Democrat DA Pushed Racial Equity As Crime Spiked Before Horrific Train Stabbing

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This is the Democrat's plan. Create mayhem everywhere they can.

Burn it all down, the same as in 1861.

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Crime in Charlotte, North Carolina, spiked under a left-leaning district attorney before the August stabbing death of a woman on a public train thrust the city into the national spotlight.​

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Violent crime in Charlotte was 13% higher in 2024 than in 2018, despite decreases after a COVID-19-era crime surge, according to FBI data that records homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Left-wing officials such as Democratic Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather, who has focused on promoting racial equity in the justice system, are now under renewed scrutiny since the Aug. 22 arrest of a mentally ill suspect with a lengthy criminal history in the murder of Ukrainian immigrant Iryna Zarutska.​

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After Merriweather took office in 2017, violent crime rose to an all-time high in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the height of anti-police advocacy tied to the Black Lives Matter movement, according to WCNC Charlotte.​

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The district attorney’s office announced in 2019 that he had started a “Diversity and Inclusion Team” made up of assistant district attorneys and legal assistants, teaching prosecutors to look at trials “through an equity lens.” The team also planned to build connections to Race Matters for Juvenile Justice, an organization working “to reduce disproportionality and disparate outcomes for children and families of color” in criminal justice, according to its website.​

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Merriweather has also pushed racial bias training for his prosecutors, leading to “actual changes in the courtroom, where prosecutors are now commonly observed explicitly raising issues of race in jury selection,” according to his campaign website.​

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In 2022, Merriweather noted a 20% decrease in his county’s use of a “habitual felon” law that enhances punishments for repeat offenders, saying it reflects the “thoughtfulness” of his approach, Bolts Magazine reported. “When people talk about me being reformed minded, I take that as a compliment,” he told North Carolina Lawyers Weekly in 2023.​

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Democrat DA Pushed Racial Equity As Crime Spiked Before Horrific Train Stabbing

Violent crime in Democrat-controlled Charlotte, North Carolina, rose in 2024 before the highly publicized stabbing death of a woman on a public train in August.

dailycaller.com

 

[Manonthestreet]

This is the Democrat's plan. Create mayhem everywhere they can.

Burn it all down, the same as in 1861.

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Crime in Charlotte, North Carolina, spiked under a left-leaning district attorney before the August stabbing death of a woman on a public train thrust the city into the national spotlight.​

​

Violent crime in Charlotte was 13% higher in 2024 than in 2018, despite decreases after a COVID-19-era crime surge, according to FBI data that records homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Left-wing officials such as Democratic Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather, who has focused on promoting racial equity in the justice system, are now under renewed scrutiny since the Aug. 22 arrest of a mentally ill suspect with a lengthy criminal history in the murder of Ukrainian immigrant Iryna Zarutska.​

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After Merriweather took office in 2017, violent crime rose to an all-time high in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the height of anti-police advocacy tied to the Black Lives Matter movement, according to WCNC Charlotte.​

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The district attorney’s office announced in 2019 that he had started a “Diversity and Inclusion Team” made up of assistant district attorneys and legal assistants, teaching prosecutors to look at trials “through an equity lens.” The team also planned to build connections to Race Matters for Juvenile Justice, an organization working “to reduce disproportionality and disparate outcomes for children and families of color” in criminal justice, according to its website.​

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Merriweather has also pushed racial bias training for his prosecutors, leading to “actual changes in the courtroom, where prosecutors are now commonly observed explicitly raising issues of race in jury selection,” according to his campaign website.​

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In 2022, Merriweather noted a 20% decrease in his county’s use of a “habitual felon” law that enhances punishments for repeat offenders, saying it reflects the “thoughtfulness” of his approach, Bolts Magazine reported. “When people talk about me being reformed minded, I take that as a compliment,” he told North Carolina Lawyers Weekly in 2023.​

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Democrat DA Pushed Racial Equity As Crime Spiked Before Horrific Train Stabbing

Violent crime in Democrat-controlled Charlotte, North Carolina, rose in 2024 before the highly publicized stabbing death of a woman on a public train in August.

dailycaller.com

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