long struggled with mental health and appears to have suffered a crisis."

Her third try, issued Monday, was more focused on trying to clean up the mess she made, with Lyles pointing the finger directly at the court system and calling for reform, while noting additional measures the city would take to beef up security in the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS). But if Lyles was thinking that would satisfy President Trump and members of his administration, who were also weighing in Monday on the situation, she was very wrong. On Monday night, DOT Secretary Sean Duffy announced his department would not only be investigating Charlotte, but also that federal funding might be at risk. (…)

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