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We to welcome 12 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:41,320 to the program, as we always do on Tuesdays at noon. 13 00:00:41,399 --> 00:00:45,880 It's Andrew Dunn, the publisher of Longleaf Politics. That's longleafpol 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,799 dot com. You can subscribe to his newsletter as well 15 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:52,439 on the substack. He's also a contributing columnist over at 16 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,200 The Charlotte Observer. Andrew, how are you today, sir? 17 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 3: I'm doing well, always better once I get to talk 18 00:00:59,359 --> 00:00:59,679 to you. 19 00:01:00,079 --> 00:01:02,159 Speaker 1: I bet you say that to all the hosts that 20 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:02,679 you join. 21 00:01:04,519 --> 00:01:08,519 Speaker 2: So last week when we had you on, we did 22 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:12,879 talk a little bit about the murder on the light 23 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,799 rail line that had occurred on ap or sorry August 24 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,159 twenty second. At that point, it was about a week 25 00:01:19,159 --> 00:01:22,400 and a half into the story. The video of the 26 00:01:22,439 --> 00:01:26,200 attack had not been released at that point, and it 27 00:01:26,359 --> 00:01:31,359 kind of seemed like it would remain a local crime story, 28 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,760 to use the words of a Washington Post reporter in 29 00:01:34,799 --> 00:01:39,079 her defense of not covering the Kerrent Gosnell abortion doctor murderer. 30 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:45,159 But it has now gone national, international, And my view, 31 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,400 and I'd like to know if you gree or disagree 32 00:01:47,439 --> 00:01:49,359 on this, my view is that the release of the 33 00:01:49,439 --> 00:01:53,359 video made this a national, a viral story. 34 00:01:53,959 --> 00:01:56,519 Speaker 3: What do you think, Yeah, I mean, I think you're 35 00:01:56,519 --> 00:02:00,280 absolutely right. I mean, the facts of the case didn't 36 00:02:00,359 --> 00:02:03,680 change any you know, the video didn't unveil anything we 37 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,560 didn't already know. But what it did is, you know, 38 00:02:06,719 --> 00:02:11,599 just very starkly illustrate how completely horrific this crime was, 39 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:17,199 how completely random. And it's it's hard to watch. I mean, 40 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,800 even the edited versions that are out there are are 41 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:24,599 just heartbreaking to watch. So it doesn't surprise me that 42 00:02:24,599 --> 00:02:27,159 that that's what pushed it over the edge to become 43 00:02:27,199 --> 00:02:28,080 a national story. 44 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:32,039 Speaker 2: Yeah, because when you read the just a written description 45 00:02:32,159 --> 00:02:36,120 of what occurs, there's a detachment right where you can 46 00:02:36,199 --> 00:02:38,080 just kind of read the words and think, oh my gosh, 47 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,639 girls sitting there, guy jumps up and stabs her, and 48 00:02:40,719 --> 00:02:44,560 it's very sort of sanitized exactly right. 49 00:02:44,599 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 1: But then when you see. 50 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 2: The video and you you now have the imagery of it, 51 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:51,680 like I could be right there on the train seeing 52 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,599 this very thing happen, it changes the way the event 53 00:02:55,759 --> 00:03:00,240 is perceived. So which raises the question, could if there 54 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:05,400 were some media outlets that the mayor of Charlotte vy Lyles. 55 00:03:05,439 --> 00:03:10,639 She thanked certain media operations for not showing the video 56 00:03:12,039 --> 00:03:14,199 and said that, you know, it would be hurtful to 57 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,400 the victim's family. And I understand that argument. Where do 58 00:03:17,439 --> 00:03:19,680 you come down there from a media uh, you know, 59 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,400 journalism ethics kind of perspective. Do you think if you're 60 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,120 making that call in a in a newsroom, do you 61 00:03:26,199 --> 00:03:29,080 release the video edited or not edited? 62 00:03:29,199 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: Or do you not release it? 63 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 4: Yeah? 64 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:37,199 Speaker 3: I mean it's a good question, I think, to be honest, 65 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,719 Mayor vy lyles response to this whole situation has been 66 00:03:40,759 --> 00:03:45,039 a masterclass in tone deaf leadership. You know, if you're 67 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,199 if you're blaming the media or thanking the media for 68 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,719 the coverage of something, you're generally going to be in 69 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:52,199 the wrong. 70 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 2: If you're thanking the media, you also said, and blaming 71 00:03:58,879 --> 00:04:00,759 the media, you're going to be in the okay, sorry, 72 00:04:00,879 --> 00:04:04,319 So it's just focusing on the media reaction that means 73 00:04:04,599 --> 00:04:05,960 that's a good indication you're in the. 74 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:10,199 Speaker 3: Wrong, exactly, and especially in something like this. You know, 75 00:04:10,639 --> 00:04:14,639 Lyle's her first reaction. The first response was to say, 76 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,240 you know, the light rail is by and large safe. 77 00:04:17,519 --> 00:04:19,639 You know, most of you won't be murdered if you 78 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,519 ride on the light rail, and called for sympathy for 79 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:27,319 the attacker. Then her second statement was, as you said, 80 00:04:27,399 --> 00:04:32,199 chastising the media for talking about the video. It's really 81 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:36,439 just yesterday when we finally got a substantive statement from 82 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:40,120 Mayor vy Lyles, where it seems like she's starting to 83 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,920 take it seriously. And you know, it's never pleasant, you know, 84 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:50,160 to witness a media circus, but in this case, it 85 00:04:50,199 --> 00:04:53,519 was necessary to get Charlotte leadership to actually wake up 86 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,240 and realize, oh, maybe this is actually a big deal. 87 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 1: So why do you think it took that. 88 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 2: Is it like just a general tone deafness, or is 89 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,480 it the Charlotte way so to speak to just kind 90 00:05:04,519 --> 00:05:07,920 of I think you used the word last week sort 91 00:05:07,959 --> 00:05:10,800 of a blase approach to it, that like they just 92 00:05:10,879 --> 00:05:13,279 take this as a well, this is just a story, 93 00:05:13,319 --> 00:05:15,319 and it'll go away, and then it's you know, back 94 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,399 to business as usual, pushing for you know, the transit tax, 95 00:05:19,639 --> 00:05:25,040 and everything is fine. Crime's not a problem, restorative justice whatever. 96 00:05:27,199 --> 00:05:29,519 Speaker 3: I'm not one hundred percent sure. I mean, I don't 97 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,040 think it is the Charlotte way to brush stuff like 98 00:05:32,079 --> 00:05:36,560 this under the rug. I mean, Charlotte historically has been 99 00:05:36,639 --> 00:05:39,480 pretty adamant about public safety. I mean, on both sides 100 00:05:39,519 --> 00:05:42,360 of the aisle, there was a pretty good consensus that 101 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,360 crime is an issue and Charlotte should do something about it. 102 00:05:46,399 --> 00:05:49,079 I mean, I think about Julie Isiolt's campaigns not that 103 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:53,000 long ago, all about public safety, and she was and 104 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:57,399 is still a Democrat. I'm not sure what's the make 105 00:05:57,439 --> 00:06:00,000 of the fact that Charlotte leaders just didn't want to 106 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:05,680 talk about this. I'm really at a loss for words. 107 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,439 Speaker 2: It might be their election, you know, the primary is today, 108 00:06:09,959 --> 00:06:13,000 and maybe they got sort of deer in the headlights, 109 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:17,600 paralyzed by the referendum vote coming up in November for transit, 110 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,639 and they got paralyzed by their own you know, end 111 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:25,680 of the wire primary election, and so they were just 112 00:06:25,759 --> 00:06:29,079 caught and didn't know how to react without alienating a 113 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:30,639 large chunk because look, I mean a lot of the 114 00:06:30,639 --> 00:06:34,759 stuff and I've got the remember Governor Cooper's Racial Justice 115 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,759 task Force or whatever it was, Like, I've got their conclusions. 116 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:39,839 I went and pulled them out again. It's all the 117 00:06:39,879 --> 00:06:43,639 same language that she used in that first terrible response, 118 00:06:44,079 --> 00:06:50,120 and that's you know, riddled throughout the governor's recommendations from 119 00:06:50,199 --> 00:06:53,000 that task force. So I suspect maybe there was some 120 00:06:53,319 --> 00:06:57,120 political preservation maybe or butt covering, so they don't want 121 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:01,199 to alienate a pretty large I think cohort inside the 122 00:07:01,199 --> 00:07:06,000 Democrat Party primary voters that do speak in these terms 123 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:10,040 and want these types of you know, equitable restorative justice, 124 00:07:10,079 --> 00:07:13,439 and so they just recoil at this kind of a story. 125 00:07:15,519 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 3: I think that's part of it. I think another part 126 00:07:17,759 --> 00:07:23,279 of it is, sadly, public safety has become a left 127 00:07:23,319 --> 00:07:26,879 versus right issue. Yeah, and so when you have President 128 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,040 Donald Trump talking a lot about it, you know, sending 129 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,680 the National Guard into Washington, d C. The left just 130 00:07:32,879 --> 00:07:36,879 reflexively has wanted to minimize the problems of crime and 131 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,560 urban areas. I think that had a lot to do 132 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:41,480 with it. I mean, and you see it. And you know, 133 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:46,279 Axios in their piece about this whole situation, their headline was, 134 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:51,160 you know, MAGA influencers sees on Charlotte lightrail killing, which 135 00:07:51,199 --> 00:07:54,600 is just unreal. I mean, that is one of the 136 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:56,839 most horrendous headlines I think I've ever read. 137 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,439 Speaker 2: Yeah, Mark I Peedo wrote that piece and it's I've 138 00:07:59,439 --> 00:08:01,199 got it here in the stack. I mentioned part of 139 00:08:01,199 --> 00:08:03,000 it yesterday. I'm gonna go a little bit deeper today 140 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:07,920 because it's just repugnant. You know, like you said, it's 141 00:08:07,959 --> 00:08:10,680 not a left right issue, it has apparently become so. 142 00:08:10,759 --> 00:08:11,759 And I think a lot of it is sort of 143 00:08:11,839 --> 00:08:14,319 Trump derangement syndrome. If Trump is for something, then we 144 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:16,279 have to be against it, and you don't have to 145 00:08:16,319 --> 00:08:20,439 be against it. You can actually, you know, you can say, okay, well, 146 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:23,279 you know the Orange Hitler is correct on this, like 147 00:08:23,319 --> 00:08:26,639 you could say that. And now the problem is, I 148 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:30,680 think that you've got Viylyiles who's out with a third statement, 149 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:34,480 third times, a charm, a third statement, and she seems 150 00:08:34,519 --> 00:08:37,559 to be now directing the blame towards the courts and 151 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,679 the magistrates, which okay, yes, there's blame over there, But 152 00:08:42,399 --> 00:08:45,240 had she said that initially, she actually would have sounded 153 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,759 a little bit more like her now soon to be 154 00:08:47,799 --> 00:08:50,559 former police chief Johnny Jennings, who has been saying this 155 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:51,759 stuff for a while too. 156 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 1: But she totally failed in the moment. 157 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,639 Speaker 2: And now I think the third statement is out and 158 00:08:57,679 --> 00:08:59,200 it's not going to land the same way. 159 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 3: What do you think, No, certainly not. I mean, if 160 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,759 this was a statement she had put out two weeks ago, 161 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:09,480 I would fully support it and say that she's taking 162 00:09:09,519 --> 00:09:11,799 the right approach to the response. But the fact that 163 00:09:11,879 --> 00:09:15,679 it took days upon days of national outcry, the President 164 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,960 of the United States talking about this, the leader of 165 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,480 the FBI talking about this to actually take it seriously, 166 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:27,600 it just leads me to believe that it's disingenuous, that 167 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:29,919 she doesn't really mean it. She's just saying it because 168 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:31,159 she feels like she has to. 169 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,399 Speaker 2: Let's shift up to Raleigh now. The Speaker of the House, 170 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,759 Destin Hall. According to The Observer, one of the Republican 171 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:39,919 leaders of the General Assembly, Phil Berger, is also weighing 172 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,759 in on this, saying that they're going to be looking 173 00:09:42,799 --> 00:09:47,600 at ways to clean up the courts, looking at potential 174 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:51,519 legislative action to address the public safety failures in Charlotte. 175 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,480 So like, are you hearing anything about what specifically they 176 00:09:55,519 --> 00:09:57,320 may be looking at doing or what could they do? 177 00:09:59,279 --> 00:10:02,759 Speaker 3: I haven't, and I'm sure that there are levers that 178 00:10:02,799 --> 00:10:05,039 the General Assembly can pull, and I'm glad that they're 179 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,240 going to. You know, that was one of my big 180 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,360 points in my initial column that we talked about last 181 00:10:10,399 --> 00:10:13,480 week was, you know, I compared it to the death 182 00:10:13,519 --> 00:10:16,200 of Eve Carson in two thousand and eight at UNC 183 00:10:16,399 --> 00:10:19,240 Chapel Hill, and it did spur a legislative response and 184 00:10:19,279 --> 00:10:23,080 some changes were made around probation and parole. So I'm 185 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,159 glad that the General Assembly is going to take this seriously. 186 00:10:26,879 --> 00:10:29,600 And I do think in some multiple branches of government 187 00:10:29,799 --> 00:10:33,679 issue and I really wish that Attorney General Jeff Jackson 188 00:10:33,759 --> 00:10:35,600 would be out in front on this. I mean, he 189 00:10:35,759 --> 00:10:39,240 is the chief law enforcement officer in North Carolina. He 190 00:10:39,279 --> 00:10:42,080 did put out a statement saying he's sad about it, 191 00:10:42,399 --> 00:10:44,799 but I haven't really seen any leadership from him and 192 00:10:44,879 --> 00:10:48,080 kind of marshaling the resources to figure out what we 193 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,799 can actually do and put it in place. 194 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 2: No, And in fact, I think the first statement I 195 00:10:52,879 --> 00:10:55,720 saw from him. I think may have been yesterday or Sunday, 196 00:10:55,759 --> 00:10:58,320 and it was only after the video was released. Again, 197 00:10:58,399 --> 00:11:01,879 it seemed like that would be something that the Attorney 198 00:11:01,919 --> 00:11:04,519 General should have been right on top of right out 199 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,799 of the gate, particularly one who is from Charlotte, Like, 200 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,000 why would he not have Yeah, why would he have waited, 201 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:11,960 you know, two weeks before weighing in? 202 00:11:14,399 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, no idea. I think it has to do with 203 00:11:16,399 --> 00:11:19,519 everything we've been talking about. Yeah, but at least, you know, 204 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:21,519 I guess I have to try to look on the 205 00:11:21,519 --> 00:11:24,679 bright side a little bit. And I guess now we 206 00:11:24,759 --> 00:11:27,639 may actually see some changes which are desperately needed. 207 00:11:27,879 --> 00:11:30,799 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, Andrew Dunne, We appreciate your time. 208 00:11:30,799 --> 00:11:33,759 Speaker 2: As always, you can read Andrew's work at long Leaf Politics, 209 00:11:33,799 --> 00:11:37,080 longleafpol dot com and in The Charlotte Observer, where he 210 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:38,360 is a contributing columnist. 211 00:11:38,519 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 1: Andrew, thanks for your time, buddy, appreciate it. Talk to 212 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,440 you next week. Thank you, all right, take care. So 213 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:44,080 when I was. 214 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,279 Speaker 2: A kid, my grandpa died with Alzheimer's, and before he died, 215 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:49,240 my mom and my dad took care of him as 216 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,080 he got worse. Forty years ago, there were no treatments 217 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:55,159 and not much support for caregivers and family. But things 218 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,000 are different today because of the work of so many people, 219 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,559 including the Alzheimer's Association of Western Carolina. It's a great 220 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:04,919 organization with awesome people with huge hearts. I've been a 221 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,919 supporter for twenty five years. This cause means a lot 222 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,240 to me. I participate in the annual Walk to end 223 00:12:11,279 --> 00:12:14,200 Alzheimer's and I'm leading a Charlotte team again this year, 224 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,519 and it's called once again Pete's Pack. You can sign 225 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:19,759 up and you can join the team and walk with us. 226 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:23,080 It's on October eighteenth, that truest field. 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We're closer than ever to stopping Alzheimer's. 238 00:12:54,799 --> 00:12:56,559 Can you help us get there? Will you walk with me? 239 00:12:56,799 --> 00:13:00,679 For a different future, for families, for more time for treatments. 240 00:13:01,039 --> 00:13:04,879 This is why we walk, all right? So the office 241 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:12,519 of Mayor vy Lyles who Megan Kelly Megan Kelly on 242 00:13:12,639 --> 00:13:16,919 her podcast last night on YouTube I guess our YouTube channel, 243 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:25,159 She said she started calling the mayor Viles. She said, 244 00:13:25,159 --> 00:13:30,399 her name is Viles vi Lyles Vile. Anyway, I don't 245 00:13:30,399 --> 00:13:34,039 know if it'll stick, But the mayor put out another 246 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:37,080 statement third time. Maybe a charm here, but I think 247 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:39,840 it just lands flat because of the two prior attempts 248 00:13:39,879 --> 00:13:43,679 that she made, one which took her four days to issue, 249 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,759 where she mentioned thoughts and prayers, which apparently is adequate 250 00:13:47,799 --> 00:13:51,159 in this scenario, but is inadequate in every other type 251 00:13:51,159 --> 00:13:53,480 of a scenario according to the media and the Democrats. 252 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:57,600 But I repeat myself. Then she issued another statement after 253 00:13:57,639 --> 00:14:01,879 the release of the video made where she said the 254 00:14:01,919 --> 00:14:06,320 video is heartbreaking and she thanks all of our media 255 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:10,399 partners and community. First off, we're not your partners, okay, 256 00:14:10,879 --> 00:14:15,200 media is not your partner. Media is your watch dog. 257 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:20,279 To quote the documentary almost famous, We're the enemy. 258 00:14:20,879 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: Okay. 259 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:25,399 Speaker 2: I want to thank media partners and community members who 260 00:14:25,399 --> 00:14:27,720 have chosen not to repost or share the footage out 261 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:32,399 of respect for the victims family senseless and tragic loss. 262 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,600 Prayers remain with her loved ones, continued, who were grieving. 263 00:14:36,799 --> 00:14:40,080 She's heartbroken. I've been thinking hard about what safety looks 264 00:14:40,159 --> 00:14:43,159 like in our city. Well think harder, Mayor. I remain 265 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,639 committed to doing all we can that's not true, to 266 00:14:46,679 --> 00:14:49,000 protect our residents and ensure Charlotte is a place where 267 00:14:49,039 --> 00:14:50,080 everyone feels safe. 268 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:50,559 Speaker 1: Okay. 269 00:14:50,639 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 2: So that was the second statement, which again not great, 270 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:58,080 And now we have the third. As I reflect on 271 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:01,440 the tragic murder of the arena's Zoska, my heart continues 272 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:03,440 to go out to her family and our community as 273 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:07,200 we try to make sense of this horrific and senseless loss. Well, 274 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:10,879 you can't make sense of the loss if it's senseless, Mayor, 275 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:14,960 she says. Over the past several weeks, as our community 276 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,960 has worked to understand this, what we know is that 277 00:15:18,039 --> 00:15:22,279 this was a tragic failure by the courts and magistrates. 278 00:15:22,519 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: So there we go. 279 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 2: We are directing our fire on the courts and the magistrates. Magistrates, 280 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,320 by the way, require no real legal experience. They are 281 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:37,200 hired by, believe, the Clerk of Court, and there are 282 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,120 all sorts of people that act as magistrates that really 283 00:15:40,159 --> 00:15:42,840 don't have any business making any kinds of decisions like 284 00:15:42,879 --> 00:15:47,159 this our police. So maybe the General Assembly could institute 285 00:15:47,159 --> 00:15:52,600 some standards for the magistrates. Our police officers arrest people 286 00:15:52,679 --> 00:15:55,960 only to have them quickly released, which undermines our ability 287 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,000 to protect our community and ensure safety. We need a 288 00:15:59,039 --> 00:16:02,879 bipartisan solution to address repeat offenders who do not face 289 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:06,159 consequences for their actions my gosh, she sounds like a Republican, 290 00:16:08,799 --> 00:16:11,840 and those who cannot get treatment for their mental illnesses 291 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,840 and are allowed to be on the streets. We have 292 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:18,919 partnered before on legislation like North Carolina's Pre Trial Integrity Act, 293 00:16:18,919 --> 00:16:21,360 and we stand ready to partner again at the local, state, 294 00:16:21,399 --> 00:16:23,679 and federal level. I want to assure the community we 295 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:27,840 are taking action and will continue to take action. Last week, 296 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,720 Katz Leadership presented to Charlotte City Council and the Metropolitan 297 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:34,879 Transit Commission about the ongoing work to address safety and 298 00:16:34,919 --> 00:16:38,080 security on our public transit system over the past two years, 299 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:41,799 we have doubled the number of CATS security personnel, triple 300 00:16:41,879 --> 00:16:44,639 the safety and security budget from five point eight million 301 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:48,120 to nearly eighteen million, and are shifting from a corporate 302 00:16:48,159 --> 00:16:53,639 security model towards a stronger transit policing model. I must 303 00:16:53,639 --> 00:16:57,200 confess I do not know the difference between those two models, 304 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:01,480 but that does seem like an admission of failure, right 305 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:06,440 that the model you were using, a corporate security model, 306 00:17:08,799 --> 00:17:12,960 now going to a transit policing model, which she describes 307 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:19,240 as stronger, which then begs the question why weren't you 308 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,640 Why weren't you using a stronger model in. 309 00:17:22,559 --> 00:17:23,319 Speaker 1: The first place? 310 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:27,799 Speaker 2: She says, effective immediately, security personnel on CATS will be 311 00:17:27,839 --> 00:17:31,799 redeployed for a stronger presence on Blue Line platforms and 312 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:36,599 to increase fair enforcement because this guy who murdered the 313 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,480 Ukrainian refugee had not paid the fare, as most people 314 00:17:40,519 --> 00:17:42,799 really don't even need to pay the fare, because you 315 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,440 just walk up jump on a train, and the chances 316 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,720 that you're going to get caught on the train pretty low, 317 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,480 and even if you are caught, you just jump off 318 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,720 right or you buy the ticket as you see somebody 319 00:17:54,799 --> 00:17:58,200 approaching checking fares and then you do your digital app 320 00:17:58,279 --> 00:18:00,440 on your phone boop, and you make the just right 321 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,960 then and there so very and there are no turnstiles 322 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,440 on the platforms, so it's an open quote honor system 323 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:13,039 program and it obviously does not work very well. 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Restrictions apply additional NFL Sunday Ticket terms 352 00:19:45,519 --> 00:19:48,440 or at YouTube dot com slash go Slash NFL Sunday 353 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:52,839 Tickets Slash terms Limited time offer. Let me head over 354 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:56,240 to the phones here and get Steve. Hello, Steve, welcome 355 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:56,960 to the program. 356 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:57,400 Speaker 1: How are you? 357 00:19:58,200 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 5: I'm good? Thank you? 358 00:19:59,440 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 1: Sure? 359 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:00,599 Speaker 2: Yeah? 360 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:06,599 Speaker 5: By Lyles or I should call her vile lies. Oh yeah, 361 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,799 that that hope that sticks. This is another death by 362 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:15,759 Democrat issue that happened, and Charlotte's received worldwide attention, and 363 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:20,400 all of her proposed fixes don't address the problem. This 364 00:20:20,599 --> 00:20:23,200 is a This is a function of their policies of 365 00:20:23,279 --> 00:20:27,119 letting people out four time fellings, fourteen time felons, letting 366 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:32,119 them out cashless bail, defunding the police, Gary McFadden's policies, 367 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:36,119 our police chief's policies. All of us are at increased 368 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:40,799 risk because of these Democrats. It is not a putting 369 00:20:40,839 --> 00:20:43,759 thirty police officers on a on a railway. That's not 370 00:20:43,839 --> 00:20:46,319 going to stop this. It needs to be stopped at 371 00:20:46,319 --> 00:20:50,279 the source. I'm just I'm outraged. I mean, you know 372 00:20:50,559 --> 00:20:52,400 both city is turning into Baltimore. 373 00:20:52,559 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 1: Well, okay, so a couple of things I think you do. 374 00:20:55,839 --> 00:20:57,240 You do actually. 375 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:02,440 Speaker 2: Help reduce crime by putting more cops on trains and 376 00:21:02,559 --> 00:21:06,680 on streets, more police presidence acts as a deterrent. 377 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:08,319 Speaker 1: So I believe. 378 00:21:08,599 --> 00:21:11,559 Speaker 2: I believe that, But then what happens after the police 379 00:21:11,559 --> 00:21:13,759 and I think the mayor is correct here that the 380 00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:18,160 police officers arrest people only to have them quickly released 381 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,319 now to your point, these are the quote soft on 382 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:27,160 crime policies that undergird the leftist project which the Democrat 383 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,119 Party has now been captured by. And so I don't 384 00:21:30,559 --> 00:21:35,160 know if they can offer the kinds of policy changes 385 00:21:36,079 --> 00:21:40,599 to keep people who are you know, mentally unstable, to 386 00:21:40,759 --> 00:21:42,880 keep them off the streets. And that's what this case 387 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,920 really boils down to. In particular, You've got this judge, 388 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,839 Roy Wiggins, who is the he is the chief District 389 00:21:49,839 --> 00:21:53,480 Court judge. He was the judge that a couple months 390 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:58,039 ago said this guy, this attacker, needed to have a 391 00:21:58,079 --> 00:22:03,359 PsychEval and ordered, but then released him. So like, if 392 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:07,799 you recognize that the man is mentally unwell, why do 393 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:12,079 you release him before the psych eval? Right? But they did, 394 00:22:12,519 --> 00:22:15,279 and then a couple of weeks later he murders this woman. 395 00:22:15,799 --> 00:22:20,119 Now the case goes back before Roy Wiggins, who now says, 396 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:24,880 no bond and a psych eval and oh, by the way, 397 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:27,559 he may not be competent to stand trial, so he 398 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:31,599 will claim insanity as a reason why he should not 399 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:33,119 be convicted. 400 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 1: Right, So like he's gonna get he's going to. 401 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:37,799 Speaker 2: Get all the benefit of being crazy when it comes 402 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:39,039 time to adjudicate him. 403 00:22:39,079 --> 00:22:39,839 Speaker 1: For his crimes. 404 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 2: But he's never held for you know, for the evil 405 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:48,559 or for an involuntary commitment. When you recognize these symptoms 406 00:22:48,599 --> 00:22:51,440 that he is not well, that he is insane. But no, 407 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,720 when you see that in the first appearances, you just 408 00:22:53,799 --> 00:22:55,799 let him back out onto the street, so we get 409 00:22:55,839 --> 00:22:58,079 to be preyed upon by him. But now that he's 410 00:22:58,079 --> 00:23:01,319 actually killed somebody, now it's like, okay, a lot of 411 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:02,119 media attention. 412 00:23:02,599 --> 00:23:03,799 Speaker 1: Now we're going to hold him. 413 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:07,319 Speaker 2: And oh, by the way, he may actually avoid you know, 414 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:11,599 a life in prison term because he's insane. 415 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 5: Yeah. No, in this instance, yes you have that, but 416 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:18,279 you have many sane people who are also committing crimes 417 00:23:18,319 --> 00:23:21,200 because they're sertalized. There is no deterrent for them to 418 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,720 do otherwise. Right, And if you cannot afford to put 419 00:23:24,759 --> 00:23:27,799 security in the transit system, why don't you raise money 420 00:23:27,799 --> 00:23:31,960 through bail? Raise money through the funds you collect from 421 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,799 these criminals that you keep letting out with zero bail. 422 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,279 Speaker 2: So a couple things. Number one, I think the state 423 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:43,279 legislature needs to needs to not be taking as much 424 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:46,319 money out of the local court systems as they do. 425 00:23:46,839 --> 00:23:49,039 I think they need to allow that local money to 426 00:23:49,079 --> 00:23:53,880 stay local to hire and have it dedicated for you know, 427 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:58,160 district attorney's budgets, police officer budgets, public safety budgets in general. 428 00:23:58,799 --> 00:24:02,559 I think that's that's part of it. Because the judicial 429 00:24:02,599 --> 00:24:06,119 system actually generates more revenue than it costs. So that 430 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:10,200 has historically been the case, and so I think that 431 00:24:10,599 --> 00:24:12,920 the legislature needs to stop drawing money. 432 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: Out of the of the local judicial systems. Number one. 433 00:24:17,319 --> 00:24:19,559 Speaker 2: But the other thing you mentioned there is the casualist bail, 434 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,880 and the casualist bail that's become a pillar of the 435 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:28,119 social justice left. So I don't know if Democrats would 436 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:30,240 be willing to go along with something like that. 437 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, it's just another death by Democrat and 438 00:24:36,079 --> 00:24:39,359 nothing will change until we have a massive shift in 439 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,480 our political makeup in North Carolina. 440 00:24:42,559 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 2: Well, you know, today is the primary for these municipal races. 441 00:24:47,279 --> 00:24:51,640 So if people would like to register their disgruntlement at 442 00:24:51,799 --> 00:24:54,920 the current state of affairs, you can vote against all 443 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,240 of the incumbents that are up for election, including the 444 00:24:57,279 --> 00:24:58,559 mayor herself by Lyles. 445 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,839 Speaker 5: Yeah, I did, and I hope others do as well. 446 00:25:02,079 --> 00:25:04,039 Speaker 1: Yeah, there you go, Steve. I appreciate the call man. 447 00:25:04,079 --> 00:25:04,400 Thank you. 448 00:25:05,039 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 2: And I do believe that the election, the primary election 449 00:25:09,519 --> 00:25:12,200 season that we are in and have been in for 450 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:17,240 the last few weeks, along with the transit tax increase 451 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:21,039 referendum coming down to us for a vote in November, 452 00:25:21,599 --> 00:25:24,759 I think that's what paralyzed a lot of these Democrats 453 00:25:24,759 --> 00:25:27,720 from in leadership from responding. I think they hope that 454 00:25:27,759 --> 00:25:32,119 it would just kind of go away and they would 455 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:35,279 be able to get through this primary season and then maybe, 456 00:25:35,319 --> 00:25:37,039 you know, give it a couple of weeks, nobody will 457 00:25:37,079 --> 00:25:39,759 be talking about the story anymore and it won't jeopardize 458 00:25:39,799 --> 00:25:46,720 the referendum campaign. On the text line, Frank says, I 459 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:51,680 think vy Lyle's initial response to this murder as really 460 00:25:51,759 --> 00:25:54,960 the ultimate attention getter. I don't know if you're saying 461 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,640 that that's what brought the national attention, that would not 462 00:25:57,759 --> 00:26:01,240 be my opinion. One who has followed this from the 463 00:26:01,319 --> 00:26:09,759 very beginning. The national attention began this weekend. The first 464 00:26:09,759 --> 00:26:13,240 stories that began being reported about this from a national perspective, 465 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,359 they came after the release of the video. And then 466 00:26:16,839 --> 00:26:21,200 going back, when these stories get written, you go back 467 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,759 to see if you're the reporter, you go back to see, Okay, 468 00:26:24,039 --> 00:26:26,799 what has been the local response, and that's when you 469 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:30,720 put into the story the response from the mayor, which 470 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,119 was suboptimal, shall we say. 471 00:26:35,079 --> 00:26:35,880 Speaker 1: So, you see the. 472 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:39,039 Speaker 2: Video on the social media and then you see the 473 00:26:39,079 --> 00:26:41,680 response and it's like, what the hell is going on 474 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,119 in Charlotte? All Right? 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That request 503 00:28:15,759 --> 00:28:18,839 was finally fulfilled on Friday, and that's why the video 504 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:22,720 got posted over the weekend, which then generated all of 505 00:28:22,759 --> 00:28:26,759 the media attention at the national and even international level. 506 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:28,839 And you don't have to believe me. You can go 507 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,880 look up there are media aggregation sites and you can 508 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,480 go find the tracking of stories and you can see 509 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:38,400 I am not lying to you. The explosion of coverage 510 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:43,799 began this weekend. I know this for a fact. So 511 00:28:44,119 --> 00:28:48,279 despite your attempt to pretend to be a Republican, you're 512 00:28:48,319 --> 00:28:51,039 saying you want me to focus on the master of 513 00:28:51,079 --> 00:28:54,480 election fraud weighing in on local issues. So the orange 514 00:28:54,559 --> 00:28:58,720 hitler obviously quit taking the bait and realize some of 515 00:28:58,799 --> 00:29:01,480 us Republicans have seen through his manipulation in life, I 516 00:29:01,519 --> 00:29:04,599 really believe. Just go back to reading the Huffington Post, 517 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,720 as all true Republicans do. 518 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 1: Brenda, Welcome to the program. 519 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 4: Hello Brenda, good morning, and I love your show afternoon. 520 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: I appreciate you, love. 521 00:29:17,759 --> 00:29:22,799 Speaker 4: It and you speak the truth always one percent. It 522 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:26,480 was put out Friday, she died on the twenty second. 523 00:29:27,039 --> 00:29:29,680 It went viral on TikTok. 524 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 1: With the videkein right with the video, that's why with the. 525 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 4: Video exactly, and until President Trump spoke out, vy Lyles 526 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:49,319 did not change her story. She was for the criminals 527 00:29:49,519 --> 00:29:55,079 and sympathy. Never mentioned the young beautiful girl's name who 528 00:29:55,200 --> 00:30:00,000 was sitting on the tram minding her own business. Again 529 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,039 and no one offered to help this girl. 530 00:30:03,319 --> 00:30:06,319 Speaker 2: No that well, no, no, that's okay, that's that's that's 531 00:30:06,359 --> 00:30:09,839 that's not true though. When yeah, yeah, when she was 532 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,319 when she was stabbed, there were people. One guy took 533 00:30:13,319 --> 00:30:16,039 his shirt off, tried to uh, you know, stop the 534 00:30:16,079 --> 00:30:19,640 bleeding with it somebody, uh performed CPR. There were a 535 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:21,640 lot of people on the train. They didn't even know 536 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,440 what had happened because it wasn't like a gunshot went off, 537 00:30:24,799 --> 00:30:27,000 you know, it's such a it was such a quiet 538 00:30:27,279 --> 00:30:28,880 attack on a loud train. 539 00:30:29,279 --> 00:30:31,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, he just stood up, he walked away. 540 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 4: He walked away, and everybody's still looking at their phones, 541 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:41,480 and he's dripping blood everywhere, talking to hisself. Nobody ran 542 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:44,279 off that train. They all walked up. I mean, if 543 00:30:44,319 --> 00:30:48,240 you look at the video, yeah, I have the sports self. 544 00:30:48,079 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 1: Right, But that's what I mean. 545 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,319 Speaker 2: The people of the people who were there who were 546 00:30:51,319 --> 00:30:54,359 not on their phones, they were they were talking to 547 00:30:55,039 --> 00:30:57,519 their friends that were on the train. People didn't realize 548 00:30:57,559 --> 00:30:59,960 because where he walked to get off the train was 549 00:31:00,319 --> 00:31:03,000 a good you know, sixty seventy feet away, I want 550 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,680 to say, from where he had attacked her, So they 551 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:09,599 weren't aware of what had happened down farther on the train. 552 00:31:10,359 --> 00:31:12,319 And so when he walked past them and he's dripping 553 00:31:12,319 --> 00:31:14,319 the blood and he's talking to himself, and they're just 554 00:31:14,359 --> 00:31:16,440 ignoring him, because that's what you have to do on 555 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:18,400 a train. You ignore the guys that are talking to 556 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:21,079 themselves and obviously crazy because you don't want any trouble. 557 00:31:21,119 --> 00:31:23,079 And then people started noticing the blood crazy. 558 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,359 Speaker 4: He is not crazy. He is an evil person. 559 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 1: He could be bud. 560 00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 4: He should have not been turned loose. Our judges and 561 00:31:32,119 --> 00:31:35,279 the court systems let this young girl down. 562 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,079 Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, they absolutely he is. 563 00:31:38,319 --> 00:31:42,359 Speaker 4: Anyone that turned him loose knowing he was a criminal. 564 00:31:42,759 --> 00:31:46,559 I mean they do it every day. I even tried 565 00:31:46,559 --> 00:31:50,519 to vote this morning. I'm in the wrong district. I 566 00:31:50,559 --> 00:31:54,519 got into an argument with the lady. Everybody's a Democrat 567 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:57,319 where I went to vote in Mallard Creek. 568 00:31:57,519 --> 00:31:58,039 Speaker 1: That's a Demo. 569 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,480 Speaker 4: I wanted to vote. I want vote for Tear the 570 00:32:01,599 --> 00:32:02,680 car's wife. 571 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:03,960 Speaker 1: You're not in her distort. 572 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:08,960 Speaker 4: Of course, I'm not in district right, so you can't 573 00:32:09,039 --> 00:32:12,119 vote for it. And that's not fair. 574 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 1: We should know it is fair. That's the district system, Brenda. 575 00:32:15,039 --> 00:32:16,960 You can't vote in somebody else's district. You have to 576 00:32:17,039 --> 00:32:17,799 vote where you live. 577 00:32:18,119 --> 00:32:22,039 Speaker 2: So there's only one Republican primary for the district six. 578 00:32:22,119 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 1: That's it. 579 00:32:22,519 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 2: Now, that's why I register on affiliated. I can vote 580 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:28,039 in either party's primary. That's why I do that. And 581 00:32:28,319 --> 00:32:30,759 unfortunately I'm outside city limits, so I can't vote against 582 00:32:30,759 --> 00:32:31,640 the mayor in this race. 583 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 1: I can't vote against the incumbents, but that's what I 584 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:38,160 would do. All right. That'll do it for this episode. 585 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:39,599 Thank you so much for listening. 586 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,839 Speaker 2: I could not do the show without your support and 587 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,599 the support of the businesses that advertise on the podcast, 588 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:47,039 so if you'd like, please support them too and tell 589 00:32:47,079 --> 00:32:48,799 them you heard it here. You can also become a 590 00:32:48,799 --> 00:32:53,480 patron at my Patreon page or go to thepetekallanershow dot com. Again, 591 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,279 thank you so much for listening, and don't break anything 592 00:32:56,279 --> 00:33:01,400 while I'm gone.