Mayor Vi Lyles of Charlotte, North Carolina just issued the most vile, pathetic statement I’ve ever read in response to the gruesome murder of a young woman on a train in the city. For some background, we reported on the full story of the demonic attack right here: BREAKING: Young Woman Senselessly St*bbed In The Neck On North Carolina Train (WARNING: Graphic) The murder was committed by a 34-year-old black, homeless ex-con named Decarlos Brown Jr. In Mayor Lyles' statement, she all but took his side. Not once did she mention the victim, a Ukrainian refugee who had fled the war, Iryna Zarutska, by name. Instead, she focused on the poor murderer's mental state, talking at length about his struggle with mental illness and homelessness! See for yourself: BREAKING - In a statement on the Charlotte light rail incident, Democrat Mayor Vi Lyles insists the city cannot “arrest our way out of issues” like this, failing to mention the victim, Iryna Zarutska, even once and showing more concern for the perpetrator’s homeless status. pic.twitter.com/rChTP07hQL — Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) September 6, 2025 Read the mayor's full statement here: This statement from Charlotte mayor might radicalize me. The majority of the text is explaining how the murderer is really a victim. pic.twitter.com/DVAAOZFEXy — Geoff Wolfe (@geoffwolfe) September 7, 2025 Full text: First and foremost, my thoughts and prayers go out to the young women’s family and friends. This is a tragic situation that sheds light on problems with society safety nets related to mental healthcare and the systems that should be in place. As we come to understand what happened and why, we must look at the entire situation. While I do not know the specifics of the man’s medical record, what I have come to understand is that he has long struggled with mental health and appears to have suffered a crisis. This was the unfortunate and tragic outcome. While there are questions about the safety and security of our transit system and our city, I do know there have been significant and sustained efforts to address safety and security within our transit system and across our city. Charlotte is by and large a safe city. CATS by and large is a safe transit system. However, tragic incidents like these should force us to look at what we are doing across our community to address root causes. We will never arrest our way out issues such homelessness and mental health. I am committed to doing the hard work with Mecklenburg County, community leaders, health care service providers, and the private sector to ensure that Charlotte continues to be one of the best cities in the world, with the highest quality of life for everyone. I want to be clear that I am not villainizing those who struggle with their mental health or those who are unhoused. Mental health disease is just that – a disease like any other than needs to be treated with the same compassion, diligence and commitment as cancer or heart disease. Our community must work to address the underlying issue of access to mental healthcare. Also, those who are unhoused are more frequently the victim of crimes and not the perpetrators. Too many people who are on the street need a safe place to sleep and wrap around services to lift them up. We, as a community, must do better for those members of our community who need help and have no place to go. I'm sorry, what? "We will never arrest our way out issues such homelessness and mental health." Not arresting this monster is what caused the horrific murder in the first place! This lunatic was a career criminal, with a long record of offenses. Per WCNC Charlotte: Brown has been charged with murder, and his attorney has filed a motion to have his competency evaluated. Brown was also arrested back in January and was charged with misusing 911. In July, a motion has been filed in that case to have his competence evaluated. Brown has 14 previous court cases in Mecklenburg County. He was sentenced to six years in North Carolina prison after convictions for robbery with a dangerous weapon, breaking and entering, and larceny in Mecklenburg County in 2015. The convictions were for two separate incidents in 2013 and 2014, according to jail records. If he had been locked up or institutionalized, then poor Iryna Zarutska would still be alive. This mayor's words are infuriating and offensive to her memory. Folks on X pointed out: Democrat Mayor Vi Lyles insists the city cannot “arrest our way out of issues” like this. He was arrested 14 times and should have been in prison but your soft on crime approach caused the death of that woman. — GlammaSooz (@GlammaSooz) September 6, 2025 Fire the judge that let him go free after his last 11th crime ! @CLTMayor — Nancy Serot (@rivercitywoman) September 7, 2025 Arrest criminals and KEEP THEM LOCKED UP. It's actually not hard. — $8 Bartemy (@BartemyS) September 6, 2025 Absolutely despicable. Mayor Lyles also expressed anger at people who shared the (graphic) video of the stabbing. This morning, she posted on X: The video of the heartbreaking attack that took Iryna Zarutska’s life is now public. I want to thank our media partners and community members who have chosen not to repost or share the footage out of respect for Iryna’s family. This was a senseless and tragic loss. My prayers… — Mayor Vi Lyles (@CLTMayor) September 6, 2025 The video of the heartbreaking attack that took Iryna Zarutska’s life is now public. I want to thank our media partners and community members who have chosen not to repost or share the footage out of respect for Iryna’s family. This was a senseless and tragic loss. My prayers remain with her loved ones as they continue to grieve through an unimaginable time. Like so many of you, I’m heartbroken — and I’ve been thinking hard about what safety really looks like in our city. I remain committed to doing all we can to protect our residents and ensure Charlotte is a place where everyone feels safe. This mayor is more concerned about people spreading the video of the violent, evil attack than the safety of her citizens! Utterly useless. UPDATE: The mayor of Charlotte is criticizing anyone who shares the video of a black man brutally stabbing a white woman in her city, and says she's "thinking" about "safety" in Charlotte. "I want to thank our media partners and community members who have chosen not to repost… pic.twitter.com/YuoUCVwFxw — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 7, 2025 UPDATE: The mayor of Charlotte is criticizing anyone who shares the video of a black man brutally stabbing a white woman in her city, and says she's "thinking" about "safety" in Charlotte. "I want to thank our media partners and community members who have chosen not to repost or share the footage." "I've been thinking hard about what safety really looks like in our city. I remain committed to doing all we can to protect our residents and ensure Charlotte is a place where everyone feels safe." USELESS MAYOR!! Did you notice how, not once in either of these statements, did Mayor Lyles condemn the monster who stabbed an innocent woman to death? These responses say it all: You sound more angry towards people sharing the footage than you are towards the violent thug who stabbed Iryna. Bizarre. — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 6, 2025 Out of respect for Iryna’s family? You didn’t even have the respect to say her name in your original public statement. — Manny Salazar (@SetantaADV) September 6, 2025 For heaven's sake, call the horrific, evil attack what it is: Interesting how you couldn't just say "violent racist attack where a black man attacked and murdered a white woman simply because of the color of her skin" — Jeremy Prime (@DDayCobra) September 6, 2025 Your thoughts?

The unfortunate trend of aviation crashes in the United States continues. Authorities in Minnesota have reported that a helicopter has crashed near a small airport in the Twin Cities. Emergency personnel have concluded that there were no reported survivors in the crash. Fox News reported the crash in-depth: Authorities say there are no survivors after a helicopter crashed Saturday afternoon near a small airport in the Twin Cities suburbs and burst into flames. Officers found the downed aircraft, later identified as a Robinson R66, at about 2:45 p.m. local time in an area west of Airlake Airport, according to a statement from the Lakeville Police Department. Emergency personnel determined there did not appear to be any survivors of the crash. It is unclear how many people were onboard the helicopter. A Robinson R66 is a single-engine turbine helicopter with a glass cockpit that seats one pilot and four passengers. The crash site is in a non-residential, non-commercial area, and there is no indication of any injuries to those on the ground, according to police. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) told Fox News Digital the helicopter crashed “under unknown circumstances and a post-crash fire ensued.” Here’s a video of the scene of the crash: Harrowing 1st video no survivors in Minnesota aircraft crash https://t.co/uzNIlzHzVS pic.twitter.com/9ZzpOoXWzS — RT (@RT_com) September 7, 2025 KSTP reported the helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances: The NTSB added that the helicopter, which they identified as a Robinson R66, crashed under unknown circumstances, and a fire broke out afterwards. An NTSB investigator is expected to be on scene Sunday afternoon. More information regarding the cause of the crash and the number of people on board will be released at a later time. FlightRadar shows the helicopter abruptly stop just west of the airport, the seconds passing agonizingly slow til it stops transponding. Officials have confirmed there are no survivors. https://t.co/z54etXpiYu pic.twitter.com/ZKNIjD6NN9 — All Roads Lead to MN (@AllRoadsMN) September 6, 2025

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Vice President JD Vance joined “My View with Lara Trump” Saturday where he discussed everything from his best-selling book “Hillbilly Elegy” to whether he will run for president in 2028. Since it’s been 10 years since Vance wrote “Hillbilly Elegy,” he reminisced on his life before he became vice president of the United States. “I was raised by a grandmother who—we didn’t go to church a whole lot—but she prayed everyday. She read the Bible everyday, and she gave me this sense that there was some purpose to this. We might not understand it. God works in mysterious ways, but there was some deeper meaning to what we were experiencing, and that gave me the perseverance to go through it.” Vance said a major motivation for him growing up was knowing his grandmother was very sick and that someone was going to have to step up and hold the family together when she was gone.  “I kind of wanted that person to be me. I wanted to be the person in my family that other people could rely on.” Vance said his wife Usha Vance is starting to “hit her stride” as second lady, getting involved in projects like John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and children’s literacy.  Usha is the anchor of their family, Vance said, and she’s making sure their children are having as normal a life as possible as their family’s life has drastically changed with Secret Service protection and living in the vice president’s residence.  “This is really weird for the kids. This is really weird for the whole family unit. [Usha’s] main job more than anything else is just to make the kids have as normal a life as possible. She makes us do normal family stuff as much as possible.” When it comes to working with President Donald Trump, Vance said there are so many surprising things. One surprise has been that Trump “doesn’t have an off switch.”  “Sometimes the president will call you at 12:30 or 2:00 in the morning, and then he’ll call you at 6:00 in the morning about a totally different topic.” Trump is also very good about delegating work, empowering his people to do it, and also trusting them to do the work, Vance said.  “What’s made this so much fun is that the president all the time is just saying, ‘JD, you go and do this,’ or ‘JD, you go and talk to these leaders about this particular issue … You don’t have to have me looking over you all the time.’” When it comes to the 2028 presidential election, many people are viewing Vance as a top Republican candidate.  Vance said there are a lot of great people and that if he does decide to run, the job won’t be handed to him “either on the Republican side or on the national side.” “I don’t like thinking about it because I like thinking about the job that I have right now,” Vance said. He added that he thinks ”the American people are so fed up with folks who are already running for the next job seven months into the current one.” “If we do a good job in 2025 and 2026, then we can talk about the politics in 2027,” Vance said. “I’m going to try to do my best job, and I think if I do that, the politics will figure itself out.” The post JD Vance Reflects on Faith, Family, and the Future in Sit-Down with Lara Trump appeared first on The Daily Signal.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A volunteer football coach in Alberta has been ousted from his position, reportedly following comments he made online criticizing gender ideology and its impact on children, a decision that has ignited outrage among parents, players, and fellow coaches. Taylor “Teej” Johannesson, 37, had been a fixture on the sidelines at H.J. Cody High School in Sylvan Lake, where he served for years as the defensive coordinator. His removal came after principal Alex Lambert objected to a TikTok video Johannesson posted under the name AntiWoke55555, in which he raised alarm over what he described as the forced promotion of transgender ideology in schools. In the roughly five-minute video, Johannesson argued that gender ideology is being imposed on children, many of whom are not seeking it, and warned that this can lead to confusion, deteriorating mental health, and, in some cases, violent outcomes. He referenced a recent shooting in Minneapolis as an example of how this ideological pressure can fuel dangerous behavior. The decision to remove Johannesson was captured in a phone call heard by editors at the Western Standard. During the call, Lambert stated the video had breached the Education Act, which she cited as grounds for dismissal. In the background, Johannesson’s wife, a teacher at the same school, can be heard calling the situation “insane” and expressing concern that it would damage her standing with colleagues. Lambert has declined to return calls to the Western Standard for comment. Johannesson claims this is part of a broader effort by the principal to silence dissent. He said Lambert has taken issue with his views for years, particularly his stance against COVID mandates and  school closures. This isn’t Johannesson’s first run-in with administrators. A few years ago, he was summoned by school officials after posting on X, “Boys have a penis. Girls have a vagina.” That incident, he says, marked the beginning of an ongoing effort to sideline him. The response from the local community has been forceful. Parents and students have reportedly spoken out in his defense, only to be told by Lambert to “leave it to the adults.” Assistant coach Jeremy Martins went further, promising to step down unless Johannesson is reinstated. He slammed the decision as “deplorable, insane, and a massive infringement on free speech.” Western Standard, which broke the story, said Johannesson’s criticisms were aimed at ideology, not individuals. “Whatever one makes of Teej’s views expressed on TikTok, they certainly weren’t hateful,” the outlet wrote. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Alberta High School Football Coach Removal After TikTok Video Draws Community Backlash appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A company tasked with confirming users’ ages before they access adult content may be compromising their privacy by leaking detailed browsing data, according to a report by the nonprofit AI Forensics. The group’s investigation highlights serious flaws in how some sites are complying with growing online age-check requirements, raising new concerns about surveillance and data exposure under the guise of protecting children. More: The Digital ID and Online Age Verification Agenda France’s law requires that users’ identities remain concealed, not just from adult websites, but from the age verification services themselves. Known as “double anonymity,” this standard is meant to ensure that those performing the verification process have no knowledge of which websites users are visiting or what content they attempt to access. But AI Forensics found that AgeGO, one of the verification systems in active use, doesn’t meet those expectations. Instead, AgeGO’s system reportedly transmits precise details about the user’s activity, including the URL of the video being viewed and the name of the website. The service also collects facial scans, IP addresses, browser details, and email addresses, then sends this data to Amazon Web Services. The company, which operates out of Spain and follows looser UK-based privacy rules, did not respond to media inquiries, according to Politico EU. Operators of adult sites in France say they were pushed to implement systems like AgeGO under tight deadlines following mounting pressure from Arcom, the national media regulator. Speaking anonymously to Tech&Co, one such operator said, “We had warned in advance that it was not ideal, but the haste was such that we could not do otherwise.” Since early this year, French users have been required to verify their age before accessing pornographic websites. Several technical approaches have emerged, but not all of them respect the spirit, or the letter, of France’s privacy laws. Although the CNIL, France’s data protection authority, and Arcom have yet to publicly address the issue, the latter has acknowledged to Le Parisien that it is reviewing the AI Forensics findings. As the push for mandatory age checks spreads to more jurisdictions, privacy questions are mounting. In the US, where the absence of a national privacy law creates wide variations in how personal data is handled, the Age Verification Providers Association is calling for a unified legal framework: “It is harder to win trust in the US because there is no comprehensive federal privacy law, so people rely on a patchwork of state rules and sector laws. That inconsistency understandably breeds doubt about who holds personal data and for how long,” the group said in a statement this week. Workarounds exist; privacy-conscious users can turn to paid VPNs or alternative DNS services to avoid local filtering. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Age Verification Company Exposes User Data, Reinforcing Privacy Fears Over Digital ID Systems appeared first on Reclaim The Net.