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Charlotte Residents Demand Safer Streets After Stabbings

12/8/2025

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Sixty-six percent of Charlotte residents feel less safe than a year ago after two train stabbings, per a survey before Stella Patterson became police chief.
The survey shows a demand for a proactive police force.
Kenyon Kareem-Shemar Dobie intervened in an altercation and was stabbed.
Oscar Solarzano has a history of violent crime and has been deported twice.

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Story summary

Sixty-six percent of Charlotte residents feel less safe than a year ago after two train stabbings, per a survey before Stella Patterson became police chief.
The survey shows a demand for a proactive police force.
Kenyon Kareem-Shemar Dobie intervened in an altercation and was stabbed.
Oscar Solarzano has a history of violent crime and has been deported twice.