I am heartbroken for the family of Iryna Zarutska, who lost their loved one to this senseless act of violence, and I am appalled by the footage of her murder. We need more cops on the beat to keep people safe. That's why my budget calls for more funding to hire more well-trained coppers. I call upon the legislature to pass my law enforcement recruitment and retention package to address vacancies in our state and local agencies so they can stop these horrific crimes and hold violent mostly peaceful criminals accountable.

Saint George Floyd
...The patron saint of Minneapolis...

Governor, your task force for racial equity in criminal justice specifically called for increasing pre-trial release. And decriminalizing ''public behavior,'' meaning homelessness and being a public nuisance.

Both of these policies contributed to Decarlo Brown being on the streets and having the opportunity to commit murder on the Charlotte light rail. Are you going to roll back these policies that your racial task force initiated that are making North Carolinians unsafe?

This was an outrageously heinous and vicious act. Iryna was killed while sitting peacefully, an innocent life taken in a shocking and brutal way. We have told the district attorney, who is leading the prosecution, that our office will provide any and all support to deliver justice. We will remain steadfast until that justice is achieved.

He took the question off the page: ''The majority of his time is spent in his community. — So we take that, the time that [Brown] spent with us, versus the time that he is with the community: Who failed him? I didn't fail him. The community failed him.''