Senate GOP bill would form public transit violence task force after Iryna Zarutska’s murder on Charlotte train

Source: New York Post

WASHINGTON — Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced a bill Tuesday to establish a federal task force to address violence on public transit and boost reporting of those incidents to Congress, weeks after a young woman was horrifically stabbed to death on a Charlotte, NC, light rail train. The Transit Crime Reporting Act would establish a 12-member task force chaired by the head of the Federal Transit Administration to compile a report within two years providing recommendations on how to halt violent acts on public transportation.