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Whatley links Cooper to transit killing, accuses Dem of freeing ‘rapists and murderers’

North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley took aim at his top Democratic opponent ahead of Tuesday’s primary election, tying former Gov. Roy Cooper to the conditions he says led to the stabbing death of Ukrainian immigrant Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte’s transit system last year.On Aug. 22, 2025, Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., 34, is accused of stabbing Zarutska to death near the East West Boulevard light rail station in Mecklenburg County as she rode the train.Critics say Cooper’s 2021 settlement with civil rights groups over COVID-19 prison conditions is connected to Brown being r...