A Charlotte Area Transit System light rail departs a station on Sept. 8. Erik Verduzco/AP

The man accused of turning some angry words into another stabbing incident on the light rail service of Charlotte, North Carolina is due to make his first court appearance Monday, as city leaders give more assurances their community is safe.

“Everyone deserves to be and feel safe in our city, and there is no room for violence in our community,” Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles wrote Saturday in a post on X.

Once again on Friday, city police responded to an innocent passenger being stabbed on the LYNX Blue Line, part of the Charlotte Area Transit System. In this case, the victim survived.

Kenyon Dobie told CNN affiliate WRAL he was trying to protect an elderly woman being screamed at on the train w

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